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Volume 54 Issue No. 2 www.harvardvarsityclub.org October 14, 2011 Harvard Varsity Club and Harvard University Celebrate Milestones by Bob Glatz ’88 alumni commitment to the Club—only 138 to go before we Executive Director of the Varsity Club commission a second plaque over at Dillon! • We have an exclusive arrangement with Polo Ralph This weekend, Harvard will celebrate its 375th birthday in Lauren to provide our lettersweaters grand style with a party in Tercentenary Theatre, featuring live • The 3rd H Book of Harvard Athletics is scheduled for music from multiple student groups, fancy light shows, plenty publication in 2012 of food and drink, and a highly-anticipated 18 X 15 foot red • We are doing more for student-athletes today than ever velvet H gourmet cake, a Joanne Chang ’91 creation that will before in Club history: purportedly feed 5,000 revelers. Harvard has come a long way o recently launched Student-Athlete Charity is since 1638 (sorry, I penned this sitting in a huge hit front of the John Harvard statue in Har- o enhanced Career Services vard Yard) and has much to celebrate, program (more on this in a future but let’s not forget about another mile- issue of News & Views) stone that is worth noting. The Harvard o free t-shirts and spring Varsity Club, founded in 1886, turns 125 barbecue this year. • Newly updated members- So where’s our celebration? Like only website, apps, blog, facebook it or not, we’ve opted to bypass this and twitter accounts all created in quarter-century milestone (heck, does anyone remember recent years--we have transitioned from the dark the Club’s 100th birthday party?) and keep our focus on ages to being a social media leader things that will ensure our 150th celebration will be one Okay, so many of you might still be asking to remember: when our party will be and how we’ll top Har- • With over 20,000 members, the HVC is Har- vard’s really cool (and it is) cake. After all, 125 vard’s second-largest alumni group, and arguably its years IS a pretty big deal. Well let’s just say, we most passionate and supportive have a plan in place ….and a Board committed to • Our endowment has grown from $350K to ensure that better things will come to those who $2.5 million in the last decade wait. • 156 Founding Lifetime Members surpassed Mark your calendars for 2036, we promise everyone’s expectations you a party you’ll never forget! • 12 additional Lifetime Members reinforces Season Recap: is the Name of the Game for Harvard This Season pected for the Crimson, leading the team in tackles with 36. Much by Chris Hill of the Harvard’s defensive success has been the ability to come up Athletic Communications Intern with timely turnovers; the Crimson has forced nine this season. If Crimson fans were told before the start of the season that The ball hawk mentality has been a team-wide initiative as eight their team would be 3-1 and 2-0 in Ivy League play heading into different players have recorded a recovery or . their second home game of the campaign, I’m sure most, if not all, Chapple has been the other x-factor this year. After being would be pleased with those results. If you had told them that, pressed into duty following Winters’ early season injury, the while following it up by telling them that their senior captain and junior has come in and helped spark the to the tune of starting , Collier Winters, had only played four quar- 742 yards and seven . Chapple is coming off a career ters of the season thus far, I suspect they’d be ecstatic with that performance against Cornell over the weekend, registering 414 record. That is the reality for Harvard as it heads back to Cam- yards and four scores. bridge, readying itself for a three In the highly anticipated home-opening contest against game home-stand, beginning with Brown, Harvard provided the first surprise of the night as it was Bucknell this Saturday at 1 p.m. #19, not #16, taking the snaps for the Crimson. When it was de- The Crimson has positioned cided during warm-ups that Winters would be unable to suit up, itself nicely to challenge for an Harvard looked to Chapple to step in. Ivy title this season, defeating As the rain began to fall harder with game time approach- Brown and Cornell in the first ing, it was clear that a strong defense and ground attack would be two conference contests. Junior integral for a Crimson victory. Harvard provided a steady dose quarterback Colton Chapple and of running back Treavor Scales ’13 in its first few possessions, as an opportunistic defense have led the junior rushed on seven of the team’s first 15 offensive plays, the charge for Harvard. Heading including a 1-yard score to put Harvard up 7-0. Chapple showed into its weekend matchup with tremendous poise early in the second quarter, connecting on a 20- Bucknell, the Crimson is already yard pass to Cameron Brate ’14 to extend the Crimson establishing itself as one of the lead to 14-0. stingiest defenses in the league, The Crimson defense stymied Brown, holding the Bears boasting the Ivy’s best turn- to 162-yards