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C L U B S P O R T S F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 3 WE ARE BC FIELD HOCKEY

This past fall season is certainly one to remember for the girls of the Club Field Hockey Team. The 2012 ield hockey season was the most successful in the club’s history, and for that, they are extremely proud. The team’s determination, hard work, and dedication led to a regular season record of 8-2 and post-season play for the irst time. This year, they made their very irst appearance at the National Fall Championship Tournament in Virginia Beach, VA over the weekend of November 17th – 18th. They became Quarterinal inishers and ranked #6 out of 86 teams in the National Field Hockey League. This is the greatest accomplishment that BC Club Field Hockey has achieved to date. The team hopes and plans to return to Nationals in subsequent years by maintaining the same level of commitment and caliber of play that they demonstrated this past season. It was possibly the irst night of practice with the full team in September when they realized that something about this year was going to be different. Everyone, especially the ive new players (three freshmen and two sophomores), brought so much energy and skill to the ield that made playing together as a team incredibly natural and exceptionally fun. Their irst test was against the University of Connecticut. Despite losing 1-0, they more than held their own for the irst time against the Huskies, and turned around to beat them 2-0 in a second matchup later in the season.

1 The team then hosted a tournament at the end of September and knocked off the University of Vermont in an exciting 4-3 overtime win, as well as their victory against Saint Anselm. Their next contests took place over Columbus Day weekend at Brown University, where they shut out all of their opponents – Brown, Sacred Heart, and UConn – and won the tournament. After that weekend, the team knew that they were legitimate competitors in the league and that they were not going to stop there. The next tournament took place at the University of Vermont in October. The Eagles beat UVM 4-2, and received a forfeit win against Saint Anselm. Not only did they it in some great team bonding, but qualifying for Nationals was also a serious possibility now, which became their goal. A swift 6-0 win over Holy Cross supported their goal, too. They were pumped up for their game against Northeastern University; however, it ended up being a tough 1-0 defeat. Despite the loss, the level of excitement and preparedness did not compare to the anticipated “revenge” match. Even though the game was just a scrimmage, the Eagles beat Northeastern 3-2. This was a big morale booster for the team because they hopped on a plane two days later for Virginia Beach! As they do every year, Northeastern qualiied for Nationals, so the team knew that they would see the cross-town rivals there. Simply participating at the National Fall Championship at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex was an great honor. Four years ago, nobody would have ever thought that the Club Field Hockey Team would make it this far. They had high, but realistic, expectations for themselves. The irst game was against the College of New Jersey, which BC won 2-1. They then faced Northeastern, yet again, but it was a 1-0 loss for the Eagles. Next was UVM, who they beat 1-0. The team achieved second place in the pool, which allowed them to move on to the Quarterinals to play Duke. The Blue Devils unfortunately knocked them out of the tournament in a hard-fought, 2-0 battle. The 2012 fall season was oficially over, but the great memories will always be remembered and will inspire future Boston College Club Field Hockey Team achieve more success. They raised the bar for the club this year, and none better than to do it with such an amazing team.

Boston College Club Tennis opened up the season with the Battle of TENNIS the Sections tournament in New York City. This tournament has always been one of their favorite traditions because it takes place at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center, where the U.S. Open is played. The team was lucky enough this year to play their inal match of the tournament versus Brown in the Louis Armstrong Stadium, the 25th largest tennis stadium in the world. Overall, they went 4-1 in the tournament, only dropping a tight match versus Virginia, who inished 2nd in the nation last year.

The Eagles also traveled to the Badger Classic in Madison, Wisconsin for the irst time. The tournament gave them the opportunity to battle it out against some teams from around the nation that they would not have the opportunity to compete against otherwise.

