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www.harvardvarsityclub.org Volume 56, Issue No. 5 March 18, 2014 Livin’ Lavietes Loca!

by Amy Barry, Athletic Communications Assistant so since Keith Wright ’12 in 2011. The unanimous All-Ivy Photos Courtesy of Athletic Communications League first team selection was recognized along with second team selections Siyani Chambers ’16, Steve Moundou-Missi The Harvard men’s and women’s basketball teams ‘15 and Laurent Rivard ’14, and honorable mention picks broke and set records in 2013-14 to rewrite the Crimson’s Kyle Casey ’13 and Brandyn Curry ’14. hardwood history books... Rivard, Harvard’s leader in games played (121), will After capturing its fourth straight Ancient Eight crown graduate this spring as the program’s all-time leader in with a convincing 70-58 victory triples and the second-best over Yale on March 7, Tommy sharp shooter in Ivy League Amaker and Harvard are headed annals with 282 career three’s. back to the big dance for the third The senior co-captain and his consecutive year and fifth time classmate Casey each eclipsed the overall. The Crimson is the first 1,000-point plateau against Green team to win four consecutive Ivy Bay November 29 to bring the League titles since Penn did so program’s 1,000 point scorers to from 1993-96. 30, while senior co-captain Curry Harvard closed the “14-Game is also on the cusp of the milestone Tournament” on March 8 with a with 932 points. thrilling overtime 97-93 victory at Kathy Delany-Smith was at the Men’s basketball reacts to Selection Sunday announcement forefront of the women’s team’s Brown to improve to 26-4 overall, at party hosted by the athletics department. matching the program record for historic ways. The 32-year head wins, while giving the team a coach earned her 500th career 13-1 ledger in the league, its best victory by downing Colgate 91- ever. Harvard finished the regular 76, November 23 and went on to season 7-0 on the road against Ivy win 15 additional games en route League opponents, a feat it had to become the all-time winningest never accomplished. coach in Ivy League history with The Crimson has a chance to 515 wins, surpassing Pete Carril. improve on these numbers when Harvard finished its regular it travels to Spokane, Wash., for season with a 21-7 overall and the second round of the NCAA 11-3 against Ivy competition to Tournament against fifth-seeded record its 11th 20-plus win season, Cincinnati. Harvard looks to Women’s basketball celebrates with Coach Kathy Delaney- all under the guidance of Delany- continue its historic season Smith on her 515th career win vs Yale (69-65). Smith who owns a career record when it takes on the Bearcats on of 516-347 all with the Crimson. Thursday, March 20 at 2:10 p.m. EST live on TNT. She is one of just six active Division I coaches to spend 32 Harvard also excelled individually on the court as years at one institution. six different Crimson picked up All-Ivy League honors Senior captain Christine Clark finished her final year in matching the 1994-95 Penn team for the most all-conference Cambridge by leading the Ivy League in scoring to pick up accolades in Ancient Eight history. The total surpasses first-team All-Ivy League honors as a unanimous selection. Harvard’s previous record of four set by the 2011-12 and Clark sits fourth all-time in scoring at Harvard with 1,664 2012-13 squads. points that includes 25 20-plus point games. Junior Temi Wesley Saunders ’15 collected Ancient Eight Player of the Fagbenle joined Clark on the Ancient Eight first team Year honors after stuffing the stat sheet on both ends of the after posting 11 double-doubles this season, the most for a floor for the Crimson. The junior is the third member of the Crimson player since Hana Peljto ’04 posted 15 in 2003-04. Crimson to earn the conference’s top award and first to do Farag and Sobhy lead the Way to Titletown

by Meghan Moore, Athletic Communications Assistant Photo Courtesy of Athletic Communications The Harvard Squash teams solidified themselves as national powerhouses after completing one of the most successful campaigns in program history. The men’s and women’s teams combined for one team national championship, two individual national champions and two Ivy League titles in 2013-14. At the top of the two teams, sit arguably two of the best college squash players. Ali Farag ’14 and Amanda Sobhy ’15. A decorated collegiate athlete, Farag concluded his collegiate career with a 47-2 record, two Ivy League titles, two individual national championships, and one team championship. Farag’s success is more widespread than his record The Cairo, Egypt native posted a perfect 20-0 record his would indicate. Prior to the men’s national championship senior season and reclaimed his spot as the nation’s best title match, the senior was honored with the 2014 Skillman with his second Pool Trophy, which came following a 3-1 Award, the highest individual honor in men’s college squash. win over defending national champion Amr Khlaed Khalifa The award is given annually to a senior men’s squash player of St. Lawrence. who has demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship during Squash continued on page 2... Squash continued from page 1...

