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Volume 48 Issue No. 7 www.varsityclub.harvard.edu February 23, 2006 Men’s & Women’s Fencing Teams Earn Share of Ivy Titles Winter Teams In the Thick of Ivy Races

by Casey Hart straight title outright. Junior Tim Hagamen (New York, NY) Assistant Director of Athletic Communications posted a 6-0 sabre record at the Ivy League South meet, pacing Harvard to a 21-6 win against Brown and a 16-11 victory over WOMEN’S FENCING (11-1, 5-0 Ivy League) Penn. He improved his record to 11-1 in Ivy competition. Senior The Harvard women’s fencing team Tim Morse Photo Julian Rose (Denver, CO) and sopho- seems to be ge�ing this championship thing more Benjamin Ungar (Bronx, NY) each down. The Crimson claimed a share of its went 5-1 in epee. The men will also play second Ivy League title just one season a�er a part in the bid to defend Harvard’s IFA winning its first, moving to 5-0 in Ivy matches title. Hagamen is looking to repeat indi- with wins against Brown and Penn in the Ivy vidually as well, having won the 2005 IFA League South tournament Feb. 12 at Colum- sabre title. bia. Harvard will try to complete its defense MEN’S (15-10-2, of two titles Feb. 25-26, looking to win—with 11-8-1 ECACHL, 7-3-0 Ivy League) the help of the Harvard men’s team—its sec- On the morning of Feb. 13, only five ond straight Intercollegiate Fencing Associa- Crimson players had won a Beanpot tion championship and wrap up the Ivy crown game in their careers, and no one on the outright. Princeton missed the Feb. 12 meet team had ever won at Cornell or celebrat- because of the blizzard that hit the Northeast, ed an Ivy League championship. All that and its matches will be made up Feb. 25-26. changed in a week that began with a 5-0 Harvard will have the Ivy championship all to Beanpot consolation win against North- itself if it can defeat the Tigers or if Princeton eastern and ended with a 4-3 win over the takes down second-place Columbia. Big Red in front of a packed house of fish- Carolyn Wright (Arlington, VA) led Har- throwing fans on senior night at Cornell’s vard with a 6-0 day in sabre at the Ivy League Lynah Rink. Junior Justin Tobe (North- South event. Fellow sophomores Alexa Junior Tim Hagamen ville, MI) made 24 saves against the Hus- Weingarden (Edina, MN) and Emily Cross kies to record his first career shutout, and (New York, NY) and senior Chloe Stinetorf (Piedmont, CA) all sophomore Jon Pelle (West Islip, NY) led the offense with two went 5-1 as the Crimson topped the Bears, 21-6, and the Quakers, goals and an assist. Pelle scored a third-period goal to put Har- 16-11. Cross has some repeating of her own to take care of, as she vard ahead at Cornell. Minutes later, senior captain Peter Hafner seeks her second straight NCAA foil championship March 16-19 (Gaithersburg, MD) scored the eventual game-winner. He tapped in Houston. She will first look to capture a title she did not win in in a pass from senior Charlie Johnson (Calgary, ALB), propelling 2005, when she placed second at the IFA Championships, one spot Harvard to its 21st Ivy title. The win kept the No. 15 Crimson in ahead of Stinetorf. contention for a first-round bye in the ECACHL playoffs, which it can wrap up by defeating St. Lawrence and Clarkson at home Feb. MEN’S FENCING (10-0, 4-0 Ivy League) 24 and 25. Harvard’s other two February wins came in overtime The Crimson tries to make it 2-for-2 in Ivy League fencing on consecutive Fridays with the Crimson winning, 2-1, at Brown championships, as the undefeated men have one match remain- on a Dan Murphy ‘06 (North Andover, MA) goal and against ing against 2-0 Princeton. Harvard needs a win to take its second Continued on page 2 Women’s Basketball Showing Signs Of What’s To Come As Season Winds Down, Crimson Picking Up Impressive Ivy Wins

