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Harvard Varsity Club NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Volume 52 Issue No. 8 www.harvardvarsityclub.org May 12, 2010 2010 Hall of Fame Dinner Six Inducted into Harvard Annals by Geoff Rathgeber ’08 athletes as undergraduates, and it is often a difficult task to Special Assistant of the Harvard Varsity Club whittle this list down to the best of the best who will eventually be inducted. On May 7, the Harvard Varsity Club inducted a new class This year, the Varsity Club was proud to induct six outstand- of all-stars into the annals of Harvard Athletics—the Hall of ing athletes into the Hall of Fame: Tamara Butler Battaglino ’95 Fame. For those who are unfamiliar with the Hall of Fame, it is (Basketball), Libby Eynon Welch ’95 (Squash), Vincent Martelli comprised of Harvard’s all-time greats who achieved success in ’83 (Baseball), Steve Martins ’95 (Ice Hockey), Jerry Pawloski sport while an undergraduate at ’88 (Ice Hockey), and Donald Clarke Harvard. Sweeney ’88 (Ice Hockey). All of Every year, the Selection these athletes possessed tremendous Committee meets throughout the athletic skill and earned numerous ac- winter to determine who should be colades including All-America status, inducted into this elite group. The Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Ivy Selection Committee holds itself to League Player of the Year, the title of three strict guidelines as it consid- National Champion, during their Har- ers possible candidates for induc- vard careers. Of these six athletes, the tion. First, he or she must have first five were in attendance on May been a graduate of the college for 7, as Don Sweeney, Assistant General 15 years. Second, he or she must Manager of the Boston Bruins, was have excelled for multiple years in Philadelphia for Game 4 of their in sport while an undergraduate Conference Semi-Finals. Don’s family at Harvard. And lastly, he or she 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees (l-r): Steve Martins, Libby accepted the award on his behalf. must have achieved greatness in a Eynon Welch, Jerry Pawloski, Vincent Martelli, and Tamara Emceed by 2009 inductee for sport at the time when competing Butler Battaglino football and baseball, Mike Giardi’94, at Harvard. the Dinner itself was a great success with over 140 attendees and The Selection Committee considers between 25 and 35 can- some highly entertaining walks down memory lane. What is didates whom friends, family and classmates have nominated great about an event like this one is that, while the Hall of Fame for induction. Undoubtedly, all of these candidates are terrific Dinner is ostensibly honoring only those athletes who are being Continued on page 6 Spring Sports Recaps Softball (27-23, 18-5) Men’s Heavyweight Crew (6-1) • On April 10th, Harvard split a doubleheader with Penn, but • On April 10th, No. 3 Brown held off a strong sprint from the No. a day later, the team bounced back to sweep Columbia. Rachel 4 varsity eight to defeat the Crimson by one second and claim the Brown ‘12 recorded her second no-hitter of the season in game Stein Cup Saturday evening on the Seekonk River, ending Har- one as and the Crimson held off the Lions in game two to earn a vard’s streak of wins against 14 straight dual opponents.Continued on page 6 2-1 win. For their excellent play during the weekend, junior Ellen • In its first race on the Charles River, Harvard swept four races Macadam was named the ECAC and Ivy League Player of the from No. 7 Princeton, including a varsity eight win against the Week and Brown was named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week. Tigers and MIT to claim the Compton Cup, Saturday April 17th. • On Senior Day, Jessica Ferri ‘13 delivered a tiebreaking three- • The fourth-ranked Harvard heavyweight crew won all three var- run double with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift sity races and a pair of freshman events against No. 16 Navy and Harvard to a 4-1 win against Brown in the second game of the No. 18 Penn, claiming the Adams Cup for the 11th straight season, Crimson’s first doubleheader April 18th. Brown won the first, 1-0. the morning of April 24th. • On April 27th, the Harvard softball team held on for a 6-4 win • On May 1, the heavyweight varsity eight built an open-water in game one and shutout Yale, 5-0. The same day, Brown was lead on No. 6 Northeastern in the second 500 meters and never named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week for the third time. looked back, winning the Smith Cup in its final home competition • On