Coming off two straight 3rd place inishes in Sectionals, BC Club Tennis went into the 2012 Sectional Championships with something to prove. They were required to inish in the top four to qualify for Nationals, but because of the increasing importance of seeding at Nationals, 1st place was their goal. After easily dismantling Holy Cross, UMASS, and UCONN, BC advanced to the bracket to face off against Brown. Nerves were high for the BC vs. Brown match as they were undefeated against the Eagles at Sectionals and the loser of the match would not qualify for Nationals. BC prevailed in a dominating performance, clinching a Nationals berth and “reversing the curse”. The team continued its domination by knocking off Dartmouth in the semi-inals and Harvard in the inals to win the 2012 New England Sectional Championships. This year is the irst year BC has ever won Sectionals, which puts the team in an outstanding position to improve their 18th place inish at Nationals from last year. 2 WOMEN’S SOCCER HOCKEY This past fall the Women’s Club Soccer team inished its most successful season in team history. After winning the Region I Tournament in October, BCWCS earned a trip to Memphis, TN to represent the Northeast Region in the Championship Bracket at the NIRSA National Club Soccer Tournament. The Eagles competed against the best teams across the nation including Colorado State, Cal-Berkley, and the , inishing in the sweet sixteen after a heartbreaking, overtime loss to UVA. This success earned them a national ranking in the top 16 for Women’s Club Soccer, along with #1 in Region I.

This upcoming semester they have plans to continue their training with a brief spring league in addition to a few friendly matches against local teams with the hopes of extending their national success next fall! The team would like to thank BC Club is in the midst of another everyone who made this season possible, especially those who hard fought battle to reach the National contributed inancially. Their success would not have been Championships in St. Louis. With a current possible without this assistance. They are thrilled to put BC on record of 8-6-3, the team has recovered from the national map for Women’s Club Soccer. Go Eagles! a slow start and is improving every period. Despite starting the season 2-5-1, the boys remained conident and rallied with two wins over top ranked UNH. Since the two big wins, the club has won six games and only lost one. With tough tests in Siena and William Patterson still yet to come, it is time to grind out a few more victories and gain a berth to Regionals where the top two teams will advance to Nationals. The Club Ice Hockey Team is coached by Steve Greeley, and lead by captain Anthony Cusano and assistant captains John Eppel and Blake Chapman.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

The Boston College Women’s Water Polo Team is excited for the start of the 2013 season. A new coach as well as new players have joined the team and expectations are high. The New England Division in which BC competes has welcomed some new teams, and BC cannot wait for the league tournaments in order to check out the new competition. In addition to the regular season games, the Women’s Water Polo Team will take two trips to Middlebury and one to Williams. The team faced a few tough losses last season, but a strong preseason as well as a great start to 2013 leaves much promise for the upcoming months. The Eagles are on the hunt for a bid to Nationals at the University of Minnesota and are working diligently to win back the title of the New England Division Champions. Go Eagles! 3 MEN’S ROWING With visions of spring racing season growing more vivid by the day, the BC Men’s Rowing Team’s 2012-2013 winter itness campaign is well underway. After an exciting and promising fall, the team looks to carry its recent competitive momentum forward into the task of bolstering its collective itness before hitting the water in the months to come. Head Coach Jarvis Cofin noted during the Head of the Charles Banquet, “‘complacency’ has become a four-letter word within this team” and expressed his optimism about the potential for growth offered by the team’s positive chemistry.

As Cofin leads the BC program for his fourth consecutive year, he now directs a group of athletes all who have been immersed in the “Geordie” coaching environment for their entire collegiate careers. Associate Head Coach and leader of the novice program Brendan Mulvey is also coaching for his fourth consecutive year at BC looks to guide his athletic group of novices toward yet another successful season. Coach Matt Keys has returned for his second year to contribute his valuable expertise to the varsity program. New to the team this year, Coach Ken Clifford has even further enhanced the level of coaching available to the novices. The capable and dedicated coaching staff has stayed hard a work priming their athletes for the upcoming spring championship season.

