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THE IRA STANDS FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ROWING ASSOCIATION- IT IS
THE SECOND-OLDEST MULTI-SCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPETITION IN
AMERICA-ITS ANNUAL REGATTA HAS A SUB TITLE-NATIONAL
INTERCOLLEGIATE ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP- ON THURSDAY MAY 30 OF
199113 BOATS MET AT LAKE ONONDAGA IN SYRACUSE TO ROW FOR THE -89TH IRA TITLE- HOWEVER KNOWLEDGABLE CREW GOSSIPISTS KNEW THE BATILE WOULD COME DOWN TO ONLY TWO- THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - THE HUSKIES HAD
STARTED THE SEASON BADLY- THEY WERE UPSET IN THEIR FIRST ROW
BY BU BY 2 TENTHS OF A SECOND- THEN THEY TOOK A THIRD IN THE
POTOMAC CUP REGATTA .!?,EHIND>HARVARD AND BROWN- AT THIS POINT
THAT SAVY OLD WATER MAN WALTER BUZZ CONGRAM GATHERED HIS
FORCES TOGETHER AND DID A LITTLE RETOOLING- THE ONE SPOT THAT
DID NOT NEED ATTENTION WAS THE STROKE SEAT - THERE SAT THE GUTS
AND GRIT OF THE BOAT- 6 FOOT 4 INCHES- 205 POUNDS- A NATIVE OF
ZAGREB YUGOSLAVIA- A TRANSFER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
BELGRADE- MARKO BANOVIC- HE WAS THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL ELITE
OARSMAN TO EVER COME TO NU - IN HIS FIRST SEASON OF 1990 HE HAD
BEEN V01ED NU' S MOST VALUABLE OARSMAN ~~ NEXT OPPONENT
FOR NU WAS BROWN- THEY REVERSED THE PREVIOUS WEEK'S RESULT
AND HAD THE BEARS BY OPEN WATER - THE NEXT OUTING THEY
DISPATCHED YALE AND RUTGERS - THEN THE ALL IMPORTANT SMITH
CUP WITH HARVARD -WINNER OF 10 OF THE 11 PREVIOUS ROWS - AGAIN IT WAS OPEN WATER OVER THE CRIMSON- THAT WIN HOISTED THE ~~~~~ HUSKIES TO THE SECOND SEED AT THE SPRINTS - NUMBER ONE WAS
UNDEFEATED PENN- IT WAS A FURIOUS ROW BUT AT THE FINISH LINE
PENN WAS THE VICTOR BY UNDER TWO SECONDS- SIX DAYS LATER WAS
THE BURK CUP- PENN AND NU ALONE ON PENN'S SKUYLKILL RIVER
COURSE-- THIS TIME IT WAS NU BY OVER TWO SECONDS -AND NOW WE
ARE AT ONONDAGA FOR THE BIG ONE- ON THAT THURSDAY MORNING
BOTH NU AND PENN ALONG WITH PRINCETON WON THEIR HEATS TO
ADVANCE TO SATURDAY'S FINALS- ON FRIDAY COMING OUT OF THE
REPECHAGE WERE CORNELL- BROWN AND BU TO MAKE UP THE 6 BOAT
GRAND FINAL - SATURDAY WAS HOT WITH A SLIGHT HEADWIND
CHOPPING UP THE 2000 METER COURSE- OFF THE STAKE BOATS THEY
WENT- AT 500 METERS PENN HAD TWO SEATS ON NU WITH CORNELL AND
BROWN RIGHT BEHIND - AT 1000 PENN STILL HAD TWO SEATS BUT NU
POWER lOED TO TAKE THE LEAD AT 1500- PENN CLOSED IT AT 1600- NOW
IT WAS TIME FOR THE SPRINT AND BANOVIC RAISED THE STROKE HIGHER
AND HIGHER - PENN WILTED AND THE HUSKIES CHARGED OVER THE
FINISH LINE)nrn WINNER OF THE 89TH IRA R€€1A'ffA -TEARS AND
JUBILATION AS BANOVIC AND COMPANY HELD THE VARSITY CHALLENGE
CUP ON HIGH - COLLEGE OVER- HE RETURNED TO THE CONTINENT TO
CONTEND FOR T~ROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM - HE ROWED' IN WORLD ..;;z
