Chet Stone: the Mayor of Dillon Field House by Joe Bertagna ‘73
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Harvard Varsity Club NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Volume 48 Issue No. 1 www.varsityclub.harvard.edu August 26, 2005 Football Team Kicks Off 2005 Season Crimson Looking to Pick Up Where It Le� Off In 2004 by Chuck Sullivan Brown a close third. Director of Athletic Communications While some might consider Harvard’s preseason ranking a snub — did these media members actually watch the Crimson’s One of the first orders of business for head coach Tim 31-10 win against Penn in Philadelphia last year? — it actually is Murphy as Harvard prepares for its 132nd year of varsity football the perfect spot for a team in search of its own identity. Harvard will be a bit of housekeeping. is ranked highly enough to show that it commands respect Specifically, the Ivy League from the Ivy cognoscenti, but the fact that a team with Football Trophy, which has been displayed in Dillon Field the longest active winning streak in Division I-AA House since the emphatic 35-3 win against Yale in last year’s football is projected to finish behind anyone should season finale, will be removed from the Crimson’s serve as sufficient motivation for the start of camp. locker room area. It is a proceeding that is both “Penn deserves to be picked first,” said Mur- symbolic and practical in nature. phy upon learning of the projected order of finish. “If this team wants to display the “They have been there more than anyone in the trophy,” the 12th-year head coach said, past 20 years, but I’m comfortable that we “they’re going to have to earn it, just should be picked as one of the top teams.” like every other team in the league.” Rankings aside, Murphy views this Such is the mindset of the Crimson year’s Ivy League chase as potentially the coaches and players as they head into most closely contested in many years. their preseason workouts in prepara- He’s hardly paying lip-service. Can tion for the Sept. 17 season-opener at one really say that Brown — which had Har- Holy Cross. The 2004 squad staked its vard on the ropes at 31-10 in the third quarter claim as one of the great Harvard teams last season and returns nearly every key player of all-time, steamrolling through eight op- from that squad — isn’t a bona fide contender? ponents and winning nailbiters against two Or that Cornell, which jumped from eighth others to finish as one of five unbeaten teams to third in the course of one season, won’t continue in all of college football. That squad, which its ascent in the standings? Or that Yale, which only went 10-0 and won Harvard’s 11th Ivy League needs to look to its four-game series losing streak to the championship in football, le� no doubt as to Crimson as motivation, won’t be there at the end? Or its status among the Ancient Eight. that Princeton, Dartmouth or Columbia won’t make a The 2005 team, on the other hand, sits in an Carnelian-like rise this year? eight-way tie in the Ivy League standings “I don’t know that there’s been a time in which the and hasn’t won a game yet. league race has been this wide open,” said Murphy. As good as Harvard was last season, With everyone starting on equal footing in terms and as much potential as there is for this Junior of wins and losses, Harvard is looking at roughly four year, the Ivy League preseason poll still Cli�on Dawson weeks from the start of camp to the Ivy League opener lists Penn as the 2005 favorite. The in which it essentially needs to learn to perform at Quakers edged Harvard by one point in championship form. While there are plenty of veter- the poll of Ivy media members, with Continued on page 6 Fall Teams Return to Action Women’s Volleyball, Field Hockey Set to Defend Ivy Titles by Alexis Ribak Athletic Communications Intern Field Hockey The Crimson looks to start the 2005 season as strong as it finished in 2004. As co- champions of the Ivy League in 2004 with an overall record of 11-7, the Crimson returns senior All-American Jen McDavi� (Walpole, MA), who led the Ivy League in assists last Senior captain fall. Veteran head coach Sue Caples begins her 18th year at the helm of the Crimson, who Jennifer McDavi� open the season at UMass on September 4th. Women’s Soccer A�er a solid 2004 campaign, the Crimson has high hopes for 2005. The squad made its 10th overall NCAA tournament appearance and finished 8-7-2 in 2004, and returns its top scorer, sophomore All-Ivy pick Megan Merrit (Northridge, CA), and