by Kurt Svoboda At the season’s outset, Delaney-Smith tabbed her four seniors; Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Shana Franklin, (Wilme�e, IL) Maureen McCaffrey (Hillsborough, CA), Laura Robinson In a year anticipated to hold many of the pains associated with (Hillsborough, CA), and a season in transition, the Harvard women’s basketball team has Jessica Holsey (Potomac, perhaps found the formula for success in its youth. A�er a slow start, MD), along with junior Head Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith’s first-year players have taken Christiana Lackner (Pi�s- Gil Talbot Photo Gil Talbot root as a foundation for this program to stand on in years to come. burgh, PA) as her starting “The potential in (this year’s) freshman class, along with Lindsay five. Hallion ‘08 (Westwood, MA) who did not play last year, is obvious Left in reserve roles to anyone who watches us play on a daily basis,” said Delaney-Smith were just one upperclass- prior to the team’s win against Yale on February 18. “And if you man, Kyle Dalton (Tucson, have followed us, you have seen very exciting growth throughout AZ), four sophomores and the process of a season. They simply get be�er with each game.” five freshmen. Delany- The women’s basketball team suffered its fair share of setbacks Smith wasted no time in during the first semester of play. Costly injuries, inexperienced start- seasoning her underclass- ers, and the loss of three starters to graduation including four-time men as she instituted a All-Ivy League selection Reka Cserny ‘05 all inhibited Delaney- 10-player rotation during Smith’s team from playing to its accustomed level of excellence over the first week of play. That the first six weeks of the season. The result was o�en frustrating as early game experience for Harvard consistently fell a few possessions shy of victory. her youngsters may very As the cold weather enveloped the Northeast however, many well have saved a sea- found that brighter days were in fact already here. Behind a string son as Holsey went down of first-year players, wins started coming in clusters, and just at the just five games into the Freshman Emily Tay right time as Ivy League play kicked into full gear. campaign with a serious Continued on page 5 Winter Sports, continued from page 1 backstroke at HYP. Fellow seniors Mark Knepley (Wayne, PA) Princeton, 5-4, on the strength of a Kevin Du ‘07 (Spruce Grove, and Danil Rybalko (Skokie, IL) swept the ECAC Swimmer and ALB) hat trick and a Pelle game-winner. Diver of the Week honors a�er the Brown meet.

MEN’S BASKETBALL (12-11, 4-6 Ivy League) WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING (10-0, 7-0 Ivy League) Harvard figured to be a factor in the Ivy League race as se- ECAC Swimmer of the Week Lindsay Hart ‘08 (Walnut nior guard Jim Goffredo (La Crescenta, CA) poured in 30 points Creek, CA) rewrote the Harvard backstroke record book as the to lead the Crimson past Brown, 75-58, Jan. 28 and freshman point No. 21 Crimson decisively swept Princeton and Yale to complete guard Drew Housman (Calabasas, CA) ne�ed 20 in a 69-59 win its second straight 10-0 season and earn the Ivy League dual-meet at Columbia Feb. 3. But the Crimson was undone by opponents’ title. Hart set marks in the 50, 100 and 200 back, while fellow shots in the final seconds of back-to-back games, first falling sophomores Jaclyn Pangilinan (Cli�on, NJ) and Beth Kolbe (Tif- 79-77 at Cornell Feb. 4, then to Princeton, 60-59. Although losses fin, OH) and the 200 medley relay team also had record-se�ing to Penn, Brown and Yale extended the Crimson’s skid to five weekends for the Crimson. Harvard goes for its second straight games, captain Ma� Stehle (Newton, MA) has been a consistent win at the championship meet Feb. 24-26 at Blodge� Pool. force. The senior forward recorded three straight double-doubles, including a 27-point, 12-rebound performance at Cornell and a 28- MEN’S TENNIS (0-4, 0-0 Ivy League) point, 15-rebound showing against Penn. Stehle leads the league The 51st-ranked Crimson got a rough welcome to the spring in rebounding at 9.3 per game. He averages 15.3 points per game season with two straight 0-2 weekends in the lower Midwest. Har- to rank third, just behind Goffredo’s 15.4. vard lost 4-3 decisions at Purdue and Northwestern Feb. 4-5, then lost at No. 3 Illinois, 7-0, and to Clemson, 5-2. Sophomore Brian WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY (13-10-4, 9-5-4 ECACHL, 3-4-3 Ivy League) Wan (Woodbury, NY) and freshman Chris Clayton (Fort Lauder- It has been an up-and-down February for the Crimson, which dale, FL) posted wins in each of