A strong showing of BCVM Alumni and friends gathered to attend the Scott Laio Memorial Golf Tournament and Alumni Weekend in September and produced a very generous fundraising event for the team. At the Alumni Banquet Coach Cofin lead the christening of a brand new Vespoli V1 8+ affectionately named, The Goose Slayer, in reference to the team nickname of the late Scott Laio ‘06. The purchase of the beautiful new boat was made possible by the generous contributions of rowing alumni and parents. The team greatly appreciates the generosity of the Boston College rowing community throughout the year. Your contributions make it possible for the team to train and race at the competitive level to which it has always aspired.

Both the varsity and novice programs enjoyed a busy but successful fall season. The varsity kicked off its head-racing season at the Textile River Regatta where two mixed lineups placed third and fourth respectively in a ield of 8 boats. Settling into prioritized lineups, they traveled to the Qunsigamond Snake Regatta, in which the 1V placed 5th and the 2V placed 10th out of a ield of 28 boats. Following the Snake, the team tested its mettle in its most important regatta of the fall season, the Head of the Charles; the 1V placed a team-record 10th place out of a competitive ield of roughly 35 boats in the Collegiate 8+ event and the 2V placed 17th in the very competitive Club 8+ ield of 38. Just a week later, the Novice and Varsity teams traveled together to the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga, NY, where the team ielded a number of boats and managed to bring back a variety of medals. The 1V missed winning the Collegiate 8+ event outright by less than 1.5 seconds, placing 2nd out of 19 boats. The 2V placed a strong 3rd out of 10 in the JV8+ event. The two novice 8+ boats placed 8th and 14th respectively in a ield of 30. Two mixed Varsity Fours, comprised of rowers from the 1V and 2V also represented the team well with a 3rd place and 5th place inishes in a ield of 30, as well. On the heels of their promising weekend in Saratoga, the novices then traveled to Hanover, NH to the Green Monster Regatta, marking impressive 5th and 12th place inishes in a highly competitive ield of 20. In late November, in the inal Head Race of the year, the Varsity and Novice Squads took to the Charles River Basin to compete in the Foot of the Charles, a regatta that draws some of the fastest collegiate teams in the country. The two-mixed Varsity fours garnered 28th and 36th place inishes respectively in a ield of 40 and the two novice 8’s earned very impressive 8th and 9th place inishes in a ield of 16. At this point the team packed up its boats and took to the ergs for the winter months.

The crew team has been blessed thus far with a powerful team-wide eagerness to improve and remains hungry to capitalize on the competitive growth it experienced in the fall. The standards for the winter’s intensive aerobic and strength-training programs have been set and the entire team is hard at work to achieve them, with Crash B’s just around the corner. The ice on the river cannot break up soon enough. Thank you again to the Boston College Men’s Rowing community; the team is working hard in the hopes of making you proud come springtime.

4 WOMEN’S The Boston College Women’s Club Lacrosse Team is ready for a successful spring. The team is energized for a competitive season after a tough loss to URI last year, which cost the team the bid to the National Tournament. Regardless of the unforeseen ending of the season, the team dominated otherwise. BCWCL traveled down south to the Lone Star State to play four out-of-league games, winning two against nationally competitive teams. North Eastern also competed in Austin, Texas, but the Eagles did not face the cross-town rivals until April at the Cystic Fibrosis Game Day. Both the Men and Women BC Club Lacrosse Teams played in in order to raise awareness about the disease. The W was well deserved against North Eastern as family and friends joined to support the cause and watch two competitive games. The team would like to thank the BC Athletic Department and the Boomer Esiason Foundation for the success of this day.

BCWCL has high hopes for this season. The team has not only been training hard, but also forming strong team camaraderie on and off the ield. In addition to the regular season games, the Eagles anticipate competitive encounters at a tournament in Maryland at the end of March. Ultimately, the goal is to qualify for the National Tournament and compete among the top ranked teams in the country at the end of the season. Through teamwork, discipline, and determination the Eagles will once again compete at the team’s greatest potential.

