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Harvard Varsity Club NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Volume 50, Issue No. 10 www.varsityclub.harvard.edu May 23, 2008 Varsity Club Inducts Six Into Hall of Fame Group includes first-ever women’s basketball player and first-ever husband-wife duo by Ellie Humphries ‘04 Gil Talbot photo Gil Talbot Assistant Director, Harvard Varsity Club Six all-time great Harvard athletes were honored at the annual Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame Dinner on May 9th at the Harvard Club of Boston. The Varsity Club Hall of Fame Class of 2008 included: Elizabeth Berkery Drury ‘93 (women’s lacrosse), Ted Drury ‘93 (men’s hockey), Sarah Leary ‘92 (women’s lacrosse), Erin Maher Salvador ‘93 (the first-ever women’s basketball player inducted), Mike Smith ‘81 (men’s soccer), and Larry Terrell ‘70 (men’s squash). Unfortunately Mike Smith and Larry Terrell were unable to attend the dinner, but the remaining four members of the Hall of Fame Class of 2008 were joined by a crowd of 110 family members, friends, former teammates The Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame Class of 2008 (L-R): and coaches, alums and athletic department administrators Sarah Leary ‘92, Ted Drury ‘93, Liz Berkery Drury ‘93 and Erin Maher on this special night. Salvador ‘93. Not pictured: Mike Smith ‘81 and Larry Terrell ‘70. Elizabeth Berkery Drury ‘93 - Lacrosse Theodore Drury ‘93 – Hockey A three-time All-American, Berkery Drury personified the In a program known for great players and teams, Ted Drury dominance of the Harvard women’s lacrosse program in one of wasted little time establishing himself his freshman year, taking its most competitive eras. As a freshman, Berkery Drury played home the Percy Award (Harvard’s top freshman), Ivy League a significant role on the 1990 National Championship team that Rookie of the Year and ECAC All-Rookie Team accolades. He went 15-0, scoring a key goal in the national title game victory only played 74 career games but stands 22nd on the school career over Maryland. Harvard won four Ivy League titles and had a points list (121), eighth on the school single-season points list (63 combined record of 53-8 overall and 23-1 in Ivy League play in 1992-93), and sixth for single-season assists (43). during Berkery Drury’s four years on the team. Serving as team captain in 1992-93, Drury led the Crimson to She earned first team All-Ivy League honors in 1991, 1992 and the ECAC regular-season title and a berth in the NCAA tourney. 1993. Selected Second Team All-American in 1991 and First Team In 1992-93, he was named Beanpot MVP after leading the Crimson All-American in 1992 and 1993, she is one of only eight Harvard to the Beanpot title, and was awarded the Tudor Cup as Harvard’s players to be selected First Team All-American more than once. MVP. He was also selected First Team All-Ivy, First Team All- Berkery Drury is the only Harvard player to be named the ECAC, First Team All-American, Ivy Player of the Year, ECAC National Player of the Year, an honor that came during her senior Player of the Year and a Hobey Baker Award Finalist. He was year in 1993. That same season, she served as team co-captain, named to the ECAC All-Decade Team for the 1990’s and went on was named Ivy League Player of the Year and was awarded the to compete for the U.S. in the 1992 and 1994 Olympics. Ted played Radcliffe Prize as Harvard’s top female senior athlete. eight seasons in the National Hockey League. continued on page 6 Men’s Tennis and Women’s Golf Compete In NCAA’s Men’s Tennis Battles But Falls To Texas Tech; Women’s Golf Places 19th At Regional by Jeff Selesnick, Athletic Communications Staff Assistant round of the tournament, hosted by the University of Michigan and Kurt Svoboda, Director of Athletic Communications in Ann Arbor. Despite being ousted by Texas A&M in the Big 12 conference tournament, Texas Tech received an at-large bid as the Harvard Head Coach Dave Fish ‘72 entered the 2008 No. 17 team in the country. The Red Raiders boasted a number of season having led 19 Crimson teams to Ivy League titles and ranked players on their roster but Harvard had tested its mettle NCAA tournament berths in his 31-year career. However, no against some of the top talent in the nation all season. players on the 2008 Crimson roster had played in the NCAA team The talented Red Raider doubles teams proved too much for bracket when Harvard last entered the 64-team field in 2004. This the Crimson as Harvard dropped the opening point with losses