the first two matches. won a thrilling opening game in the Beanpot, lost in the tourna- ment final for the first time in eight years, sent its seniors out with WOMEN’S TENNIS (5-3, 0-0 Ivy League) a 3-0 win in their last regular-season home game, but fell out of The spring season is not even a month old, but already Har- the nation’s top 10 for the first time in 88 weeks. Freshman Sarah vard has accomplished something no Ivy team before it had. The Wilson (Avon, CT) redirected a shot by classmate Lauren Her- Crimson posted 4-3 wins against No. 6 Georgia and No. 16 TCU rington (Bow, NH) to li� Harvard to a 2-1 overtime win against at the USTA/ITA National Women’s Team Indoor Championship Boston University in the Beanpot semifinals before Boston College in Wisconsin. The Crimson was not able to knock off top-ranked topped the Crimson, 2-0, for the Eagles’ first Beanpot crown. Stanford, but was the first Ivy squad to reach the tournament’s Against Colgate, in possibly their final games on the Bright Hock- semifinals. In both tournament wins, the Crimson won four ey Center ice, seniors Carrie Schroyer (Waterbury Center, VT) singles matches, with senior Melissa Anderson (Sydney, Austra- and Jennifer Raimondi (Langley, BC) scored goals and classmate lia), sophomore Preethi Mukundan (Folsom, CA) and freshman Ali Boe (Edina, MN) recorded her school-record 16th shutout. Stephanie Schni�er (San Jose, CA) winning both days. Harvard is ranked ninth nationally, the program’s highest ranking ever. SAILING Harvard opened the spring season with back-to-back fourth- MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD (0-6, 0-4 Ivy League) place finishes at the College of Charleston. The fourth-ranked Harvard looks to leap its way to success Feb. 25-26 as senior Crimson women took fourth in a 15-team field at the Charleston jumpers Samyr Laine (Newburgh, NY) and Travis Hughes (Mis- Women’s Intersectional Feb. 11-12, led by senior Sloan Devlin souri City, Texas) lead the Crimson into the Ivy League Heptago- (Mystic, CT) and junior Christina Dahlman (Chevy Chase, MD), nal Indoor Track and Field Championships. Hughes took the long who placed third in the A division. The No. 2 Harvard coeds jump with a leap of 7.23 meters and Laine won the triple with a finished fi�h in each division for fourth overall among 18 schools. 15.37-meter mark at the annual HYP meet Feb. 11, but could not li� the Crimson past Princeton and Yale. Laine has won the triple SKIING jump at the last two indoor Heps. The Crimson has placed ninth at its four carnivals so far in 2006 and competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD (1-5, 0-4 Ivy League) Championships, hosted by Middlebury, this weekend. Junior The Heps distance field is always deep, but sophomore Jennifer Harlow (Tahoe City, CA) has led the women’s nordic Lindsey Scherf (Scarsdale, NY) will hit the meet running, having skiers every week and had a season-best 28th-place finish at the registered Harvard’s second-fastest time ever (9:18.89) in the 3,000 Dartmouth Carnival. Freshman alpine skier Jake Segal (Acton, meters at the HYP meet. Senior Stevie DeGroff (Allen, TX) ran a MA) has twice placed in the top 25, including 23rd in the slalom 7.71-second 60-meter dash, also the second-best time in Harvard at Dartmouth. Harvard is shooting for the NCAA Championships history, but Princeton and Yale both picked up wins against the March 8-11 in Steamboat Springs, CO. Crimson. Freshman Becky Christensen (Celina, TX) cleared 1.70 meters to win the high jump and looks to be a threat at Heps. MEN’S SQUASH (6-3, 4-1 Ivy League) Harvard has a shot at a share of the Ivy League champion- MEN’S VOLLEYBALL (1-7, 1-1 EIVA) ship when it faces Yale Feb. 22 in New Haven. The Crimson suf- The Crimson dropped its first six matches of the season, fered its lone Ivy loss to Princeton, despite winning the top four but came through in dominant fashion Feb. 11 against Vassar, matches, with junior Siddharth Suchde (Zurich, Switzerland) winning, 3-0, despite the absence of banged-up senior co-captain posting a dominant 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 win against three-time national Seamus McKiernan (Santa Barbara, CA). Senior Luke McCrone champion Yasser