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Feature Harvard Varsity Club Story: Bill Reid ‘01 NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Page 7 Vol. 46, No. 2 October 17, 2003 Brown, Northeastern and Cornell Victims of Powerful Crimson Attack by Chuck Sullivan Morse Photo Tim Director of Athletic Communications Boston-area fans of Harvard Football was the could be forgiven if they didn’t make the 720- amount of mile round-trip to Ithaca, N.Y., this past Sat- adversity the urday. Crimson had Coming off two impressive home wins to overcome against a strong Brown team and a nation- to achieve it. ally ranked Northeastern squad (10th), the A rash of in- Cornell game didn’t exactly invoke main- juries had event status (for Crimson fans, that tag is in caused the reserve until the last two weeks in Novem- coaching ber). Harvard – ranked 23rd nationally and staff to 3-0 – was taking on a squad that was 1-2 and reconfigure looking for its first Ivy win. parts of the Then you throw in a Martinez-Clemens depth chart matchup in the American League Champi- and force onship Series that same day, and suddenly, many of the tuning into the radio broadcast of Crimson players – TOUCHDOWN! Ryan Tyler ‘06 dives into the endzone during the Crimson’s Football doesn’t sound like a bad way to particularly 52-14 rout of Ivy rival Brown. spend a Saturday. on offense – to play out of position. Let’s just output of the season in terms of points and We will tell you, however, that the Crim- say that the left offensive tackle position for total yards. But the win was satisfying in that son faithful who made the journey left Harvard right now is about as enviable a every time the Big Red threatened to take Ithaca, much like they left Harvard Stadium spot as the the drummer of Spinal Tap fol- momentum, Harvard had an answer. the previous two weeks, inherently satis- lowing significant injuries to the top four “Our defense was opportunistic and fied with the 27-0 result. And there might men on the depth chart. came up with some big stops,” said Murphy, not be a better gauge of exactly how well That said, Harvard fans who saw the Continued on Page 4 things went for Harvard than the image of Cornell game would be quick to agree head coach Tim Murphy, individually con- on the following: The game was gratulating every one of his players and much closer than the score indicated coaches as they entered the locker room. and Harvard was able to win by four This, indeed, was a milestone victory for touchdowns without playing its ‘A’ Harvard. No Crimson team in history had game. dealt a shutout on Cornell’s Schoellkopf No, this was no easy victory for Field. In fact, it was Harvard’s first shutout the Crimson, which managed just of Cornell in Ithaca in 110 years. five first downs in the final three Harvard Stadium Almost as rewarding as the end result quarters and was held to its lowest Centennial Dinner Fall Sports Action Heats Up Saturday, October 25, 2003 By Matt McCollester Lavietes Pavilion 6:00 p.m. Reception Athletic Communicatons Intern Lingman (Irvine, CA) and junior Men’s Tennis Jonathan Chu (New York, NY) se- 7:00 p.m. Dinner Harvard captured its second consecu- cured the double point with a 8-6 $150 per person tive ECAC Championship by defeating Penn win. Chu clinched the Champion- State, 4-0. The Crimson only dropped two ships at #2 singles winning, 6-0, 6-4. For reservations call (617) 495-3535. sets in singles and only one doubles match The victory secured the Crimson a in the tournament. Senior co-captain Dave spot in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships at the University of Jack Li ‘07 Photo Washington in February. Women’s Soccer Men’s Soccer The Crimson (4-3-4, 1-0-1 Ivy) started The Crimson (4-3-3, 0-1-1 Ivy) traveled its Ivy League slate with a 2-1 upset win over to North Carolina and stunned head coach Penn. Junior Alisha Moran (Milton, MA) John Kerr’s alma mater, Duke, 3-2. Sopho- and senior Alisa Sato (Milani, HI) each more Brian Charnock (Old Hickory, TN) scored a goal and added an assist in the vic- notched a goal and an assist in the victory. tory. Moran continued her hot play as she Harvard dropped a tough match at No. 8 notched the lone Crimson goal in a 1-1 draw UNC, 1-0. Charnock was awarded Ivy with crosstown rival Boston University. League Player of the Week as he recorded Sophomore keeper Katie Shields (Dana career-high seven points in the week. Matt Point, CA) posted four