spring, after sweeping through the Ivy schedule and claiming the on the second and third courts. Singles play saw Texas Tech take 27th league crown in program history, the seniors finally got a two quick matches on the first and fourth courts to put the crack at the NCAA bracket. pressure on the Crimson, but Harvard’s freshmen stepped up. The Crimson ended the regular season as the No. 51 team Alexei Chijoff-Evans got Harvard on the board first with a in the nation and drew a tough test in Texas Tech in the opening decisive 6-2, 6-2 win at fifth singles andAba Omodele-Lucien moved the score to 3-2 with a 6-2, 7-6 win at No. 6. Senior Dan Nguyen split sets with his opponent at third singles and was midway through the final set when a Red Raiders win at No. 2 singles clinched the team victory for Texas Tech by a score of 4-2. While the loss marks the first time in four trips to the NCAA tournament that Harvard has not captured at least one match, there are plenty of positive takeaways for the Crimson. Along with claiming the Ivy title, Harvard boasted seven players who received All-Ivy honors. Senior Ashwin Kumar led the septet with unanimous First- Team singles and doubles nods and was joined on the First Team by junior co-captain Chris Clayton (singles) and doubles partner Sasha Ermakov. Nguyen received Second Team singles accolades and joined partner Omodele-Lucien on the honorable mention The Ivy League champion men’s tennis team celebrates its doubles list. Omodele-Lucien also earned honorable mention for successful season with a banquet at the Harvard Club of Boston. singles, and Harvard’s third doubles team of Chijoff-Evans and continued on page 4 Softball (25-22, 14-6 Ivy) Women’s Heavyweight Crew (11-3) • In the final home game of the regular season, sophomore • Radcliffe took all six races en route to clinching its second Lauren Murphy drove in freshman second baseman Ellen straight Beanpot team banner along with other awards to start Macadam three times as Harvard edged Boston University, 5-4. off its May schedule. The varsity eight downed Northeastern, Four Crimson pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts with senior Boston University, Boston College and MIT to claim the Beanpot captain Shelly Madick registering her eighth win on the season. trophy, Rowlands Cup and Allen-DeWolfe Trophy. The win • After clinching its second straight Ivy League North Division over Northeastern marked the 10th straight year that Radcliffe crown, Harvard squared off in a best-of-three series with South has claimed the Rowlands Cup, while the win over the Terriers Division champion Princeton. Macadam and Hayley Bock gave marks its second straight year with the All-DeWolfe Trophy. Harvard a 2-0 lead in Game 1 with solo home runs in the first • Every Radcliffe boat raced in its respective grand final and the and second innings, but two late runs from the Tigers spelled a varsity eight finished third at the EAWRC Sprints on the Cooper 4-2 defeat for Harvard. A four-run first inning for the Tigers in River in Camden County, NJ. The two varsity medals claimed Game 2 proved too big a deficit for the Crimson, despite a stellar by the Black and White helped Radcliffe qualify for a berth in pitching performance from Madick. the NCAA field. After finishing second to No. 7 Princeton in • Nine Crimson players earned All-Ivy recognition, fronted by its morning heat, the eighth-ranked Black and White edged the freshman outfielderEmily Henderson who was one of three Tigers by just over half a second for third behind No. 2 Brown rookies named to the All-Ivy League first team. Henderson and No. 3 Yale in the varsity eight grand final. Radcliffe placed led the league with a school-record 28 stolen bases, hit .385 in third as a team. conference action and was error-free starting every game in left • The NCAA Championships will be held May 30-June 1 in or center for Harvard. Maddick received a second-team nod, the Sacramento, Calif. The Black and White is making its 11th third All-Ivy honor of her career, along with Bock, sophomore appearance in the 12-year history of the event. rightfielder Jennifer Francis, Murphy, Macadam and sophomore pitcher Dana Roberts. Senior first basemanDanielle Kerper and sophomore third baseman Melissa Schellberg earned honorable mention. Baseball (10-30, 8-12 Ivy) • Harvard reached the 10-win plateau in its final game of the season, downing Northeastern, 7-6, on April 30. With the score tied at 6-6 in the top of the eighth inning, Matt Rogers ripped his third home run of the season for the winning run.