El-Halaby. The Tigers, however, fell to Yale, giv- (Shanty Bay, ONT) notched 17 kills on .667 hi�ing in the win, one ing the Crimson a chance to create a three-way tie with a win in a of four Crimson players in double figures. He commi�ed just one match that will also determine the third-place team in the College error on 24 swings in the win as Harvard hit .455 as a team. McKi- Squash Association Championships. Harvard topped Penn, 6-3, in ernan, an all-tournament pick at the Golden Dome Classic, leads the CSA quarterfinals before falling to eventual national cham- the squad with 4.26 kills per game. pion Trinity, 6-3, in the semis. WOMEN’S WATER POLO (3-1) WOMEN’S SQUASH (6-1, 5-0 Ivy League) Senior Arin Keyser (Poway, CA) scored 13 goals in four The Crimson has cruised through the first five matches on games, including six in an 8-7 comeback win against Maryland, to its Ivy League schedule, but faces its stiffest test Feb. 22 in the lead Harvard to a 3-1 start to the season Feb. 18-19. The Crimson form of two-time defending national champion Yale. Harvard also defeated Villanova, 11-8, and George Washington, 8-2, and was upset by Trinity, 6-3, Feb. 4, but rebounded with wins over fell to No. 17 Indiana, 13-5. Sophomore Vivian Liao (Corona del Princeton, 6-3, and Penn, 7-2, and hosts the Howe Cup Feb. 24-26. Mar, CA) scored nine goals. Sophomore Jennifer Blumberg (Victoria, BC) and junior Lydia Williams (Villanova, PA) have not lost all season. WRESTLING (5-8-1, 2-5-1 EIWA, 2-2-1 Ivy League) Harvard finished the dual-meet season with just two losses MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING (8-1, 7-1 EISL) in its last six matches heading into the EIWA Championships No. 25 Harvard finished its dual-meet season strong by de- March 4-5 at Lehigh. Freshman Andrew Flanagan (Bound Brook, feating Brown, sweeping its second straight Harvard-Yale-Prince- NJ) has come on of late, beating the sixth-ranked wrestler at 157 ton meet and beating Penn to finish the season tied with Princeton pounds and adding wins by major decision and technical fall in atop the league standings. The Crimson won 14 of 19 HYP events, a final weekend that included a 29-16 Harvard win at Columbia. but the Tigers showed their depth by staying close in a 193-160 The Crimson posted a 2-0-1 weekend Feb. 10-11, beating BU and Harvard win, se�ing up an exciting EISL Championships meet Sacred Heart and tying Brown. Several Harvard wrestlers look to March 2-4 on Long Island. Co-captain David Cromwell (Mis- challenge for titles at the EIWA meet, including 14th-ranked Max soula, MT) set a Blodge� Pool record of 1:44.93 in the 200-yard Meltzer (Bethesda, MD), who has only one loss this season. 2 Life In The Fast Laine Senior Samyr Laine has his sights squarely set on a national title

by Chuck Sullivan cal points through repetition.” Director of Athletic Communications Laine improved to the point where he took fourth place in the high school indoor national championships before he had If he never competes again, Samyr Laine could look proudly completed even a year of formal competition in the event. at his career and declare with confidence Since he’s been at Harvard, Laine’s that he was the best triple jumper that career has literally taken off. He stepped Harvard--and the Ivy League, for that into collegiate competition by taking ma�er--has ever seen. second place at his first Heptagonal The amazing part is that Laine will Championships, the 2003 indoor meet, indeed compete again. In fact, he sees his with a jump of 48 feet, two-and-a-half competitive season beginning in Decem- inches. By his sophomore year, he had ber and ending sometime in June. And he improved his personal best by more than may have not yet reached his prime. two feet, winning Heps titles in both the Already an All-American and a four- indoor and outdoor meets. He duplicated time league champion--twice indoors, the double wins as a junior, adding more twice outdoors--Laine has jumped farther than two feet to his personal record, than any Ivy League athlete in history. He culminating in the record-breaking mark is as close to a mortal lock as there is to at the NCAA outdoor meet. win the triple jump at both the indoor and That is a