of and forcing a fumble and intercep- over margin, sporting a +3 ratio tion during the first half. Brown finally broke through midway through four games and allowing through the third quarter as Kyle Newhall-Caballero connected just 17.8 points per contest, best with Tellef Lundevall for a 30-yard strike, cutting into the Crim- in the conference. Harvard is also son lead at 14-7. The Harvard defense would regroup however, Colton Chapple ’13 threw for 414 allowing the second-fewest yards forcing three turnovers during the second half, including a back- yards against Cornell last week. per game with opposing offenses breaking fumble recovery on its own 1-yard line, when it looked registering an average of 355 total- like Brown was threatening to even the score. Chapple added yards. Senior linebacker Alex Gedeon has been a force as ex- another touchdown toss, findingAdam Chrissis ’12 for a 56-yard Continued on page 6 Fall Sports Recap Field hockey Women’s Soccer (6-5, 2-1 Ivy League) (6-6-1, 3-2 Ivy League) • The Crimson have already doubled its wins since last season • Harvard currently sits atop the Ivy League, after defeating and now sit second in the Ivy League with a 6-5 overall record defending Ivy League Champion Penn and Yale at the beginning and a 2-1 conference record, only falling to Ivy League rival Yale of the season, along with a tie against Cornell last week. on September 17, 5-1. • Melanie Baskind ’12 has leads the team this year with team- • On October 1, Harvard pounded Brown 4-0. Emma Keller ’13, mate Elizabeth Weisman ’14 in goals (5). The co-captain also Katelin Wahl ’13, Noel Painter ’15, and Kyleigh Keating ’14 leads the team in points (17) and assists (7). Baskind was named all notched goals on the day, while goaltender Cynthia Tasso- Ivy League Player of the Week for the week of September 26. poulos ’13 tallied 12 saves for her second shutout of the season. Co-captain Lindsey Kowal ’12, also earned the honor on October The Crimson also defeated Penn in earlier action 4-1. Painter 10. Harvard also boasts two freshmen who have been named Ivy again was responsible for a score, along with Carly Dickson ’12, League Rookie of the week: Lauren Urke and Bethany Kanten. Mariah Pewarski ’14 and Bridget McGillavray ’14. • The pressure is on the Crimson these days to win every game, • Dickson has continued with her strong performances this as Penn is right behind Harvard in the Ivy League standings. The year, earning Ivy League Player of the Week honors the week of team will face Brown this weekend on its home turf at Soldiers September 27. Freshman Sydney Jenkins was name Ivy League Field Stadium. Rookie of the Week the first week of the season. • This weekend, Harvard will head to Ithaca, N.Y. to face Cor- Men’s Water Polo nell on October 15 at noon. (4-9, 0-4 CWPA Northern Division) Men’s Tennis • The Crimson currently stand at a record of 4-9 and 0-4 in CWPA North play after falling to MIT and Brown last weekend. • Jon Pearlman ’12 recently competed in Tulsa, Okla. in the Max Eliot ’13 leads the team with 22 goals, while goalie Alex- ITA All-American Championship last weekend. Pearlman was andre Popp ’12 had recorded 86 saves in 11 games before being selected as one of 48 competitors in the main draw, bypassing the sidelined with an injury. Freshmen John Holland-McCowan and pre-qualifying and qualifying rounds. Pearlman drew UCLA’s Max Murphy have already made strong contributions, each tal- Adrien Puget for his first round, eventually falling to the Bruin lying 14 goals thus far. The team hopes to its 5 game losing in two straight sets. Still, the senior valiantly fought in the second streak with a win against St. Francis October 15th at home. set, bringing the score to 5-4 before losing the game point. Pearl- man eventually fell to Mississippi State’s Malte Stropp in the consolation round. Women’s Tennis • Harvard participated in its first tournament of the fall last month, the annual Harvard Chowder Fest. The Crimson hosted • Kristin Norton ’13 and Hideko Tachibana ’13 traveled to Cali- USC, Michigan, and Texas A&M in a 3-day round robin event. fornia earlier in the month to Freshman Denis Nguyen was a standout for Harvard, earning participate in the All-American a 2-1 record in both singles and doubles play, pairing up with Tournament as a doubles team. junior Andy Nguyen. Throughout the weekend, Crimson players The pair originally drew a totaled five doubles victories and 10 singles victories, kicking the tough match against Lauren year off with a strong start. Embree and Joanna Mather ’12 from top-ranked Mather. The Crimson duo managed a huge Men’s & Women’s Cross Country upset, stunning the Gators 8-4. The next match would be no • The cross-country teams opened their seasons at the Bryant easier for Harvard, as they drew Invitational on September 10th, both led by first-year runners. No. 1 seeded Clemson. Unfortu- Ryan Meehan was first to cross the finish line for the Harvard nately, Harvard could not keep men in 15:36.74, placing 11th overall. Pacing the women’s squad up its momentum and fell to was