May 5th, Whitney Shaw ’12 was named the Ivy Player of of the season. The win was Harvard’s 13th straight over Northeast- the Week as she helped the Crimson sweep the Big Green and ern and its 19th in the 22-year history of the Smith Cup. clinch its third Ivy North title in four years. • After a thrilling come from behind victory in game two of the Ivy League Championship series, the team fell short as Cornell Men’s Lightweight Crew (10-0) claimed the title with a 3-2 win. Margaux Black ’10 allowed three • The varsity eight had a very successful early April. On April runs on six hits while walking just one batter. Melissa Schellberg 10th, the second-ranked Harvard lightweight crew took four of ‘10 collected two hits on the day. five races, including the varsity eight, from No. 6 Cornell and No. 8 Penn. Later, Harvard won all five races against No. 5 George- Sailing town and No. 9 Saint Joseph’s Sunday morning on the Charles • On April 12th, the Harvard sailing team won 14 of its 15 races River, completing a 4-0 weekend against top-10 opposition. to claim the Lynne Marchiando Trophy in team racing hosted by • On April 17th, Harvard swept No. 10 Dartmouth and No. 11 MIT on the Charles River. The Crimson also placed sixth at the MIT on the Connecticut River to win the Biglin Bowl. Longfellow Bridge Invitational/Central Series Four. • No. 2 Harvard won at Navy for the first time since 1997, defeat- • The Harvard sailing team earned its second straight second- ing the No. 3 Midshipmen by 5.5 seconds April 24th to retain the place finish at the New England Women’s Championship over Haines Cup. Harvard built its lead throughout the varsity race April 27-28 on Narragansett Bay, advancing directly to the and finished in 5:52.2 to overcome a strong home-course advan- national regatta. Captain Liz Powers ’10 was named the New tage created by supporters of the Midshipmen (4-2). England Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s women’s Sportsman • On May 1st, the varsity eight came from behind to defeat top- of the Year, and Powers and Emily Lambert ’12 were named ranked Princeton and beat No. 4 Yale by nearly 12 seconds to second-team All-New England skippers. Marie Appel ’12 and complete the 27th perfect dual-racing record in program history Alexandra Jumper ’12 were named to the All-New England and claim the Goldthwait Cup. Harvard finished in 5:40.7, while squad at the crew position. The Harvard women will race at the Princeton crossed the line in 5:41.4. ICSA women’s regatta will be held May 25-28. Club Sport Spotlight: Harvard Women’s Polo • The Harvard women’s Polo team captured the inaugu- ral Ariel Shaker ’10 Memorial Tournament over visiting teams from Stanford and Yale. Teresa Feiock, mother of Ariel, who passed away last fall after suffering critical injuries from a polo accident, is featured in the center. Pictured to her left are Harvard players Elizabeth Joyce ’11 and Samantha Drago ’11, and to her right, are Emma Carron ’12 and Captain Za Tilt ’10. The Harvard team performed extremely well in the tournament, going undefeated in two games versus each visiting team. The tournament was held at the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamil- ton, MA from April 16-18. Baseball (17-26, 10-10 Ivy League) Women’s Water Polo (12-12) • On April 10, the baseball team swept Penn as the team banged out • On April 10, Harvard fell to No. 11 Hartwick, 15-8. However, the 12 hits in both games. Harvard erased an 8-2 deficit in the opener for team bounced back a few days later by beating Brown 7-6 in double a 10-9 victory before outlasting the Quakers, 12-9, in the nightcap. overtime on April 14 at Blodgett Pool. The win snapped Harvard’s 11 Tyler Albright ‘11, Dillon O’Neill ’11 and Jeff Reynolds ’12 all had match losing streak to the Bears and is the first victory over Brown two hits to join Sean O’Hara’s ’11 three hits. since 2006. With 1:50 left in the second overtime session, Monica • On April 13th, Reynolds went 5-for-5 with seven runs batted in to Zdrojewski ‘12 scored the game winning goal. help Harvard defeat Northeastern 13-12. Harvard has now defeated • Unfortunately, the team fell to Hartwick again in their last home Northeastern in nine straight seasons. game of the season on April 17, 11-8. To close out their regular sea- • Freshman pitcher Andrew Ferreira was named Ivy Rookie of the son, they then fell to Brown, 14-10, at Wheaton. Week (April 13-20). The lefty posted a .125 opposing batting aver- age, as he no-hit Boston College for his first five innings, then no-hit Women’s Heavyweight Crew (4-7) Brown for his first four innings on Monday.