lot of success for someone outdoor Heptagonal Championships for who has only competed in the triple the third consecutive year. His goal for the jump for five years, but Laine is quick to coming year is simple. share the credit for his rapid improve- “The goal is to win the NCAA cham- ment. pionship,” said Laine without a hint of “I’m fortunate to have some great arrogance. “I had my best jump there last teammates who came in with me as year (53 feet, seven-and-a-half inches) and freshmen,” said Laine. “With Lawrence took seventh with an injured hamstring. Adjah ‘06 and Travis Hughes ‘06, we just I’ve put in extra work in the off-season, I Samyr Laine ‘06 work as hard as possible to get be�er, feel healthy and, God willing, I’ll continue and there’s no reason we can’t go 1-2-3 at to improve.” Heps this year.” The best way to explain the triple jump is to quite simply call Given what he has accomplished so far, it seems the sky is it a hop, skip and a jump. Or maybe more accurately, a hop, step the limit for Laine. and a jump. “I still have a ways to go,” said Laine. “But I’ve only been do- The long jump is the more celebrated event--even the casual ing this for five years, so I plan to use this year to see how far I can track and field fan has heard of Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis and take it and to see if I want to do it once I’m done with college.” Marion Jones. It is also simpler in nature. The athlete runs as fast In some other sports, Laine’s accomplishments and potential as he can down the runway, gets off the white board on one foot would make him a surefire first-round dra� pick. There is no and propels themselves into the pit. professional league for track and field athletes, however. At least The triple jump at least begins the same way. The jumper not in the U.S. But Laine admits he is intrigued by the possibilities runs as fast as he can down the runway, gets off the board on one that may await him. foot, lands on that same foot (the hop), then switches feet (the “If this year goes extra special for me, maybe I’d think about step) and finally launches into the pit (the jump). seeing what I’m capable of doing when I train full-time and don’t It’s not an event that one learns in gym class. have the time commitment of academics,” said Laine. But he also “It takes a while to learn,” said Laine, “because of the coor- is confident that he will be able to continue a successful life away dination, balance and leg strength involved. The tricky part for a from world-class competition if he chooses that route instead. lot of people is the first jump, where you’re taking off and landing “I’ve always planned on a�ending law school, even before on the same foot. It’s not something that’s really natural to most I came to Harvard,” said Laine, who is currently applying to a people.” number of schools. “That’s something that’s more concrete to me The event has existed on the international level for more than in the future than athletics.” a century, despite its awkward nature. It is also an event with He is interested for now in pursuing a career in contract law historic ties to Harvard. as it applies to sports. “Some people call them agents,” said Laine. The triple jump was part of the first modern Olympics in “I prefer the term contract law.” Until then, he has established a 1896, and a Harvard student named James Connolly decided to clear plan for the 2005-06 track and field season. compete in Athens. Connolly’s request for a leave of absence was “I go into every meet with a number in place—how far I denied by Harvard, however, leaving him no option except hon- want to jump that day,” said Laine. His goal for Harvard’s season orably withdrawing from the College. opening dual meet against Boston College in early December was Connolly went on to win the triple jump in Athens, becoming to “take down the indoor record over there [at Gordon Track].” the first modern Olympic champion. Though he never returned A feat he did not accomplish that day, but he did break his own to Harvard to complete his studies, Connolly was presented an indoor school record at the Cornell-Brown Meet on January 28. honorary athletic sweater in 1948 and was offered an honorary At the