CUPS - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - AND THE OLYMPIAD OF 92 AND 96 -
FINISHING 7TH IN FOUR WITH AND 6TH IN THE PAIRS - RESPECTIVELY- IN 1995 WHILE GETTING A MASTERS DEGREE AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY IN
ENGLAND- HE ROWED IN THE CAMBRIDGE BOAT THAT WON THE 141ST
BOAT RACE BETWEEN OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE- NOW A PROJECT
MANAGER FOR BARLETTA ENGINEERING HE SPENDS THE MAJORITY OF
HIS TIME IN EUROPE WHERE HE ROAMS AS NORTHEASTERN'S ROWING
AMBASSADOR- AND IF YOU CHECK NU VARSITY EIGHT BOATING YOU Vic- WILL FIND TWO FROM BELGRADE AND ONE FROM ZAGREB - PRESIDENT- OJS rv:Sl~~-n~>-'G tJ 4 y\\~~ \A'\"", 'MAY I PRESENT MARKO BANO VfC FOR INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF
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S'l 5 I -:IS MY FAVORITE NORTHEASTERN PHOTO FROM JUST ABOUT THE SPOT I AM
STANDING ON- ON THIS SPOT WHEN BASKETBALL WAS PLAYED AT
\; ~ f\ ATTHEWS ARENA RESTED THE ZAMBONI END BASKET- IT WAS THIS ~THAT WAS ALWAYS CHOSEN FOR THE CELEBRATORY CUTTING
DOWN OF THE NET- IT WOULD LEAD THE SPORTS PAGES OF THE GLOBE
AND HERALD IN 1982- 84- 85- 86- 87 AND THEN FOR THE LAST TIME IN
1991- IT WAS HERE THAT WE PROCLAIMED THAT THE BEST BASKETBALL
TEAMS IN NEW ENGLAND FROM 1981 - 1991 WERE THE HUSKIES OF
NORTHEASTERN- IN THE 1991 PICTURE THE MAN SITTING ON TOP OF THE
NET AND WAVING THE NU FLAG-WAS SENIOR CENTER STEVE CARNEY-
IT WAS ONLY FITTING THAT CARNEY BE FRONT AND CENTER BECAUSE IT
WAS ON HIS BROAD SHOULDERS THAT THEY GOT THERE- WHEN STEVE
WAS A SENIOR AT OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL IN MANHATTAN
HE LED HIS TEAM TO THE NEW YORK STATE CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIP - HE
WAS ALL CITY - ALL DIVISION - AND ALL STATE- THAT YEAR OF 1986-87
REGGIE LEWIS LED NU TO ITS 4TH CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE TITLE- IT
IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A YOUNG CHAMPION LIKE CARNEY TO SEEK OUT A
HOME OF CHAMPIONS - HOWEVER THAT NEXT SEASON THE MAGIC WAS
GONE - THE TEAM WENT 15-11 AND WAS ELIMINATED IN THE LEAGUE
QUARTERFINALS - BUT THERE WAS A GLIMMER OF THE FUTURE DOWN AT
HARTFORD - FIRST STRING CENTER KEVIN MCDUFFIE WAS EJECTED
EARLY - ENTER CARNEY - 25 POINTS AND 23 REBOUNDS LATER IT WAS NU
87 TO 72- QUOTE THE HARTFORD COURANT - NO- NORTHEASTERN Z_
FRESHMAN S.::s-CARNEY DIDN'T STEP INTO A PHONE BOOTH BEFORE
THE GAME AND EMERGE AS SUPERMAN - IT JUST LOOKED THAT WAY
THE NEXT SEASON THE SLENDER CARNEY WOULD BE A STARTER BUT THE
TEAM WOULD GO 17-11 AND BE BOUNCED IN THE CONFERENCE SEMIS -
JUNIOR YEAR WOULD SPORT A STRONGER BIGGER CARNEY AND
SUDDENLY THERE WAS DOMINANCE AT CENTER- THE TEAM WOULD GO
16-12 BUT WOULD TIE FOR THE LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON TITLE BEFORE