his entire collegiate career. While Farag and Sobhy had similar individual seasons, In a sport where being the first to accomplish something their teams’ success differed slightly during the 2013-14 new compares to walking on water, Sobhy became the first campaign. Crimson student-athlete to take home the Ramsay Cup three Both teams posted perfect records in Ivy League play to years consecutively. help the men clinch its 36th Ancient Eight crown and the The junior boasts an impressive 47-0 career record, women’s 19th title. defeating 46 of her opponents by a, 3-0, margin. Sobhy The men’s team can call themselves National Champions dropped just a single game to Trinity’s Kanzy El Defrawy for the first time since 1998, blanking defending National on Feb. 6 2013. Champion, Trinity, 9-0 to claim its 31st Potter Cup. Senior “I am super pleased to win the Ramsay Cup for a third captain Brandon McLaughlin won the pivotal fifth match, straight year” said Sobhy. “It’s always tough having to play 3-2, in the No. 2 position to put the Crimson up 5-0. the same people over and over again, and being in that top The women’s team came up just short of its third spot definitely puts some added pressure on me, but I try consecutive national title, narrowly falling, 5-4, to Trinity in not to think about it. I just go in there and take it one match the 2014 Howe Cup finals. The Crimson opened up with a 2-1 at a time.” lead after the first flight, but the Bantams won four of the next The pressure will be on next year as Sobhy attempts to cap six matches to secure the win and deny the Crimson what her collegiate career with a fourth individual title. The junior would have been the program’s 15th national championship. would become just the second student-athlete to accomplish The stand out success of the 2013-14 season does much to the feat. Former Penn State standout Gail Ramsay, after win the Crimson the respect they deserve and secures them whom the Ramsay Cup is named, is the last to claim the cup as a force to be reckoned with. for four straight years, from 1977-80. Ivy League Champions 2013-2014

With Harvard currently holding 11 Ivy League titles for the 2013-2014 season, the possibility of breaking our own school record of 14 titles earned back in 2004-2005 is on the horizon. Better yet is the potential to break the highest Ivy League record held by Princeton of 15 titles during the 2010-2011 season. Below are our current Ivy League titles for the 2013-2014 season.

Men’s Basketball Women’s Soccer Men’s Fencing Men’s Squash* Football Women’s Squash Women’s Ice Hockey Men’s Swimming and Diving Women’s Track and Field Women’s Swimming and Diving Women’s Rugby * 2013-2014 National Champions

Crimson Scoreboard Sports statistics and highlights as we go to press. Click on sport for more information or visit gocrimson.com

Overall Percent Conference Percent Streak Home Away Neutral Basketball - M 26-4 .867 13-1 .929 W9 11-1 11-3 4-0 Basketball - W 21-7 .750 11-3 .786 W4 9-2 9-4 3-1 Fencing - M Men’s team qualified six fencers to compete at 2014 NCAA Championships on March 20 in Columbus, OH. Fencing - W Women’s team qualified five fencers to compete at 2014 NCAA Championships on March 20 in Columbus, OH. Ice Hockey - M 10-17-4 .387 6-12-4 .364 L3 5-8-1 4-7-3 1-2 Ice Hockey - W 23-7-4 .735 16-3-3 .795 L2 13-3-2 9-2-2 1-2 Skiing Places 14th out of 23 at 2014 NCAA Championships. Rebecca Nadler ’14 earned her third All-American in Skiing - M/W the Giant Slalom. Swimming & Diving - M Eric Ronda ’17 and Mike Mosca ’15 qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Ivy League Champion in both the 100 and 200 backstrokes, Danielle Lee ’16 qualifies for the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving - W Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Squash - M 18-0 1.000 7-0 1.000 W18 11-0 6-0 1-0 Squash - W 14-1 .933 7-0 1.000 L1 6-0 6-0 2-1 Maksim Korolev ’14 and Erika Veidis ’15 earned second team All-American honors at the NCAA Track & Field - M/W Championships this weekend at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Todd Preston ’16, secured his first EIWA Championship and earned Most Outstanding Wrestler, seeded 10th for Wrestling NCAA Championship; James Fox ’15 earns at-large bid to NCAA Championship.