end of the year, Laine will gauge the success of his doctorate by the university, which he declined. senior year in three ways. The first way has him standing atop the While Connolly was the first Harvard man to compete in the podium at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. triple jump at the international level, Laine could well be the next The next goal ties in with the first, in that Laine aims to to do so. extend his own school records. If he is able to win a national title, Laine began competing in track and field as a seventh-grader, then improving his school marks would be close to automatic. though his focus at the time was distance events. He lost interest “I want to push the records out there and let them stand for a�er a year or so, and didn’t compete again until his junior year at a while,” said Laine, “so that whoever’s going to break them a�er Newburgh Free Academy. me is an Olympian.” “One of the track coaches saw me playing basketball in gym The final goal is for Laine to see improvement within his class and thought I might be able to compete in sprinting and team. He concedes that his personal goals will fall short if the jumping,” said Laine, who began to concentrate solely on jumps. Crimson is not successful as a unit. As with most who pick up the triple jump, it didn’t come “When it comes to dual meets, my distance really doesn’t naturally to Laine, at least not at first. But once he got the right- ma�er as long as it gets the team five points,” he said. “But I re- right-le� routine down—Laine always takes off and lands first on ally want to see our team get into the top three at Heps. It’s been a his right foot--his progression has been incredible. li�le while since we’ve been able to do that.” “I was frustrated early,” said Laine. “But I worked really hard If the Crimson team can mirror the ascent of its most deco- over the summer and began to see myself improving.” rated individual, that should be no problem at all. Improvement in the triple jump, according to Laine, comes Editor’s Note: Laine will be competing in the indoor Heptagonal primarily from repetition. Championships on February 25-26 in Hanover, NH. The Indoor NCAA “Go as fast as you can and do the exact same thing every Championships will be held on March 10-11 in Faye�eville, AK. time,” he said. “Find a technique that works and hone the techni- 3 CRIMSON COMMENTARY

by Michele McLaughlin Walsh is one of two ECAC athletes among the 15 total to Assistant Director of the Harvard Varsity Club make the list of this year’s semifinalists. Last season the award was won by Harvard goalie Dov Grumet-Morris ‘05. t’s gold and bronze for the U.S. and Canadian women’s ***** Olympic hockey teams. Both teams have Harvard ties and Harvard basketball forwards Ma� Stehle ‘06 (Newton, MA), on February 20th Canada beat Sweden in the gold medal and Shana Franklin ‘06 (Wilme�e, IL) were named to the CoSIDA I game to give Sarah Vallaincourt ‘07/08 her first gold medal Academic All-District teams. Stehle was named First Team in and Jennifer Bo�erill ‘02 her second (a�er winning one in 2002). District I and Franklin earned Third Team honors. Team Canada dominated Stehle, a government concentrator, is a repeat the Olympic field en route performer on the All-District First Team. He is one to its second consecutive of the most versatile performers in the Ivy League, gold medal, outscoring its averaging 15.2 points (third in the League), 8.8 opponents by a combined rebounds (first), 2.74 assists (eighth) and 1.53 blocks 46-2 margin in five games. (second). Sweden was the only team Franklin, meanwhile, is a senior majoring in to score a goal against the Psychology. She has started every game for the Canadians in the tourna- Crimson, averaging 6.