BEING UPSET IN A QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFF- THE STATS WOULD BE
GREAT- A RARE DOUBLE DOUBLE~3.7 POINTS PER GAME 10.3 REBOUNDS
PER GAME- THERE WOULD BE HONORS GALORE- TEAM MVP- 1ST
STRING ALL CONFERENCE- BUT THERE WOULD BE NO NET CUTTING- NO
BACK BOARD CELEBRATING- NO TRIP TO THE NCAA'S- 1990-91 WAS THE
LAST CHANCE - THE HUSKIES WOULD GO 22 AND 11 - AND WIN THE
LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON CROWN - BUT NOW IT WAS PLAYOFF TIME -
THIS TIME CARNEY TOOK OVER- THE BACKBOARDS BELONGED TO HIM-
IN THE SEMIS HE WOULD BLOCK 5 HARTFORD SHOTS AND GRAB 15
BOARDS AS NU COASTED 74-59 - THEN WITH 3000 SCREAMING
NORTHEASTERN FANS AND MILLIONS WATCHING ON ESPN HE WOULD
BLOCK 4 AND SNATCH 16 REBOUNDS TO PUT AWAY MAINE 57-46 - IT WAS
HIS TURN TO JOIN THE NU GREATS SUCH AS HARRIS - MOSS - LAFLEUR
AND LEWIS FOR A TRIP TO THE BACKBOARD AND A PIECE OF HUSKY
HISTORY - THEY WOULD BOW TO FINAL 4 BOUND NORTH CAROLINA AT
THE BIG DANCE BUT CARNEY WOULD LEAD ALL PLAYERS IN BOTH POINTS AND BOARDS -HE WOULD BE VOTED ALL CONFERENCE AGAIN
AND REWRITE A GOOD PORTION OF THE RECORD BOOK - MOST
REBOUNDS IN A SEASON- 356 -BEST SHOOTING PERCENTAGE IN A
SEASON- 58.5- HE WOULD AGAIN DO A DOUBLE DOUBLE- BUT HE WILL
BE FOREVER ENGRAVED IN OUR MEMORIES AS THE KING OF REBOUNDS
WHO FINALLY GOT HIS MOMENT TO CELEBRATE ATOP THE BACKBOARD
VICE PRESIDENT O'SHAUGHNESSY MAY I PRESENT FOR INDUCTION INTO
THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME STEVEN CARNEY IF YOU THINK OF NEW ENGLAND FIELD HOCKEY YOU THINK OF THE
NORTHEASTERN HUSKIES -HAVING MADE APPEARANCES IN 12 OF THE
LAST 15 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS- BUT IF WE DROPPED BACK TO 1985 WE
WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HUSKIES YES BUT CONNECTICUT HUSKIES -A
PERRENIAL NATIONAL POWERHOUSE - YOU SEE NORTHEASTERN ONLY
DECIDED TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE SPORT IN 1983- YET BY '85 WE
WERE DOING PRETTY DARN GOOD- IN FACT AFTER 14 GAMES WE WERE
11-2 AND 3 INCLUDING MAJOR LEAGUE DRAWS WITH MARYLAND
RUTGERS AND UMASS- HOWEVER ON NOVEMBER ONE AT PARSONS FIELD
OUR HUSKIES LINED UP WITH THEN THE HUSKIES- UNDEFEATED AT 15
AND 0- RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION- THE NU HUSKIES
SCRAMBLED OUT TO A 2-1 LEAD ON GOALS BY GAIL ZIMMERMAN AND
JENINE FISHER BUT UCONN WAS PEPPERING NU WITH CORNER SHOTS AND
YOU COULD FEEL THE MOMENTUM SLIPPING AWAY - WITH ONLY 2
MINUTES REMAINING UCONN WAS READYING FOR ANOTHER CORNER
SHOT - WAITING AT MIDFIELD WAS JUNIOR RIGHT WING KAREN
DAVIDSON - THE MOST PROLIFIC SCORER IN NORTHEASTERN HISTORY -
UCONN SHOT- SWEEPER ZIMMERMAN BLOCKED IT- THEN PASSED IT UP
TO DAVIDSON- SHE SLASHED DOWN THE SIDELINE THEN CUT TOWARDS
THE CENTER WHERE FORWARD FISHER WAS WAITING - A DEFT PASS
FROM DAVIDSON - A SOLID STROKE BY FISHER AND THE UCONN
