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Harvard Varsity Club NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Volume 51 Issue No. 2 www.varsityclub.harvard.edu September 30, 2008 Crimson Football Outshines Holy Cross in Night Game, Falls Short at Brown to Start Season 1-1 by Matt Scheerer The Harvard football team opened its season 1-1, with a Athletic Communications Intern thrilling 25-24 win against Holy Cross under the lights at Har- vard Stadium and a tough Ivy League loss to Brown, 24-22, on a slick, rainy day in Providence, R.I. On a cool night at Harvard Stadium, the first Friday night game in the Stadium’s 105 years, the Crimson faced off against the Holy Cross Crusaders. At the end of the first quarter, Har- vard trailed, 7-6, converting two field goal attempts fromPatrick Long but the Crusaders stormed back to take a 17-6 halftime lead. The score remained the same after the third quarter. The first play from scrimmage of the fourth quarter changed the tempo for the Crimson as senior linebacker Eric Shultz sacked the Holy Cross quarterback, causing a fumble and recovering it at the Harvard 15-yard line. In the following series, senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti threw a 68 yard touchdown pass to Marco Ian- nuzzi, who finished the night with 11 catches and 174 yards. After a Holy Cross touchdown, and a Pizzotti touchdown run, the Crusaders led 24-19. With the end of the game looming, Harvard received the ball off a Holy Cross punt with 5:11 left in the game. The Crimson had a short field to work with on their final drive, starting at their own 40-yard line. Pizzotti went 4-of-6 on pass completions, throwing for 39 yards while managing the game clock, and leading the Crimson down the field to score on a Senior quarterback Chris Pizzoti has risen to the challenge so far this one-yard touchdown run to give Harvard the lead, 25-24. season. He has already amassed 690 yards passing and three thouch- After a failed two-point conversion, the suspense took holdof downs along with two rushing touchdowns through two games. photo by dspics.com Continued on page 6 Fall Sports Preview Sailing Women’s Volleyball (5-7, 0-1 Ivy) • Harvard began the season with a dominating win in the MIT • The Crimson swept its way to the Dartmouth Invitational title Invite as the Crimson competed in five different events Sept. 13- Sept. 26-27 with wins over Dartmouth, Bryant and St. Francis 14. The A-division pair of sophomores Tedd Himler and Quincy in the title game. A win over Central ConnecticutContinued State in theon page 6 Bock totaled 18 points in their seven races to win by five points, Harvard Invitational gave coach Jen Weiss her 200th victory in including wins in their first and fifth races. JuniorsDrew Robb her 16th year at Harvard. and Michelle Konstadt accumulated just 10 points in seven • The Crimson went 1-3 to start the season. The Crimson then races in the B division. went 1-3 at the USF Best Western Invitational in Tampa, Fla., • Freshmen Emily Lambert and Annie DeAngelo debuted with with the lone win coming against Georgia Southern. Junior a win in the B division at the Man-Labs Trophy as the Crimson Chelsea Ono Horn was named to the all-tournament team. finished third overall. • Junior co-captain Katherine Kocurek and senior Kathryn • On Sept. 20-21, the Crimson took second place at the Mrs. McKinley were named to the Dartmouth Invitational All- Hurst Bowl at Dartmouth. Lambert and DeAngelo won their Tournament team. division for the second-straight week. The duo was named New • Freshman Anne Carroll Ingersoll is hitting .338 to pace the England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Sailors of the Week Crimson offense and has 65 kills, 19 digs and a team-leading 22 as the Crimson finished just one point behind top-ranked Col- blocks. She was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week Sept. 16 lege of Charleston. after hitting .396 and averaging 2.6 kills per set in the Harvard • Megan Watson and Meghan Wareham placed second in the Invitational. A division at the Mrs. Hurst Bowl, just two points behind the • Freshman Christine Wu has contributed a team-leading 108 CofC winners. At the New England Women’s Singlehanded digs. McKinley leads the team with 2.90 kills per set, and Championship Sept. 27-28, Watson finished fifth, earning her Kocurek averages a team-high 3.71 digs per set. second straight berth in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association • The Crimson has one more non-conference game left before Women’s Singlehanded