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per ment as it got single goals in game. the head-to-head round and ***** the gold medal game. 2002 Be on the lookout for Harvard basketball let- bronze medalist Sweden took terwinner Sam Winter ‘05 in a new Foot Locker the silver. television commercial. The advertisement intro- The U.S. suffered a duces Amare Stoudemire’s new Nike brand shoe, heartbreaking shootout loss part of Foot Locker’s House of Hoops campaign. to Sweden in the semifinals Winter wears jersey #21 in the video and is featured to set up the Canada/Swe- prominently in a dunk. You can also visit the Foot den matchup for the gold. It Locker website to see a clip of the commercial. marked the first time since ***** international competition New Yorker Cartoon books are still on sale in women’s hockey began through the Varsity Club. All the intelligence and Team Canada members Jennifer Bo�erill ‘02-03 in 1990 that the U.S. and wit of The and ‘08-09 won a gold medal on Canada didn’t face off in the New Yorker February 20th in Torino, Italy. championship match. The in a book of women faced Finland in the customized bronze medal game, beating them 4-1. ‘03/04, cartoons selected especially Jamie Hagerman ‘03, ‘06/07 and ‘07/08 for the Varsity Club. represented the United States, who earned gold in 1998, silver in All proceeds from the 2002 and now bronze. sale of the cartoon book will ***** go directly to the le�ersweat- A�er nine years with the Department of Athletics, Associate er endowment fund. Your Athletic Director for External Relations Steve Staples has accepted support will help ensure all a position with Ivy foe Princeton. Over the past nine years, Staples current and future le�erwin- has served as Assistant Director of Athletics/Marketing and Assis- ners will receive a le�er- tant Director of Athletics/External Relations. He le� for Princeton sweater for free! in mid-February to take on the position of Associate Director/ To order your copy con- Leadership Gi�s in Princeton’s Office of Development. tact the Varsity Club at (617) Despite the fact that he will now be working for the orange 495-3535 or go online to: and black, Staples, always a friend of the Varsity Club, will be www.varsityclub.harvard.edu. missed. ***** Upcoming Friends and Varsity Club Events We are saddened to report the pass- ing of longtime Varsity Club member W. March Tyler Peabody ‘42. Peabody was also a 6 Varsity Club Executive Board Meeting Presentation, faithful supporter of Harvard Hockey and Football and a member of both Friends Murr Center Fitness Center, 5:15 p.m. groups for many years. 6 Varsity Club Executive Board Meeting, Murr Center 3rd Floor Peabody joined Sco� Paper Co. in Conference Room, 6 p.m. Chester, PA in 1954 and retired as the 6 Friends of Football Board Meeting, Murr Center 3rd Floor company’s corporate secretary in 1983. Conference Room, 6:30 p.m. A�er graduating from Harvard in 1942, April Peabody, a Melrose, MA native, served 7 Skiing Dinner, Harvard Club of Boston, Comm. Ave, TBA in the Navy during World War II in the 8 Women’s Hockey Brunch, Harvard Club of Boston, Comm. Ave. South Pacific. He returned to Harvard to 11:30 a.m. reception, 12 p.m. Brunch earn a law degree in 1949 and for four years he was an a�orney with a New York 8 Women’s Swimming Banquet, Harvard Club of Boston, Comm. Ave. City law firm before joining Sco� Paper 4 p.m. reception, 5 p.m. dinner Co. 10 Men’s Basketball Banquet, Harvard Club of Boston, Comm. Ave., ***** 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner Harvard hockey defenseman Tom 10 Women’s Basketball Banquet, Downtown Harvard Club of Boston, Walsh ‘06 (Arlington, MA) has been se- 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. dinner lected as a semifinalist for the 54th Walter 11 HRFWA Senior Dinner, Murr Center Hall of History, 6 p.m. reception Brown Award. The Award is presented 6:45 p.m. dinner annually to the best American-born col- 15 Men’s Hockey Brunch, Harvard Club of Boston, Comm. Ave., lege hockey player in New England. Walsh, a senior, has played in all of 11:30 a.m. reception, 12 p.m. brunch the Crimson’s games this season. He has 15 Friends of Lacrosse Alumni/ae Games , Jordan Field, TBD compiled two goals and 10 assists, while 22 30th Anniversary of Women’s Track, Murr Center Hall of History, 10 a.m. leading the Harvard defense. Walsh will 22 Friends of Track Frank Haggerty Retirement Party, Gordon Track , be looking to carry on a family tradition 5:30 p.m. as his uncle, Ed Walsh, was the Walter Brown Award winner in 1974 as a goal- For questions on any event contact the Varsity Club at 617-495-3535 or [email protected] keeper for Boston University.