top keeper, senior Katie Shields (Dana Point, CA), for the 2005 season. Former assistant coach Stephanie Erickson takes over for Tim Wheaton, beginning her first season as head coach of the Crimson. The squad faces Binghamton in its first match of the season on September 3rd. Women’s Volleyball The Crimson won its first-ever Ivy League title in 2004, and posted an overall re- cord of 15-10. With veteran head coach Jennifer Weiss at the helm in her 13th season at Harvard, the youthful Crimson hopes to repeat as Ivy League champions. Harvard Continued on page 2 Sports, continued from page 1 faces Boston College in the New England Challenge in its first match of the season on September 9th. Men’s Soccer A�er finishing 9-7-1 in 2004, the Crimson returns its top five leading scorers: Nick Tornaritis (Groton, MA), Anthony Tor- naritis (Groton, MA), Charles Altchek (Rye, NY), Ma� Hoff (St. Louis, MO), and Ivy League Rookie of the Year Michael Fucito (Westford, MA) and its top goalkeeper, Ryan Johnson (East Setauket, NY). Head Coach John Kerr returns for his seventh season as head coach. The Crimson kicks off the year with a game at Vermont on September 6th. Men’s Water Polo The men’s water polo team enters the 2005 campaign under the guidance of second-year head coach Erik Farrar. The Crimson hopes to improve upon its 2004 record of 12-10 this season with the help of six returning seniors: Rick Offsay (Encino, CA), Greg Marvin-Smith (Madison, CT), Brian Choi (Los Angeles, CA), Mike Gerrity (Poway, CA), John Lynch (Alamo, CA) and Evan Kasequma (Bellevue, WA). The Crimson opens its fall schedule at the Cambridge Invitational at M.I.T. on September 10th. Co-Ed Sailing A�er taking fourth in the team race championship and sev- enth in the co-ed dinghy championship last spring, the Crimson returns most of its leaders in 2005, including juniors Clayton Michael Fucito ‘08 Johnson (Toms River, NJ) and Christina Dahlman (Chevy Women’s Cross Country Chase, MD), sophomore Kyle Sophomore Lindsey Scherf (Scars- Kovacs (Pennington, NJ), and dale, NY) returns to the Crimson in the senior Vincent Porter (Winnetka, same trail-blazing manner in which IL). Head Coach Mike O’Connor she finished last spring. In her inau- returns for his ninth season as gural year on campus, Scherf was an the team’s first rega�a is at Yale All-American three times over (cross on September 3rd. country, indoor, and outdoor track), became the American junior record Women’s Sailing holder in the 10K, and finished 10th at Last spring, the women’s the USA Track & Field Outdoor Cham- sailing team won the national pionships in June. The team returns championship for the fi�h time four seniors: Lindsay Crouse (Wake- in Harvard history. With the field, RI), Laura Maludzinski (Barrie, return of juniors Emily Simon ONT), Danila Musante (Oakland, (Oak Brook, IL) and Christina CA), and Kierann Smith (Wahpeton, Dahlman (Chevy Chase, MD), ND). Head Coach Frank Haggerty and senior Sloan Devlin (Mystic, ‘68 is looking to improve upon the CT), the Crimson looks to add team’s eighth place finish at the NCAA a sixth title to its resume. The regionals last fall. The Crimson opens fall schedule begins at M.I.T on its schedule at the Iona Invitational on September 10th. September 24th. Men’s Cross Country The Harvard men’s cross country team enters 2005 led by returning seniors Timothy Lindsey Scherf ‘05 For the latest Galebach (Andover, MA) and scores and highlights James Kelly (Oxsho�, U.K.). Head Coach Frank Haggerty ‘68 returns for his 24th season, and is looking to improve upon the visit the Crimson online at team’s 11th place finish at the NCAA regionals last fall. The Crim- www.gocrimson.co son opens its season at the Iona Invitational on September 24th. m Upcoming Friends and Varsity Club Events September 3 Football Scrimmage vs. Columbia Harvard Stadium 12:30 p.m. 10 Football Intra-Squad Scrimmage Harvard Stadium 12:30 p.m. 19 Varsity Club Executive Board Meeting Murr Center 3rd Fl. Conference Room 5:15 p.m. 19 Friends of Football Board Meeting Murr Center 3rd Fl. Conference Room 6:30 p.m. 22 Friends of Football Huddle Downtown Harvard Club 5:30 p.m. 23 Friends of Hockey Golf Tournament Shaker Hills Golf Club 12 p.m. Reg. 1 p.m. start October 5 Friends of Rowing Executive Board Lunch Downtown Harvard Club 12 p.m. 14 Friends of Soccer Boston Dinner John Harvard’s Restaurant TBA 15 Friends of Soccer Alumni/ae Games Ohiri Practice Fields 9 a.m. 18 HRFWA Leadership Dinner Meeting Murr Center 3rd Floor Lounge 6:30 p.m.