Alaina Alvarez ’15, who placed seventh overall with a time Clemson 8-2. Still, the pair has of 18:20.06 in her first collegiate race. much to be proud of at such a • The women’s team fell to Yale and Princeton in a home tri- prestigious tournament! meet. Senior Kailyn Kuzmuk led the team with a strong perfor- • At the Billie Jean King tourna- mance, placing 4th overall with a time of 17:42. The Crimson men ment in New York City last convincingly outperformed rival Yale, racing to a 23-34 victory weekend, the team combined behind James Leakos ‘14, who captured the individual title with for 11 wins and advanced to a time of 24:21 over the 8K course, followed closely by Billy Or- two semifinal matches. Camille Kristin Norton ’13 man ‘14 (24:21) and sophomores Kurt Ruegg (24:41), Maksim Jania ’13 lead the way with Korolev (24:44), and Kellen Blumberg (24:57). four wins in the tournament, • At the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh, the Harvard women advancing to the semifinal in flight “B” of singles and doubles. ran to a 14th place team fin- • Harvard will head to New Haven, Conn. for the ITA Regional ish out of a field of 45, led by Tournament next weekend. Kuzmuk (21:51, 73rd overall) and Jeanne Mack ’12 (22:01, 83rd). Emily Reese ’14, Viviana Han- Men’s Soccer ley ’15, and Alvarez rounded out (2-8-1, 0-2 Ivy League) the Crimson scorers. The men’s • At the season opener, Brian Rogers ’13 broke the 0-0 tie with team raced to a 9th place finish 7 minutes remaining in regulation to lift the Crimson over visit- with all five of the team’s scorers ing Northeastern in front of a crowd of 2,500. The soccer team placing in the top 100 overall. In has since played to a 2-8-1 overall record, and is 0-2 in the Ivy a field of over 500, Leakos held League. After losing close games to St. John’s and URI, Harvard his ground over a tough last 200 beat out UMass Amherst in an exciting win, when co- meters to earn 5th place overall captain Scott Prozeller ’12 capitalized on a penalty kick in the with a time of 24:14, which was 92nd minute. Austin Harms ‘12 recorded his 18th career shutout, the fastest among all Ivy League bringing him within one of the school record. men. Leakos was named the • This weekend, Harvard will host Brown in an Ivy League Coop athlete of the week for his matchup. strong performances. • Next for the Crimson squads will be the Wisconsin Adidas Want to read more about your favorite team? Invitational Oct. 14 in Madison, Visit Wis. and the Brown Invitational www.gocrimson.com Kailyn Kuzmuk ’12 in Providence, R.I. on the same day. for the most up-to-date news on Harvard Athletics 2 CRIMSON COMMENTARY by Melissa Schellberg ’10 sionally in Europe. The film incorporates Emily’s hardships and Harvard Varsity Club Speical Assistant struggles as she tries to find out who she really is, despite her fam- ily’s strict traditional ways. The film premiered in Los Angeles last im Bell ‘89 has been selected as the top producer of the June, winning the 2011 Special Programming Award at Outfest. NBC London Olympic Coverage for the 2012 Olympics You can read more about the film here: http://nolookpassthemov- held in London, England. ie.com. J Bell, the executive producer * for the “Today” show and Harvard As we noted in the last Crimson Com- Football alum, was selected from a mentary, Alex Meyer ’10 will compet- qualified list of candidates includ- ing in the 2012 London Olympics in the ing Sam Flood, executive producer open water competition. Last month, of NBC Sports. NBC will attempt to men’s swimming head coach Tim broadcast over 275 hours of foot- Murphy was selected to the 2012 US age each day, incorporating every Olympic swim team coaching staff. Tim Olympic event. We wish Jim the best will coach the open water swimmers. of luck with this once-in-a-lifetime Tim led the United States team at the opportunity! FINA World Championships, the World * University Games and the FINA Short Leslie Cooper Golemme ’86 Course World Championships. As the competed in the World Masters Tim Murphy will suit up in red, white, and blue FINA World Championships coach, Tim Outdoor Track and Field Champion- next summer 2012. oversaw former Crim- ships last July. Leslie is featured on the son standout and U.S. website womenrunningtogether.com, where she writes of her love national champion Meyer in the 10-kilometer of running and how it helped in her battle against breast cancer. open water event. After she finished chemotherapy, Leslie went on to participate in a * 200-mile-relay. She is nothing less than spectacular. You can read Sadly, former Harvard football and base- more about Leslie’s story at http://www.women-running-together. ball standout Nicholas Rodis ’49 passed away com/lesliecoopergolemme.html. on October 7th. Nick received All-American * honorable mention in both sports. In 1948 he Eric LaHaie ’02 finished second in the Sahara Race 2011 this played in the Blue Gray All Star Game and year, running in memory of Niall Murphy ’03, his Harvard foot- has the distinction of being the only player Nicholas Rodis ’49 ball teammate. Eric