UNBEATEN STREAK WAS HISTORY - THEY WOULD REBOUND AFTER THEIR
PARSONS FIELD UPSET TO WIN THE NATIONAL TITLE - BUT FROM THAT DAy FORWARD THEIR CLAIM TO BE- THE HUSKIES WAS DOOMED - NU WOULD FINISH THE YEAR AT 14-3-4- THE UCONN WIN WOULD VAULT
THEM INTO THE ECAC TOURNAMENT AND THEY WOULD WIN THEIR FIRST
POST SEASON TITLE-DAVIDSON WOULD LEAD THE TEAM IN SCORING
WITH 13 GOALS- 8 ASSISTS FOR 34 POINTS- SHE WOULD BE VOTED ALL
BOSTON FOUR- ALL NEW ENGLAND- AND BE ELECTED CO-CAPTAIN OF
NEXT YEAR'S TEAM- BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY SHE WAS A
CORNERSTONE OF A PROGRAM THAT HAD GAINED RESPECT IN A FAST
THREE YEARS -SHE HAD HAILED FROM GEORGETOWN MASS WHERE SHE
HAD WON FOUR FIELD HOCKEY LETTERS- BEEN AN ALL STAR ALL FOUR
YEARS -AND A GLOBE ALL SCHOLASTIC- HER FRESHMAN YEAR AT
NORTHEASTERN WAS ONE YOU COULD ONLY DREAM OF- IN HER VERY
:fiRST VARSITY GAME SHE BROKE THE NU SINGLE GAME SCORING
RECORD WITH FOUR GOALS IN A 5-0 ROUT OF FAIRFIELD- SHE WOULD
END THAT FROSH YEAR BY SETTING SEASON RECORDS FOR GOALS 20 AND
POINTS 45 -SHE WOULD FINISH HER NORTHEASTERN CAREER WITHOUT
SUFFERING A LOSING SEASON- SHE WOULD SET NU CAREER MARKS WITH
57 GOALS AND 133 POINTS -BUT OF THOSE 133 POINTS NONE WOULD BE
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT ONE ASSIST TO DEFEAT UCONN AND
ESTABLISH FOREVER MORE THAT IN FIELD HOCKEY NORTHEASTERN IS NEW.,....__ ENGLAND'S-- TEAM- VICE PRESIDENT O'SHAUGHNESSY MAY I PRESENT KAREN DAVIDSON-TOWNLEY FOR INDUCTION INTO THE "
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME ~""--e. 'C7 \\) l v ) ~ <:;: c0 ~ ~t=~)~ \ WE WALKED GINGERLY BUT CAREFULLY FROM THE PLAYERS BENCH
ONTO THE RED CARPET AND OUT ON TO THE ICE OF THE FLEET CENTER
THERE WAS FLEET CENTER VICE PRESIDENT STEVE NAZRO- MYSELF AND
THE HANDSOME YOUNG MAN FROM WINDSOR, ONTARIO- THE EVENT
WAS THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE 2003 BEANPOT -THE OCCASION WAS THE
ANNUAL BEANPOT HALL OF FAME CEREMONY- THE YOUNG MAN WAS
ROD ISBISTER- HEWAS TO BE ONLY THE SEVENTH HUSKY SO HONORED -
AS HE LOOKED UP INTO THE VASTNESS OF THE BUILDING ENWREATHED BY --NEARLY 18,000 HOCKEY FANS -YOU COULD SEE THE EMOTIONS AND THE MEMORIES CROSS HIS FACE- IT HAD BEEN 17 YEARS SINCE THAT SECOND MONDAY EVENING OF FEBRUARY 1985-- THE WEEK BEFORE THE HUSKIES HAD UPSET THE EAGLES 4-2- THE TERRIERS HAD DISPATCHED
THE CRIMSON 4-2- THE BATTLE FOR THE 33RD BEANPOT TITLE WAS
ABOUT TO BEGIN- NU WAS THE DEFENDING ~ill~ CHAMPION-
HAVING BEATEN BU 5-2 IN ' 84 FOR ONLY THEIR SECOND EVER POT- BUT
THIS SEASON HAD NOT BEEN GOING WELL- THE RECORD WAS 11 AND 19
AND WORSE WE HAD LOST 9 OF THE LAST ELEVEN- HOWEVER COACH
FERNY FLAMAN KNEW- MUCH IS FORGOTTEN WHEN YOU WIN THE
BEANPOT- ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE HUSKIES STRUGGLES WAS THE
INJURY TO STAR JUNIOR CENTER ROD ISBISTER- HEWAS AVERAGING