Overall Percent Conference Percent Streak Home Away Neutral Baseball 1-9 .100 0-0 .000 L5 0-0 1-7 0-2 Lacrosse - M 4-2 .667 1-0 1.000 W3 3-0 1-2 0-0 Lacrosse - W 3-2 .600 1-1 .500 W1 2-0 1-2 0-0 Softball 7-6 .538 0-0 .000 W1 0-0 1-2 6-4 Volleyball - M 10-6 .625 7-2 .778 L1 0-0 1-2 6-4 2 2014 Elections for Overseers & Elected Directors Each year the University holds elections for the Board of A former Radcliffe mentor and non-resident academic tutor for Overseers and Elected Directors for the Harvard Alumni Mather House, Gelman is an annual participant on many sports- Association; the Harvard Corporation and Board of related panels hosted by the Office of Career Services and Harvard Overseers are the two governing boards of the University. Varsity Club. There is no greater opportunity for you as an alumnus/a to As a senior executive for the help shape two of the University’s governing boards. The Kraft Sports Group (New England Harvard Varsity Club encourages all members to participate Patriots, New England Revolution, in this important election—exercise your right to vote! This and Gillette Stadium), she actively year there is one candidate with ties to the Harvard Varsity recruits Harvard athletes with Club: an analytic mindset. Outside Harvard, she is Co-Founder and Candidate for Elected Director: Co-Chair of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, a forum Jessica Gelman ’97, a Major H recipient in basketball, is a for industry professionals and longtime supporter of Harvard and Harvard Athletics. A member students to discuss the increasing of the first women’s basketball team in Ivy League history to go role of analytics in the global sports undefeated in league play and the first women’s team in Harvard Photo Credit: David Silverman industry. Gelman volunteers her Sports Business Daily history to go to the NCAA Tournament, Gelman was elected time to organizations that strive team captain in 1997. Gelman is active with Friends of Harvard for empowerment through sports, Basketball, where she served as its women’s Chair, and is an active including the You Can Play Project member of the Harvard Varsity Club. Her many contributions and Find the Courage. to Harvard Athletics earned her the Friend of the Year Award in 2010. To see the full list of candidates click here. All ballots are mailed by Harvard University to eligible voters by April 1, 2014 with information on all candidates. Crimson Views Friends of Harvard Baseball NYC Reception

Once a year, the Friends of Harvard Baseball hosts an informal reception for baseball alumni and friends of the program in NYC. This year was no different than years past in that we had a strong turnout from local alumni, complemented by a few that were able to make the trip from out of town. We spent most of the night catching up with old teammates and trading war stories about indoor dirt mounds, triple headers in Florida and putting Manny Ramirez’s son to bed in the middle of contract negotiations, among other things... Our night was capped off with a “State of the Program” speech given by Coach Decker, where he gave us his 2014 outlook and let us know specifically where the program Left to right: Michael Marcucci ’98, Brian Ralph ’98, Peter Woodfork ’99, Scott Parrot ’96, could use alumni support. Madhu Satyanarayana’03, and Tyler Albright ’11.

It’s an honor to be a part of a group of such athletically and professionally accomplished individuals. Every year when we get together, I’m reminded of how talented and unique a group of alumni we have. It is my sincere hope that we can grow the reception each year to bring more and more alumni together to celebrate our shared experiences playing baseball for Harvard. — Madhu Satyanarayana ’03

Friends of Harvard Track and Field NYC Reception

The Friends of Harvard Track event at the Harvard Club of New York was a great success. The turnout of former track and field athletes was a demonstration of the support for the outstanding program at Harvard. The personal interaction and networking gave me opportunity to meet the coaching staff and make new friends. I am proud to have participated in such an enjoyable event. — Roosevelt Weaver ’71

Former Coach Roosevelt “Bo” Weaver ’71, Clara Blattler ’08, Richard Loebl ’67 and The William W. “Bill” McCurdy Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Jason Saretsky. 3 1989 Men’s NCAA Championship Hockey Reunion

On February 21, 2014, the Harvard 1989 Men’s NCAA Championship Hockey Team returned to Cambridge for its 25th Reunion. Lane MacDonald ’88-89 captain of the ’89 team, addressed the group which also included wives, offspring and parents. Lane cited the spirit, the cohesiveness, the fun both on and off the ice, and the specific stated goal of the team from the start of the season: winning the national championship. Following Lane’s words of welcome, the entertainment of the night was Mike Vukonich ’91 and Brian Popiel ’90 with their dog and pony show, in a Quiz Game format which created many laughs and classic comebacks. I reiterated that winning the championship was a The 1989 National Champions Harvard Hockey team celebrating on the ice. The team tribute to all the players who came before them, and was had 31 wins and 3 losses and was the first Harvard team NCAA championship in Harvard University’s history. a testament of the true meaning of student-athletes. The win is unforgettable, but what has made me most proud is the careers, the families of the players, and the contributions to society that all have made since their years at Harvard. Thanks to the Varsity Club for coordinating the Reunion. It was a memorable occasion for a fine group of hockey players who are proud to be a part of the great Harvard Hockey tradition. — Coach Bill Cleary ’56 Coach Bill Cleary ’56 speaking Left to right: Ed Krayer ’89, The Robert D. Ziff ’88 Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Ice to his former athletes. Hockey Ted Donato ’91, John Murphy ’90, Brian Popiel ’90 and Paul Howley ’89.