saves as she shut out Hoff (St. Louis, MO) earned Rookie of the Yale in a 0-0 tie. Senior Katie Westfall Week honors as he tallied two goals and an (Johnsburg, IL) had a goal and an assist in assist for the week. The Crimson then trav- less than seven minutes as Harvard defeated eled to Yale where it was held to a 1-0 de- New Hampshire, 3-1. Sophomore Rebecca feat. Hoff scored the game-wining goal in Mildrew (San Juan Capistrano, CA) re- the Crimson’s 1-0 defeat of visiting Central corded her first collegiate goal and Moran Connecticut State and scored the tying goal notched her team-high sixth goal. Harvard The men’s tennis team celebrate their second against Ivy League foe Cornell, in a 1-1tie. ECAC title in two years. Continued on Page 2 Fall Sports, continued from page 1 continued its strong play in the League as Westfall notched her sec- sists and freshman Katie Turley-Molony (San Jose, CA) notched a ond goal in as many games for the 1-1 tie at Cornell. new best 15 kills. The Crimson co-captains, Bendush and Pospisil, Field Hockey were named to the Crimson Classic All-Tournament team. Harvard Harvard (8-3, 3-0 Ivy) traveled to Storrs, CT, and upset No. 11 fell to host New Hampshire, 3-1. Schweitzer added a double-double Connecticut, 3-2. Senior Kate McDavitt with 11 kills and 10 digs in the loss. (Walpole, MA) scored the game-win- The Crimson swept the season se- ning goal as the Crimson defeated ries from Ivy foe Dartmouth with a UConn for the first time since 1991. 3-1 defeat in Hanover. Ogbechie, Sophomore Beth Sackovich (Hockessin, last year’s Ivy League player of the DE) scored the first goal of the game and year, notched a season-high 21 kills less than three minutes later, classmate and had four solo blocks in just her Jen McDavitt (Walpole, MA) scored to second match of the season. give Harvard a 2-0 lead at the half. Jun- Schweitzer continued her solid play ior Shelley Maasdorp (Harare, Zimba- with 16 kills and 17 digs while bwe) scored the only goal in the freshman Sarah Cebron (La Jolla, Crimson’s 1-0 victory over visiting CA) added 12 digs. Ogbechie Brown. Harvard picked up its sixth win earned Ivy player-of-the-week hon- of the season with an easy 6-1 defeat ors and Cebron garnered rookie-of- over visiting New Hampshire. the-week accolades. Harvard con- Maasdorp continued her solid play as tinued its run through the Ivy she tallied two goals and an assist and League with an easy victory over senior Mina Pell (Washington, DC) re- Columbia, 3-0. Schweitzer notched corded a goal and a pair of helpers. Se- her seventh double-double of the nior Liz Andrews (Houston, TX) and year with 17 kills and 10 digs. The junior Tiffany Egnaczyk (Woodbridge, Crimson fell to Cornell, 3-1 in an CT) each added a goal in the victory. The early battle for first-place in the Ivy Crimson extended its winning streak to League. Schweitzer added 16 kills four games with a convincing 7-0 defeat while Ogbechie notched 15 kills in of Providence. Five different Crimson the loss. players scored goals, including two each Men’s Water Polo from Jen McDavitt and senior Elizabeth Harvard (1-10) placed ninth at Andrews (Houston, MA). Senior de- Kate McDavitt ‘03 scored the game-winner against UConn. the ECAC Championship held at fender Jen Ahn (Cockeysville, MD) and freshman Gretchen Fuller Brown. Harvard fell to St Francis, 11-5 and Brown, 15-6, before drop- (Shaker Heights, OH) each recorded her first collegiate goal. The ping a 12-8 decision to Iona. Junior captain Rick Offsay (Encino, Crimson ran into a hot team as it fell to No. 12 Northeastern, 2-1. CA) tallied five goals over the weekend, including three against Iona. Harvard jumped out to the early lead as Maasdorp scored off as- Freshman Michael Garcia (Annapolis, MD) tallied team-high six sists from Ahn and Pell, but could not hold off the rally from the goals over the weekend and junior Mike Gerrity (Poway, CA) added Huskies. Harvard, ranked sixteenth in the country, remained un- three goals. defeated in League play with a 6-0 defeat of Cornell. Crimson keep- Women’s Cross Country ers Katie Zacarian (Amherst, MA) and Aliaa Remtillia (Vancouver, Harvard placed ninth at the Iona Meet of Champions. Senior BC) teamed together for the shutout. Kate McDavitt notched two Beverly Whelan (Toronto, ONT) finishing in 24th place with a time more goals and Maasdorp added a goal and two assists in the vic- of 22:54.7. The Crimson placed third in the 27th annual Harvard- tory.