NEARLY 4 POINTS A GAME BEFORE SUFFERING A BROKEN THUMB AND "'=Zo-, NECESSITATING A PLASTER CAST tI HAVE NO WRIST MOVEMENT HE WOULD SAY- HALFWAY INTO THE THIRD PERIOD IT WAS 2 ALL- THEN ISBISTER FORECHECKED ABU FORWARD SEPARATING HIM FROM THE
PUCK- MARK LORI PICKED IT UP AND FIRED IT PAST THE TERRIER GOALIE
- 5 MINUTES LATER THE TWOSOME STRUCK AGAIN- AND LORI WOULD
COMMENT IZZY SET ME UP JUST BEAUTIFUL BOTH TIMES -HE'S REALLY ~ SOMETHING - PLAYING WITH THAT CAST - DOING A SUPER JOB -AND A
SUPER JOB IT WAS AS THE HUSKIES CELEBRATED THE 4-2 WIN AND BACK
TO BACK BEANPOTS -THAT JUNIOR SEASON ISBISTER WOULD CONTINUE
IDS SCORING HEROICS -AS A FRESHMAN HE TALLIED 35 POINTS - AS A
SOPHOMORE 44 POINTS AND NOW 54 POINTS -HE WOULD BE ALL NEW
ENGLAND AND HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF MAKING THE FIRST EVER
HOCKEY EAST ALL STAR TEAM - ALSO CHUCK IN TEAM MVP HONORS -
THEIR WAS NO LET UP AS A SENIOR HE WOULD ADD 57 POINTS TO
CONCLUDE IDS CAREER WITH ~OINTS AS THE THIRD IDGHEST SCORER
IN HUSKY HOCKEY IDSTORY - TONIGHT ONLY 102 EVENINGS SINCE BEING
HONORED AT THE FLEET CENTER HE ADDS ANOTHER HALL OF FAME TO Vlc"€..- OS~~"'~~ IDS LAURELS - PRESIDENT - Mf\ Y)J!RESENT RBO-BD~NEE¥Y=IJ.;:::II~SB8Jl>~~TE'R FOR '\\)6 -r~~ '\Y_""-"<\Y INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME 1)_-d ~ ~~ \.. ~ . 'Y\~ ,\J--::5~, ~~'"V' I
THE SCENE OPENS AT THE WESTFORD SWIM AND TENNIS CLUB- JOAN
KOZIMOR IS TRYING TO TEACH HER 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DANA TO
SWIM- BUT THE CHILD IS MEZMORIZED BY THE THREE METER DIVING
BOARD-FINALLY WITH EVERYONE GONE MOM KEEPS HER FINGERS
CROSSED AS DAUGHTER CLUMMSIL Y CLIMBS UP THE LADDER AND LEAPS
OFF WITH MOM WAITING BELOW TO FISH HER OUT- fAST F__QRWARD THE SITE IS THE LOWELL YMCA- COACH JOE CHIRICO HAS TAUGHT--- FIRST YEAR STUDENT DANA FIVE DIVES- ALL 2.2 DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY- SHE ~ DESTROYS HER OPPONENTS- COACH CONGRATULATES HER- THE 12
YEAR OLD RESPONDS- I NEED MORE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY- JOE
KNOWS HE HAS A RARE GEM- FAST FORWARD- DANA IS A SOPHOMORE
AT WESTFORD ACADEMY- SHE IS COMPETING IN THE MASSACHUSETTS
HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BEING HOSTED BY NORTHEASTERN
UNIVERSITY AT BARLETTA POOL - THE FAVORITE IS SENIOR BOBBY
FERRARO OF BROOKLINE HIGH- SHE HAS HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS- IT
COMES DOWN TO THE LAST DIVE- DANA UNCORKS HER FAVORITE
INWARD 1 AND A HALF SOMERSAULT IN TUCK POSITION- THE JUDGES
RESPOND WITH A SERIES OF NINES -THE FERRAROS ARE SILENT-
STANDING ALONE AND HOORAYING THE NEW CHAMP IS DAD JOHN KOZIMOR- FAST·--- FORWARD- THE SCENE IS THE OFFICE OF NORTHEASTERN SWIM COACH JANET SWANSON- SHE IS SEATED WITH
THE 3 TIME STATE DIVING CHAMPION WHO IS ALSO A STRAIGHT A