WOMEN’S RUGBY

BC Women’s Rugby started their second season in Division 1 with a strong win about UMass Amherst, winning 39-5 at home on the Brighton Campus. They continued their winning streak for their next two games, away at UConn and Northeastern. Scoring more than 4 tries in each game, BCWRFC won 36–12 and 39–7, putting them at the top of the division standings. BC experience their irst loss at home against URI, losing 34–10. On Senior Day for the class of 2013, BCWRFC beat hometown rival BU 20–5, celebrating with an alumni BBQ after the game. After facing a tough Norwich team, BC ended the season in 2nd place in the division. In the irst game of playoffs, BC again faced URI in Rhode Island. In an incredibly evenly matched game, BC ended up losing 21 – 20 at the very last minute, ending their Fall 15’s season. For the second year in a row, BCWRFC was invited to play in the USA Rugby Collegiate Sevens Tournament, which takes place in Texas for the top 16 teams in the country. Facing tough competition from teams that practice with a 7’s team year-round, BCWRFC ended the two-day tournament with a 1-5 record. They were led by senior 7’s captains Annie Abber and Lily White, both of whom also received USA Rugby Academic All-American awards at the beginning of the fall season. The team was relatively young this year, with a few players learning 7’s for the irst time a few weeks before the tournament, and look forward to competing again next year.

5 MEN’S SOCCER The Boston College Men’s Club Soccer team (BCFC) had a very successful year. After losing their irst game of the season to Yale, the team managed to go undefeated in their next nine games, going 7-0-2 with victories over rival BU, perennial power Northeastern, and eventual Regional Champion Harvard. During that stretch, BCFC turned into a goal-scoring juggernaut. Led by Nico Capetola’s 7 goals, they scored a remarkable 35 goals in 9 games. BCFC would inish the season tied for irst place in the league, but lost the league title by a one goal difference to Harvard. This incredible run would unfortunately come to an end at Regionals, where a victory over George Mason would not be enough to offset losses to UCONN and Johns Hopkins. The team says good-bye to coach Luke Kelly, as well as, seniors Mike Greene, Vinicius Diniz, Anthony Uliano, Alejandro Pozo, Andrew Klokiw, Vince Coleman, and Andrew Smeallie. BCFC hopes to build on this excellent year, and plans to continue their success in the future.

WOMEN’S ULTIMATE As the spring season approaches, Boston College’s WOMEN’S SQUASH Women’s Club Ultimate Frisbee has started their preparation for the upcoming season. After a tough end to the season last year, the girls plans on pushing The Women’s Club Squash team has had a themselves to farther limits in order to secure a spot successful season thus far. They inished off the in the second day of the Regional Tournament in May. 2011-2012 year ranked as the number one club With over 30 girls returning from last season and an squash team in the nation. So far this season the additional 20 new girls, the team demonstrates big Eagles have already jumped in the College Squash potential in the upcoming season. The Eagles had a Association Ranking from position 29 to 22 in irst glimpse of the team in the fall season at their two major tournaments, Brown University’s Huck-a-Hunk women’s teams. They added many new matches and Stonehill's Get Skyy'd, where they inished in a including varsity schools to their schedule for the respectable 4th place among their competition. With a 2012-2013 season in hopes of broadening their few new tournaments, and new competition to come horizons and expanding the program. The team is in the middle of the semester, they feel conident to young with an addition of four new freshmen this compete against the local Boston schools in the year and hopes that it will continue to grow. The Conference Championships. With their head coach, team started the year strong by defeating Wellesley Rosie Ano and assistant coaches, Adrienne Altobelli and Mike Miller, the Women’s Ultimate Team is ready College 6-3 in the opening match in November. to take their playing to the next level while having fun Since then they have gone up against tough in the process of doing so. competitors including Harvard and Wesleyan and were successful in defeating Tufts and Northeastern. The team will travel to Maine for a tournament against NESCAC schools Colby and Bowdoin and are anticipating close matches. The remainder of the season will include replaying Wellesley and Tufts before the Eagles head off to Squash Nationals at Yale in Hartford, CT.