raised money prior to his race to support the represented by two Universities to only play Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. “Niall was my teammate, twice. my wingman, and my best friend,” Eric wrote on his support * page. “I have never met a more genuine and free spirited guy in Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock away from the NFL, my life. We were two peas in a pod, and I miss him dearly, as do you have probably heard about the Buffalo Bills, and this time, it’s all his friends and family. But his memory and legacy with always not bad news. To everyone’s surprise, the Buffalo Bills sit atop the live on in our hearts AFC East division with a 4-1 record, including a huge win over and minds… Run the New England Patriots. Leading the Bills to success this year with your heart, not is quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05, who is on pace to shatter his your feet. This is how career numbers this year. He currently has a 65.7 completion per- Niall ran and lived.” centage, averaging 7.17 yards per catch, and boasts a 96.4 passer Eric spent seven days rating. Ryan threw for 369 yards against the Patriots in a 34-31 traveling over 250 upset win. Ryan and his team will face Eli Manning and the Giants kilometers through next Sunday. the Sarah Desert, * the hottest desert in Every year, the Varsity Club the world. He was distributes free t-shirts to all student- one of 160 competi- athlete freshmen. In the past, we tors ranging from 40 have given dark grey shirts with our Eric LaHaie ’02 and Niall Murphy ’03 different countries. “old logo” in crimson. This year, we If you would like to switched it up a bit and handed out make a contribution to black t-shirts with the HVC logo in Eric’s cause, please go to http://jdrfevents.donordrive.com/index. metallic gray. The shirts were a huge cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&eventID=1073&participa hit, as we handed out over 350 of them ntID=4595. to students. * * On October 22, 2011, Angela Ruggiero ’02 will be inducted The Boston Globe recently fea- into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chica- tured the Landry Family Head Coach go. Angie joins four men in this year’s class, including former Pa- for Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey, triots linebacker Tedy Bruschi and Michigan State head basketball Katey Stone, on Oct. 4. Coach Stone coach Tom Izzo. Angie is a United States Olympic Hockey Gold has led the Crimson for 18 years, coaching some of the best play- Medalist, won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2004, and has been a ers in the world along the way. Yet, she also takes pride in helping part of three World Champion Women’s National Hockey Teams. her players develop into good, successful adults. You can read the Ruggiero sits sixth all-time in Harvard history in points (253) and rest of the article by clicking here: http://www.boston.com/sports/ first in points by a defensemen. colleges/womens_hockey/articles/2011/10/04/coach_stone_pre- * cious_to_harvard_womens_hockey/?page=1. “No Look Pass,” a docu- Corrections: In our previous issue, we mistakenly listed Georges Peter mentary featured ’59 and Carlton Akins ’62 incorrectly. Georges should have been listed former Harvard in the $2,500 and above category, and Carl should have been listed in the women’s bas- $1,000 - $2,499 category. ketball player Emily Tay ’09, and produced by fellow basketball Have something you think should be included in the next alumna Melissa Crimson Commentary? Let us know! Email the Varsity Club at Johnson ’00. The [email protected] or call us at (617) 495-3535. film follows Em- ily during her senior year of college and on Emily Tay ’09 on nolookpassthemovie.com. to play profes- 3 Office of Sustainability: The 2011 Gameday Challenge recycling to your tailgate, or by simply making the right choice by Brandon Geller ’09 when disposing of your program. It may seem small, but like FAS Green Program Senior Coordinator football, it’s a game of inches, and small actions quickly add up to Ever wanted to see Harvard take on Notre Dame, Ohio, or big wins. Texas? Well, this weekend we are! For the 3rd year in a row, The Game Day competition is just one of the many things Harvard is participating in the EPA’s Game Day Challenge, where we’re doing to make athletics more environmentally friendly-from we’ll be competing energy efficiency upgrades to Green Office certification, there’s a against 90 other schools lot going on. If you’re interested working with a team of students to see who can have the and staff to make athletics more sustainable, join our Athletics highest recycling rate, Green Team. Email Brandon Geller ([email protected]) lowest trash, and most or Olivia Staffon ([email protected]) to find out more. composting at a football game. We’ve chosen this weekend’s Buck- nel game, and we’ll be Want to know more about how going all out to make it Harvard is going green? the greenest game of the year. Visit green.harvard.edu today! Help us destroy the competition, whether that’s by adding