Members of the 1989 National Champions Harvard Hockey team together again in Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Friends of Harvard Baseball Boston Reception/Team Send-off

The recent Friends of Harvard Baseball Boston reception was a great way to launch this year’s team into the baseball season. Meeting the players and talking with the coaches about their expectations and strategies for the upcoming season showed their strong dedication and commitment to making this year a success. Hearing the staff’s plans, both immediate and long term, to return to the top of the Ivies gave a real world context to our support of the program and inspired all of us to stay active and relevant to the Friends. Of course the highlight is getting together for a fun night of story swapping and Pinocchio’s eating with multiple generations of baseball alums always to remind us of what is so great about the program and it’s characters. — Tim Burnieika ’91

Left to right: Rick Renninger ’89, Jim Depalo ’87, Dave O’Connell ’90, Kevin Curtin ’87 and Mike Pakalnis ’87.

Former Harvard baseball athletes gather for a group picture. 4 Crimson Commentary

On January 31, Harvard Hockey alumni Harvard hosted its annual football pro and brothers, Richard S. Greeley ’49 day at Harvard Stadium and Palmer- (R) and Sidney F. Greeley Jr. ‘47 (L) Dixon on Wednesday March 12 with eight were privileged to drop the ceremonial current members of the Crimson football puck at the Harvard-Princeton hockey team and select players from other New game at Bright-Landry Hockey Center England colleges participating. Fifteen where the Crimson defeated Princeton NFL scouts and coaches observed the in a 3-2 win. The evening marked the workouts and drills of seniors Josh 100th anniversary of the historic game Boyd, Cameron Brate, D.J. Monroe, between the Tigers and the Crimson David Mothander, Nnamdi Obukwelu, held on January 24, 1914. Harvard emerged victoriously Tyler Ott, Brian Owusu, Austin Scheufele and John Collins with a 2-1 win that ended when legendary Tiger star ‘13. Scores can be viewed on gocrimson.com. Hobey Baker was unable to score the winning goal in triple, sudden-death overtime, the winning goal was It is with a heavy heart we share with you the passing of scored by Harvard’s Leverette Saltonstall ’14. Ed Bogdan ’52, former president and director of the Harvard Club of East New York and in his retirement, With deep sorrow we share with you the unexpected director of the Harvard Club of Naples. Ed was an avid passing of former Harvard lacrosse and squash player golfer and loved competition. He especially loved Harvard Dan Hutchinson ’89. Dan is survived by his wife, Olivia sports and spent many Saturdays driving to Cambridge and five children, William, Alexander, Madeleine, with friends and family for tailgating and games. Ed is Victoria and Charlotte. In lieu of flowers, a special trust survived by his wife, Florence, their four children, Agnes has been established to assist with the education of Dan’s (Chapski), Edward Bogdan III ’86 lightweight crew, five children. Please send your donation to: “The Olivia Valerie Bogdan-Powers ’89 Radcliffe rugby, Stephen Hutchinson Family Trust” c/o Jack Riley, Brown Brothers (Bogdan); six-grandchildren and sister Gloria (Orkan). Harriman, 140 Broadway, New York, NY 10005. Any In lieu of flowers the family has asked that donations be support would be greatly appreciated. made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (jdrf.org or 950 New Loudon Rd. Suite 330, Latham, NY 12110) or the On March 4, 2014 the Bruins honored 10 New England Harvard Varsity Club. native Olympians who medaled in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Among them was our own On the 23rd day of November 2013, the day the Crimson Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey, Michele Picard ’16 who defeated the Bulldogs 34-7 in “The Game”, this American won the silver medal along with Coach Katey Stone, Flag (pictured below) was flown “boldly in the face of Josephine Pucci ’15, Lyndsey Fry ’15 and Julie Chu ’06. the enemy in honor of The Harvard Football Team “ by First Lieutenant John M. Lanzafame ’06 above the 82D SB Michael R. Bloomberg, M.B.A. ’66, will be the principal CMRE Headquarters in Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s We are happy to report that 1LT Lanzafame is home safe rd 363 Commencement. “Mike Bloomberg’s career on American soil, thank you for keeping our country safe. represents a rare blend of public leadership, private- sector entrepreneurship, and powerful philanthropic engagement, ... I greatly look forward to welcoming him in May.” said Harvard President Drew Faust.

It is with great sadness we share that Harvard Lacrosse alumni Ryan H. Crane ’99 passed away on Monday, February 3, 2014 at his home in Stamford, CT. He was 37. Ryan was a loving, compassionate man who wished well for everyone he met. He was known as the “Gentle Giant” by his friends and family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Delbarton School (www.delbarton.org/ donate), in memory of Ryan Crane.

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