6 MEN’S RUGBY The Men’s Rugby team had a good Fall Season, inishing 8-1, 6-1 in Conference Play and claiming second place in the East Coast Rugby Conference. The season began with two out- of-conference games at Holy Cross and the Coast Guard Academy. Both were less than polished because it was early in the season, but the team managed to pull out the two wins. The irst game of conference play was a 54-8 beat down of the overwhelmed UConn Huskies. The following week BC unfortunately lost to U-Albany in a strange game that involved a ield with two sets of lines, an unusually strict red card rule, and a 20-minute ambulance delay in the irst half. The next week, however, the boys responded with a 20-0 shellacking record defeating highly ranked American International College teams in a torrential rainstorm. After being eliminated in the semi-inals of the Conference Sevens Tournament, BC responded with a 52-31 victory over Southern Connecticut the next week. The Rugby Fall Classic took place on October 20th, and in the mud and muck of John’s ield, BC out a gritty 22-5 victory. Following the big win, BCRFC traveled to Amherst to play U-Mass and brought home another tough win, this time by a score of 9-0. In the fall season inale the boys traveled up north to play Middlebury College in Burlington Vermont, squeaking out a 13-11 win in the freezing rain. Middlebury, however, won the conference by basis of bonus points, so BCRFC will have to play their way into Nationals later in the spring. This was as good of season that anyone on the team could have hoped for, and the best part is, it’s not over.

The Boston College Eagles are back for what looks MEN’S ULTIMATE to be a very promising season of Men's Ultimate. The Eagles kick off their 2013 season with a trip to Chapel Hill for the ACC Tournament. Team captains Savi Tuber, Thomas Mattera, and Michael Dillon hope to use this tournament as an opportunity to assert the Eagles’ position as a national contender. Boston College will continue their climb into the national spotlight soon after in the Queen City Tune-Up, which in the face of Michigan, Ohio, Tufts, and UNC (all top 20 in preseason power rankings) looks to be a true litmus test for the program. As the Eagles move into more regional competition, Coach Micah Flynn plans to keep the squad as a force to be reckoned with during the New England Conference Sectional and Regional tournaments with a grind-it-out physical style. In order to do this, the Eagles will look to workhorse cutter Theo Mayer, and sophomore phenom Dylan Wolff to facilitate the offense, along with Mike Camus and Ryan Woodhouse to sparkplug the team on defense. If the Eagles have their way this season, they will be one of the breakout teams in college ultimate, and poised for a Nationals berth. 7 GOLF CYCLING The Club Golf team enjoyed a fairly successful fall season, The 2013 cycling season is quickly placing 2nd in both NCCGA Northeast regional events and approaching. After training all fall in spin class earning a berth at the NCCGA National Championship. The and out on the roads almost every weekend, irst fall regional tournament, held in Poughkeepsie, NY, the BC Cycling Club is back in the Plex for spin featured All-Tournament team selections for seniors Tom class. Every Monday and Wednesday you can Coburn and Matt Elliott, as well as sophomore Conor ind the team in Multi-Purpose room A hard at McCormack, as the Eagles posted a two-day team score of work training for the road season. After a 800 (+80). The second regional tournament, held in disappointingly short mountain bike season, Wilkes-Barre, PA, was won outright by senior Mike the whole team is eager for spring weather for Marcus, with scores of 75-75. His win represented the a good ride and successful racing. best-ever inish for a BC player. Also on the All- The season will begin the irst weekend of Tournament team for BC was senior Mike Richardson. The March at Rutgers at the “Frozen Toed Season team put up a two-day score of 799 (+79). Both regional Opener.” After the tournament, the team will team events were won by UNH, who the Eagles anticipate have race weekends until late April. Not every to take down in the spring. team member will compete in all of the races because we build our team each weekend The team traveled to Sea Island, Georgia, home of the PGA according to who is available, but we anticipate Tour’s McGladrey Classic, for the National Championship. a full team each race. Over two days at the wind-blown, challenging layout, the team put up a score of 831 (+121). Representing the The golf team has a great deal of seniors on the Eagles at Nationals were seniors Mike Richardson, Tom team this year including Peter, M.E., Divya, Joe, Coburn, Mike Marcus, Matt Elliott, Garrett Fitzgerald, and Tommy, Max, and Justin. Having different levels John Coyne, as well as sophomore Conor McCormack and of involvement throughout their years on the freshman Jackson Walsh. The squad is looking forward to BC Cycling Team, they all have been a solid core the spring season. You can follow their progress on to the program and will be dearly missed. A few Twitter at @bcclubgolf or online at bc.edu/golf. races to look out for are the MIT X-Pot in Worcester, MA and the RISD Debut in Providence, RI. EQUESTRIAN The Boston College Equestrian Team continues to grow and become more successful each semester. Last season we had a record amount of students show interest, leading to growth in our roster, which now includes about 45 riders. Our oficers for this year include three seniors, one junior and one sophomore: Brittany Bachant as President, Kelsey Kunes as Vice President, Catherine DiMarzo as Secretary, Ana Driggs as Treasurer, and Katie Nowak as Fundraising & Social Coordinator. In the fall, BCET competed in four shows against regional teams, placing higher than we have in the past. We are in the midst of planning our spring show, which we will host at our home barn, Saddle Rowe Farm, for the third year in a row, on February 23.