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Fall Sports Recap (cont.) Sailing Women’s Golf • During the opening weekend, Harvard coed placed 2nd in • Harvard will play its last of four tournaments this weekend, to the Harry Anderson trophy, beating out 19 teams including host complete its fall schedule. The women’s team has been on a tear Yale and defending champions Boston College. Brendan Kopp this fall, finishing first in both the Yale and Princeton ’12 earned COOP Athlete of the Week honors for his efforts, Invitationals. skippering all 10 “A” division races en route to a second place • Freshman Tiffany Lim finished tied for first in the Yale Invi- divisional finish, with the assistance of crewsSarah Pierson ’14 tational, shooting a 218 for the tournament (70, 74, 74). Close and Richard Bergsund ’15. behind was Bonnie Hu ’14, who finished tied for fifth with an • At the Hood Trophy regatta, the Crimson notched its first overall score of 223 (74, 75, 74). Harvard won the tournament by win of the season, led by Kopp and Pierson once again. Emily 16 strokes. Lampert ’12 and Alexandra Jumper ’12 sailed the B division to a • In the Princeton Invitational, the Crimson again finished first strong fourth place overall finish. posting with a score of 906. Lim again led the team with her con- • At the Women’s Regis Bowl, Caitlin Watson ’14 and Caroline sistent ways, shooting a 213 (72, 70, 71). Lowe ’12 raced to a 9th place finish in the A division, whileIsa - • Harvard’s last tournament will be its own invitational, held at bel Ruane ’14 contributed to a B division 13th place finish. Har- the Boston Golf Club in Hingham, Mass. vard finished 9th at the Danmark Trophy and 14th in the Charles River Invitational the following weekend. Gram Slattery ’15 and Women’s Volleyball Brian Drumm ’15 competed in the A division at the Moody Tro- phy, while Reid Bergsund ’15, Drumm, Olenka Polak ’15, and (9-6, 2-3 Ivy League) William White ’12 raced for the B division, helping the team to • Women’s volleyball is currently placed fourth in the Ivy League, an overall 19th place finish. yet there is plenty of season left to go. The Crimson is coming off a tough loss to Yale, but has defeated Ivy League rivals Penn Men’s Golf and Brown thus far in the season. Harvard has also made valiant • Men’s golf has completed four of the five tournaments sched- efforts in many of its games, playing over half of its conference uled for the fall and will play in the Windon Memorial Classic at matches to five games. Northwestern this weekend through Monday. • Taylor Docter ’13 leads the team in kills (178), followed closely At the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton tournament, which is by stand-out freshman Kristen Casey (162). Beth Kinsella ’13 has played in matches, the team placed second overall to Yale by a racked up 432 assists for the season, a team-high. Senior co-Cap- mere one point. tain Christine Wu has continued to lead her team on the court, At the MacDonald Cup, Harvard tied for 5th place overall out of tallying 325 digs on the season. 14 schools competing. Theo Lederhausen ’14 and Mark Pollack • Harvard will face Cornell tonight at 7:00 p.m. and Columbia on ’12 tied for 9th place with scores of 143 (72, 71). Saturday at 5:00 p.m. 4 CRIMSON PHOTO GALLERY