STUDENT- SHE HAS ALREADY BEEN OFFERED EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK BY STANFORD AND MICHIGAN- JANET OFFERS FOUR THINGS- NU'S FINE
ENGINEERING PROGRAM- NU' S BEST IN THE WORLD COOP PROGRAM
THE FACT THAT HER COACH OF EIGHT YEARS JOE CHIRICO IS ALSO THE
HUSKIES DIVING COACH- AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT JANET
SWANSON LOVES HER ATHLETES LIKE NO OTHER COACH- DANA
KOZIMOR PLEDGES NORTHEASTERN- FAST FORWARD TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE'S WALLACE POOL- THE EVENT IS THE 1992 NEW
ENGLAND COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP- NORTHEASTERN SENIOR DANA
KOZIMOR IS PREPARING TO TAKE HER FINAL DIVE IN THE SIX STATE AREA
-SHE IS MORE THAN A LEGEND- IN HER FRESHMAN YEAR SHE WOULD
LOSE THE NEW ENGLAND 1 METER DIVE BUT NEVER LOSE ANOTHER
THAT MEANS OF THE FOUR YEARS OF 1 METER TITLES SHE WON 3 -OF
THE 3 METER TITLES SHE WON ALL FOUR- SHE HAS ALSO WON 7 OF 8
ECAC TITLES -HAS SET RECORDS FOR NEW ENGLAND AND THE ECAC
HOLDS ALL DIVING RECORDS FOR NORTHEASTERN AND BARLETTA POOL
AND MOST OF ALL THE NEW ENGLAND POOLS SHE HAS COMPETED IN
SHE IS UNEQUIVICABL Y THE FINEST DIVER IN NEW ENGLAND HISTORY
THE JUDGES ARE THE DIVING COACHES OF NORTHEASTERN- BU- MAINE
- SPRINGFIELD - AND RHODE ISLAND -IT IS A SAD MOMENT FOR ALL OF
THEM- IT IS THE LAST DIVE FOR THE QUEEN OF THE BOARDS -AS USUAL
SHE SAVES THE BEST FOR LAST- THE INWARD 2 AND A HALF
SOMERSAULT IN TUCK- SHE NAILS IT- THE CARDS GO UP 8-10- 10-10-
10- AND THE COACH THAT FLASHED 8 SAID DARNIT GUYS WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME- THEY ALL KNEW THAT THEY HAD JUST WITNESSED THE
CLOSING OF A CAREER THAT RATED A 10 - FAST FORWARD A FEW ~ MONTHS TO MATTHEWS ARENA AND NORTHEASTERN'S ATHLETICS
AWARD EVENING- A NEW AWARD WOULD BE PRESENTED THAT EVENING
-IT WILL BE FOR THE TOP SENIOR SCHOLAR-ATHLETE - THE RECIPIENT
HAD JUST RETURNED FROM WINNING HER THIRD NCAA DIVISION I ZONE
TITLE AND COMPETED IN HER THIRD NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP- SHE HAD
JUST RECEIVED ACADEMIC ALL AMERICA FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
-AND WAS ABOUT TO GRADUATE SUMMA CUM LAUDE WITH A 3.8 QPA
SHEWAS OF COURSE THE WINNER OF THE FIRST ROWLANDS AWARD- I
HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS FILM BECAUSE EVERY TIME IT WILL BE
PLAYED IT WILL WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD- VICE PRESIDENT
O'SHAUGHNESSY MAY I PRESENT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE NU HALL OF
FAME DANA KOZIMOR ZUGAY '"'--__ ) · ) ; -·.s
PARSONS FIELD WAS SURROUNDED BY PILES OF SNOW AS THE HUSKIES AND
THE BLACK BEARS TOOK TO THE ASTROTURF ON NOVEMBER 15 OF 1997-
NOT ONLY HAD MOTHER NATURE HIT BOSTON WITH 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON
FRIDAY SHE HAD GREETED THE HEARTY GRIDIRON FANS THAT DAY WITH 30
DEGREE TEMPERATURES AND LOW HANGING CLOUDS -FOR NORTHEASTERN