Championship, to be held Oct. 24-25 at it gets into the heart of Ivy League play Oct. 3 at home against Cornell. For the weekend, Watson totaled six top-four finishes in Dartmouth. The Crimson will alternate home and away week- 14 races, winning once on Saturday. ends for the next month, playing at Brown and Yale, hosting Cornell and Columbia Oct. 17 and 18, traveling to Princeton and Women’s Golf Penn and then hosting Yale and Brown Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. • Harvard opened its fall season with three straight first-place finishes at the Dartmouth Invitational Sept. 13-14, the Princeton of host Princeton. Sophomore Mia Kabasakalis shot a 9-over 153 Invitational Sept. 20-21 and the Yale Fall Intercollegiate Sept. to capture 7th place. Sept. 27-28. • At the Yale Fall Intercollegiate, the Crimson again came away • The women captured their third straight title at the Dartmouth with the win, shooting a collective 17-over 301 to finish four Invitational, collectively shooting a 40-over 616 to win by nine strokes ahead of second-place Texas San Antonio and 10 ahead of strokes over host Dartmouth. Freshman Christine Cho shot a 73 host Yale. and 75 at the par-72 course to finish in a tie for first place. Senior • After rain forced cancellation of the first round Sept. 27, Shel- Ali Bode shot a 151 (+7) to finish in fourth, while junior Claire don shot a 2-over 73 on Sept. 28 to finish in a tie for fourth. Cho Sheldon finished in fifth with an 8-over 152. shot a 4-over 75 to finish in ninth. • Cho finished in third place at the Princeton Invitational as the • The team has one more tournament left in the fall season, the Crimson finished with a 37-over 613 to place two strokes ahead Lehigh Invitational Oct. 25-26 at Saucon Valley Country Club. Women’s Soccer (3-3-3, 0-1 Ivy League) Field hockey (2-5, 1-1 Ivy League) • Harvard lost its opening two games in California, but went • The Crimson opened the season with a win over Holy Cross 3-0-3 during a six-game unbeaten streak that included four over- before suffering three straight road losses. Harvard defeated time games. After wins over New Hampshire and Davidson, rival Yale in its Ivy opener but has dropped its last two games, the Crimson played Wisconsin to a tie, defeated Northeastern in including a loss to No. 4 Connecticut. overtime, played No. 12 Boston College to a draw, and played • Senior Tami Jafar leads the team with two goals, while senior a scoreless contest against Fairfield. The Crimson opened Ivy Francine Polet has contributed two assists and leads the team League play with a 2-0 loss to Penn. with 16 shots. Sophomore Chloe Keating and freshman Carly • It has been a tale of two halves for Harvard, as the Crimson Dickson have scored game-winning goals. The winning tallies has outscored opponents, 6-3, in the first half but has been out- were the lone goals scored in wins over Holy Cross and Yale. scored in the second half, 7-0, with one overtime goal in the win • Dickson was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Sept. against Northeastern. 23 after her game-winning goal against Yale. She scored her first • Freshman Melanie Baskind has made an immediate impact career goal on a penalty stroke with 10 minutes left in what had for the Crimson, scoring three goals and adding two assists for been a scoreless game. a team-leading eight points. Baskind was named to the Soc- • Senior co-captain Kylie Stone has seen all of the playing time cer Buzz Elite Team of the Week for Sept. 16 after notching two in goal, making 35 saves along with a 2.30 goals-against average goals and an assist in the wins over New Hampshire and David- and two shutouts. son and the tie with Wisconsin. • The Crimson will play five of its next six games at Jordan • Senior Erin Wylie has tallied two goals while sophomore Field, including non-conference games against Vermont (Oct. Katherine Sheeleigh has added one goal and two assists with a 1), Northeastern (Oct. 8), St. Louis (Oct. 13) and Boston College team-high 35 shots. (Oct. 22). Harvard will also play a home contest against Cornell • Junior goalie Lauren Mann has started seven games in goal, Oct. 18. allowing nine goals for a 1.19 goals-against average with 41 saves. Junior Laura Dale has started the other two games, mak- Men’s Water Polo (2-4) ing 21 saves while posting one of the team’s two shutouts. • The Crimson opened the season with a win over Washington • Harvard will play three straight home games against Yale Oct. & Jefferson and a loss to No. 20 Cal Baptist in the Cambridge 4, Cornell Oct.