4 Women’s Basketball, continued from page 1 pable when she gains physical strength and makes the transition to concussion. the college game, which she is doing nicely as we speak.” Forced into making a move, Delaney-Smith inserted untested As senior night approaches (the final home game of the year is set Hallion into the lineup. Hallion showed that she could hold the fort for February 25 versus Penn), statistical analysis can’t help but look by scoring 15 points in her first start at Northeastern. at what the freshman class has done. Rollins and Tay rank among “Lindsay has great strength, athleticism and a passion for the the top three on the team in scoring average with Rollins shooting game that is contagious throughout the team. She was ready to run a robust .543 from the floor and Tay wracking up 64 assists and 27 the floor even though her playing time had been limited due to a steals. Moretzsohn is contributing a .549 field goal percentage. Along knee injury suffered a year ago.” with Hallion in her first year of play, four of the top seven scorers The team would get another li� that very week with the emer- reside as first-year players. Fellow freshman Niki Finelli (Ambler, gence of Emily Tay (Los Angeles, CA), a flashy guard from the West PA) has quietly played an average of 12 minutes per game and leads Coast. Following games against Northeastern and Richmond, Tay the team at the free throw line at 88 percent. was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. “Niki, who didn’t start playing with us until January, is also a “Emily is one of the most exciting guards who has ever put on a great athlete who has shown tremendous versatility and will defi- Harvard uniform,” says Delany-Smith. “Not only is she talented, nitely have an exciting future with this class,” said Delany-Smith. but she is fun to watch and will only get be�er as she develops Add to the group freshman Liz Tindal (Acton, MA) a 6 foot 3

Photo by dspics.com more patience in her forward who has lost her freshman year to knee injury, and the Crim- game.” son faithful can’t help but be optimistic about the coming years. A few games “These freshmen, half of which didn’t start playing until mid later in an otherwise season, are logging more minutes as freshmen than virtually any frustrating loss at program out there,” Delaney-Smith points out. “We have been in Marist, Tay and every ballgame and we have shown signs of being able to do some fellow freshman, damage in the second round of the league schedule. At the very least Emma Moretzsohn this should be the Ivy League team of the future!” (Downingtown, PA) combined to score Palmer Dixon Gets A New Surface 20 of the Crimson’s 39 points. The duo Palmer Dixon was recently resurfaced with a state-of-the- exploded in the art Tarke� Li� turf product, which a�empts to match the C r i m s o n ’s n e x t playing comfort of a clay tennis court. The facility will now game versus Provi- be able to offer space to out of season teams’ practices while dence. Moretzsohn retaining the ability to play tennis. This new surface is one had 22 points in just of only a few surfaces of its kind in the country and makes 23 minutes of action it possible for the building to be utilized by a broad range of and Tay followed teams daily. Next time you’re in the area, stop by and check with 10 points and out the new surface. Katie Rollins ‘09 seven assists. Highly-touted freshman Katie Rollins (Augusta, ME) then made her debut against Hofstra. Rollins, who missed the first 10 games of the season due to an injury, would soon team with Moretzsohn to form a formidable frontcourt combination. A�er a 10-point outing versus Colgate, an injury to Lackner put Rollins in the starting lineup in the Ivy opener versus Dartmouth. She responded with 14 points in 17 minutes to earn Rookie of the Week honors. Over the next six weeks, she would average nearly a point per minute as the wins started to mount. “The front court potentially could be the best to ever play at Harvard,” concedes Delaney-Smith. “Since her preseason injuries, Katie (Rollins) has earned starting roles and will be a force in the league for some time. At 6 foot 7, Emma should basically be unstop-

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