FOOTBALL THIS WAS A MQMENTO!:lli..DAY- THEY WERE 7-2 WITH 2 GAMES TO
GO- AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY A CONTENDER FOR POST
SEASON PLAY- FOR JIM MURPHY THE SENIOR CO-CAPTAIN AND
QUARTERBACK OF THE HUSKIES IT WAS HIS 40TH CONSECUTIVE START- BUT
LET'S GO BACK 5 YEARS -THE BLUE CHIP RECRUIT FROM READING MASS m,w.; HE HAD CAPTAINED THREE SPORTS AND LED IDsl~ TO A I~0 ~~~
SEASON SAT ON THE BENCH AS NU WENT 2 AND 9 -THE NEXT SEASON WITH
THE RECORD AT NO WINS-3 LOSSES COACH BARRY GALLUP TURNED TO HIS
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN -THEY WOULD WIN THE LAST TWO GAMES OF THAT
CAMPAIGN AND GALLUP WOULD NEVER TURN BACK- JIM'S SOPHOMORE
YEAR THEY WOULD GO 4 AND 7 AND THEN IN 1996 HIS JUNIOR YEAR THEY
WOULD TURN THE CORNER GOING 6 AND 5 AND ENDING THE SEASON WITH A
LAST SECOND 30-29 WIN OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE- BUT BACK TO SNOWY
PARSONS AND THIS QUINTESSENTIAL ENCOUNTER - IT STARTED BADLY
WITH MURPHY OUT OF THE GAME EARLY WITH A SLIGHT CONCUSSION - HE
RETURNS WITH 2 MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST AND STILL WOBBLY HITS DAVE
KLEMIC WITH A 51 YARD TD SCORE TO SEND NORTHEASTERN INTO THE
DRESSING ROOM AT HALFTIME TIED AT 14 ALL - IN THE FOURTH PERIOD NU
GOES AHEAD WITH A FIELD GOAL BUT WITH 1 MINUTE LEFT MAINE TIES IT - 8 ....:s::=;_ PLAYS LATER THE HUSKIES ARE ON THE MAINE 41 WITH ONLY SECONDS LEFT
-MURPHY TAKES THE SNAP- FADES BACK- DODGES LEFT- SCRAMBLES
RIGHT- IT SEEMS AN ETERNITY AS BLACK BEAR LINEBACKS PURSUE HIM-
THEN KLEMIC SHAKES FREE- MURPHY THROWS - KLEMIC CATCHES -
SCOOTS AND LEAPS INTO A SNOWBANK FOR THE TOUCHDOWN AND THE WIN
-THAT GAME SET UP THE FINALE WITH THE NATION'S NUMBER ONE TEAM-
UNDEFEATED VILLANOVA- MURPH WOULD HAVE IDS FINEST DAY
THROWING FOR AN NU RECORD 382 YARDS AND 4 TOUCHDOWNS -BUT NOVA
WOULD PREVAIL- SO THE MURPHY ERA WOULD END IN BACK TO BACK
WINNING SEASONS - NU' S FIRST IN 30 YEARS -HE WOULD BE VOTED ALL
NEW ENGLAND- WOULD RECEIVE THE AGGANIS A WARD AS NEW ENGLAND'S
BEST SENIOR AND THE BULGER LOWE AWARD AS SIMPLY NEW ENGLAND'S
BEST- THE NU RECORD BOOK WOULD BE COMPLETELY REWRITTEN- HE SET
GAME- SEASON - AND CAREER RECORDS FOR MOST COMPLETIONS AND
MOST YARDS -A DEAN'S LIST STUDENT HEWAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE
GALLAGHER AWARD AS THE NORTHEASTERN OUTSTANDING MEN'S
STUDENT-ATHLETE- AND THEN HE KEPT OUR EYES KEYED TO THE
NEWSPAPERS AS HE SPENT TWO SEASONS WITH THE PATRIOTS -BUT HE WILL