The Friends of Harvard Hockey Golf Tournament at Pine Hills Golf Club on September 23, 2011. Left: (l-r)Dick Marson ’55, Paul Corcoran ’54, Kevin McCafferty ’76, Brendan McCafferty ’04. Right: (l-r) One of the few fivesomes of the day, Cory Gustafson ’95, Sean McCann ’94, Cam Hicks, Derek Maguire ’94, and Rich DeFreitas, Jr. ‘92.

Friends of Hockey Golf Tournament: current players John Caldwell ’14, Luke Greiner ’13, Alex Fallstrom ’13, and Danny Biega ’13 shoot a round of golf. Friends of Lacross Alumnae Day: (l-r) Katie Martino ’10, Kathryn Tylander ’07, Lauren Bobzin ’08 and assistant coach Carla Gigon pose for a picture after playing in the alumnae game.

Varsity Club Career Open Houses. Left: Women’s basketball players pose with basketball alum Katie Murphy ’05 at the Credit Suisse Open House. Right: Students are eager to hear as much information from a Google Recruiter about internships and jobs.

Pregame Reception at the Annual Night Football Game. Left: Jane Reardon and Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Tamara Rogers. Right: Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise presents Director of Golf Fred Schernecker ’89 with the Friend of the Year Award.

5 connection as Harvard prevailed 24-7. The defense ended the in Ithaca, N.Y. against Cornell. The Big Red drew first blood in game securing five turnovers, and Chapple and Scales combined the contest as quarterback Shane Savage connected on a 42-yard for three touchdowns. strike just three plays into the game. Harvard responded later in Harvard continued its defensive domination, in an Oct. 1 the quarter as Chapple found Chrissis on an 11-yard touchdown road game, traveling to Lafayette in pass evening the score at 7-7. The teams Easton, Pa. The teams traded field goals traded scoring drives until kicker David in the first half before Scales broke Mothander ’14 connected on a 26-yard through for a 4-yard run to put the Crim- with 10 seconds left in the first son up 10-3. The Harvard defense set the half to put Harvard up 20-17 headed into tone early, registering four first half sacks, halftime. Cornell seized momentum 8:18 one fumble recovery and holding the into the third quarter on a 2-yard scamper Leopards to 133 total yards on offense. by Ryan Houska, to put the Big Red up Harvard took a 17-3 lead into 24-20. However, Chapple would have halftime but the game would be sealed the last laugh, breaking out with three midway through the third quarter when touchdown passes of 42, 27 and 26 yards a Lafayette would be to erase the deficit and claim a 41-24 lead. called back on a holding penalty. Three Cornell would score again, but it was too plays later, quarterback Ryan O’Neil was little, too late in a 41-31 Crimson win. pressured by Zack Hodges ’15 (pictured Looking ahead to this weekend the right), who forced an interception and Crimson will host Bucknell, which enters gave Harvard the ball. As has been a the contest 4-2 and 1-1 in the Patriot recurring theme with this year’s squad, League. The Bison had won two-straight Harvard’s defense carried the day, forcing before falling to No. 10 Lehigh on Sat- three turnovers, and recording five sacks. urday, 30-10. Like Harvard, it’s been the The Crimson also held the Leopards to 272 total yards while defense that has been the driving force for the Bison. Bucknell is holding Lafayette rushers to 42 yards on the ground in what was a ranked first in both scoring and total defense in the Patriot League smothering performance. holding opponents to an average of 306 yards per game and 20.2 Next on the slate for the Crimson was a Saturday matinee points per contest.

Upcoming Friends and Varsity Club Events

OCTOBER 15 – Friends of Soccer Fall Alumni Day, Soldiers Field Stadium 15-16 – Friends of Softball Alumnae Weekend, Soldiers Field Stadium 17 – Harvard Varsity Club Executive Board Meeting, 5:15 p.m., Third Floor Lounge of Murr Center 21 – Friends of Rowing Annual Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Harvard Club of Boston 22 – Friends of Football Champions Reunion (1961) 28 – Friends of Football Film Session, noon, Third Floor Lounge Murr Center 28-29 – Friends of Women’s Volleyball Alumnae Weekend, MAC/Russell House Tavern 29 – Friends of Football Champions Reunion (1966), 4:00 p.m., Webster Field, 9:00 p.m., Dillon Field House 29 – Class of 1955 Freshmen Football Reunion

NOVEMBER 12 – Women’s Volleyball Banquet, 7:30 p.m., Harvard Club of Boston 14 – Harvard Varsity Club Annual Board Meeting, 5:15 p.m., Third Floor Lounge of Murr Center 18 – Walter B. Levering Y’33 Reception and Luncheon, Kenney Center, Champion’s Room, Yale 19 – Friends of Football Bus Trip to Yale, 6:30 a.m., Departing Gordon Track Parking Lot 21 – Harvard Football Annual Awards Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Harvard Club of Boston

*Events, times, and dates are subject to change. Please visit www.harvardvarsityclub.org for the most up-to-date schedule.

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