8 BC CLUB APPRENTICES NEW MEMBERS OF THE CLUB COUNCIL EXECUTIVE BOARD

Gracie Villa is a sophomore in the school of Arts Kyle Egan is a sophomore in and Sciences with a double major in Biology and the class of 2015. He is a Art History. Originally, she is from Peapack, NJ, Finance and Management & and at BC she play on the Club Field Hockey Team. Leadership major in CSOM She played ield hockey throughout high school and is from Madison, CT. He and chose to join the team at BC in order to plays on the Club Tennis continue playing sports on a competitive level, but Team and loves being on the also to meet new people, and get involved in BC team because it is a sense of life. She also played ice hockey for 15 years before family for him and he loves coming to BC and currently coaches the middle to play the sport. He also school team at Newton Country Day School. loves to ski, golf, and hang Separately, she is an Irish twin and a Gemini. out with friends. His favorite food is lobster and a fun fact Gracie Villa about him is that he doesn’t know how to snap his ingers. Tracy Nunziati is a sophomore in the Carroll School of Management concentrating in inance and marketing. Originally from Redwood City, California, she is a coxswain on the Men’s Crew team at Boston College and one of the team's few female members. Before transitioning to coxing on the collegiate level, Tracy discovered her passion for the sport while rowing competitively in high school. Compelled by the strong team dynamic and exciting competitive environment, she decided to continue with the men’s team at BC. In addition to her role on the Club Sports Council, Tracy is also a member of Smart Woman Securities where she serves as the Events Coordinator on the Executive Board. In her free time, Tracy enjoys running, yoga, baking, and going to the beach.

Will Meyer is a freshman planning on graduating in three Kyle Egan years from the Carroll School of Management with concentrations in Finance and Operations Management. He is a goalkeeper on the Men's Club Soccer Team and is from outside Chicago, IL. He loves soccer because it is truly a universal sport and transcends cultures and barriers. His favorite soccer team is Fulham. Tracy Nunziati In fact, there are three Will's on the Club Soccer Team and they all root for Fulham! Will Meyer 9 BC CLUB SPORTS OUT OF BOUNDS

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