BEST BE REMEMBERED FOR THAT WINTRY NOVEMBER DAY THAT WILL_ - \)tL~- 0 1 -.S}) JAMES K. MURPHY J THE HARVARD LADIES ARE NOT ONLY PRETTY GOOD ON THE BLACKBOARD- THEY ARE DAMN GOOD ON THE BOARD TRACK- SO WHEN THE NORTHEASTERN LADIES EMBARKED FROM CABOT CAGE FOR THE SHORT RIDE TO THE CRIMSON'S NEW GORDON TRACK THE ODDS WERE THAT THE HARVARDS WOULD PREYAIL FOR THE EIGHTH STRAIGHT TIME- HECK THIS THE YEAR OF 1987 THEY EVEN FEATURED NCAA CHAMPION AND TWO TIME OLYMPIAN MERIDITH RANEY- HOWEVER THE HUSKIES HAD A FEW WEAPONS OF THEIR OWN INCLUDING A JUNIOR DISTANCE RUNNER OUT OF WEST ISLIP LONG ISLAND BY THE NAME OF DONNA PETRSOR-RICH- SHE WAS A BLUE CHIPPER HAVING CAPTAINED THEIR CROSS COUNTRY- INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK TEAMS AND HAD ADVANCED TO THE NEW YORK STATE FINALS EIGHT OF A POSSIBLE NINE TIMES -SHE MADE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON HUNTINGTON AVE BY BREAKING THE NU OUTDOOR RECORD FOR 1500 AS A FRESHMA~ND IN HER SOPHOMORE YEAR BY BREAKING THE INDOOR MILE AND 3000 RECORDS -THIS JANUARY S~.TURD~Y AFTERNOON AT SOLDIERS FIELD HER JOB WAS TO RUN THE MILE- WHICH SHE DID ADMIRABLY BESTING THE CRIMSON'S TOBY WARDEN BY OVER 2 SECONDS - SHE THEN RETIRED TO HER SWEATS AND THE ROLE OF CHEER LEADER- BUT SHEWAS NOT THE ONLY HUSKY TO DO ~- ADMIRABL~HAT DAY - WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE LAST TWO EVENTS THE TWO MILE AND THE MILE RELAY - THE CRIMSON WERE ONLY AHEAD BY 2 POINTS -COACH WITTENHAGEN QUICKLY DID THE MATH- NU WAS A CINCH IN THE RELAY - THAT MEANT IF WE COULD WIN THE 2 MILE - WE WON THE MEET - THAT MEANT ONLY ONE THING :_ DOUBLE DUTY FROM DONNA- GET THE SWEATS OFF KID Al\TD TRY TO STAY WITH HER FOR THE FIRST MILE AND Tl-IEN OUT KICK FOR THE SECOND COACHED WIT- DONNA GRABBED A QUICK LEAD- THEN SLOWED THE PACE BLOCKING EVERY ATTEMPT BY THE CRIMSON'S KATIE TONER TO PICK IT UP- BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO THE SECOND MILE DONNA HAD LOOSENED UP- GOT HER SECOND BREATH AND SHE KICKED IT IN FOR A 15 SECOND TROUNCING OF TONER- THE RELAY DID THEIR JOB AND THEDAYS OF HARVARD DOMINANCE WERE OVER- THOSE JUNIOR AND SENIOR SEASONS WERE FILLED WITH SUCCESS- SHE WOULD CAPTAIN CROSS COUNTRY- INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK FOR BOTH YEARS- SHE WOULD WIN BACK TO BACK OUTDOOR NEW ENGLAND TITLES IN THE 3000- WOULD BE THE RUNNER UP IN TWO NEW ENGLAND CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS- PLACE SECOND IN THE ECAC 5000- BE NAMED TEAM MVP SEVERAL TIMES -AND YES I KNOW RECORDS ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN- BUT WE ARE NOW GOING ON TWO DECADES LATER AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN- NOT ONLY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN BROKEN- THEY HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN THREATENED- SHE ALSO COULD TURN VERY NICELY FROM THE BOARD TRACK TO THE BLACKBOARD- SHE WAS A DEAN'S LIST STUDENT IN THE COLLEGE OF NURSING WHERE SHEWAS ELECTED TO THE HONORS SOCIETY- AND WAS AWARDED THE VIVIAN B ALI,EN SCHOLARSHIP- \) ICC;L- Q)~ -[\~IA -g ~.0..--i_ -AN AWFUL LOT OF --SPEED AND AN AWFUL LOT OF SMARTS- PRESIDENT-MAY I "-S PRESENT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME DONNA PETRSOR-RICH-HINKES