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Haverford College Varsity Highlights - Winter 2014-15

- Varsity Highlights     
- Men's Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- Men's Indoor Track & Field
- Women's Indoor Track & Field
- Women's Squash
- Men's Squash
- Women's Fencing
- Men's Fencing

Haverford Athletes

  • Placed 39 student-athletes on Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll
  • Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Justin Winkler (men’s basketball), Olivia Walsh (women’s basketball), Alex Smith (men’s indoor track & field), Elizabeth Reikowski (women’s indoor track & field)
  • Haverford Garnered 32 All-Centennial Conference honors, including 15 first-team selections
  • Charlie Marquardt, Kelley Riffenburgh and Nora Weathers competed in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

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Men’s Basketball

  • Registered five wins at home, including season finale buzzer-beater against Hood Trophy rival Swarthmore
  • Also Topped Centennial Conference foes Muhlenberg, Ursinus and Washington College inside Gooding ’84 Arena
  • All-Centennial Conference – (Sherman, honorable mention)
  • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (Levine, Sherman, Stevens, Winkler)

Gibby Graves

  • Named to Equinox Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Registered just eighth triple-double in Centennial Conference history in victory over Muhlenberg
  • Centennial Conference Player of the Week (12/15)

Matt Sherman

  • Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference

Justin Winkler

  • Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team

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Women’s Basketball
  • First time in program history that the team has won at least 15 games four straight years after finishing with 16 victories during the season 
  • Made the Centennial Conference playoffs for the fourth straight year and defeated Gettysburg at the Gooding ’84 Arena in the first round of the conference tournament
  • The Fords finished ninth in country in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.19), 25th in blocks per game (5.2), 33rd in scoring defense (52.8) and 41st in defensive field goal percentage (33.5) 
  • All-Centennial Conference – (Pizzuto – first team, Lynch – second team)
  • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll – (Bodie, Festa, Juneja, Lynch, Pizzuto, Smith)
  • Ambler Scholar-Athlete – (Juneja, Pizzuto) 

Sierra Berkel

  • Led the team with seven double-doubles
  • Named Centennial Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 15)
  • Set program record for field goal percentage in a season after shooting 55.5 percent from the floor and led the conference.

Elizabeth Lynch

  • Reached the 1,000 point milestone vs. Franklin and Marshall (Jan. 29), finishing fourth all-time with 1,116 points.
  • Set the single-season record with 56 made three-pointers during the 2014-15 season.
  • Graduates as the all-time leader in three-pointers made (206)
  • Ranks in the program’s top ten in games played (third), field goals made (fifth), blocked shots (sixth), three-point field goal percentage (seventh), assists (eighth) and steals (tied for 10th).

Jacquelyne Pizzuto

  • Set a single-season program record in assists (140) and free-throw percentage (.889) this year.
  • Had the best assist-to-turnover ratio (3.41) in the country and was 23rd in assists per game (5.2)
  • Named Centennial Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 24) for the first time in career
  • Holds the all-time records in assists (407), assists average (3.8), games played (106), minutes played (3,585), three-point field goal percentage (.361) and free throw percentage (.846)
  • Ranks in the program’s top ten in minutes average (second), games started (third), three-point field goals (fourth), points (eighth) and field goals made (eighth).

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Men’s Indoor Track & Field

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
  • USTFCCCA Scholar Athletes: Christian, Roza, Woods
  • Finished second at the Centennial Conference Championships for the third straight year
  • Charlie Marquardt ’16 represented the Fords at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Centennial Conference Champions – (Ainsley – 60m hurdles, Graves – high jump, Marquardt – 800, mile, Roza – 3,000, 4x200 relay, 4x800 relay)
  • All-Centennial Conference Second Team – (Graves – triple jump, Roza – 5,000, Woods – mile)
  • All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention – (Brier – mile, Christian – 5,000, Graves – long jump, Yellets – 200, 400)
  • Centennial Conference Outstanding Track Performer – Charlie Marquardt
  • Centennial Conference Outstanding Rookie of the Year – Henry Woods
  • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll - Brier, Callon, Curry, Frost, Fujimori, Gabor, Gandolfo-Lucia, Gardner, Gooding, Gorman, Hale, Marsico, Parry, Priver, Roza, J. Schneider, Smith, Verner-Christ

Jeffrey Ainsley

  • Was named Centennial Conference Runner of the Week (Dec. 8) after winning the 60m hurdles event (8.50) at the Villanova Pyrah Invitational, setting a meet record.
  • Set a school and personal record (8.33) in the 60m hurdles at the Centennial Conference Championships (Mar. 1)

Gibby Graves

  • Broke his personal best and school record (2.03m) at the Centennial Conference Championships (Mar. 1)

Charlie Marquardt

  • NCAA Division III All-American (3,000m)
  • Named the USTFCCCA Division III National Athlete of the Week (Feb. 3) after setting a conference record (8:13.36) at the Tufts Stampede in the 3,000m. His time was also the best in Division III this year.
  • Had the best NCAA Division III time in the mile with a 4:07.90 in the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 14).
  • Named Centennial Conference Runner of the Week three times (Jan. 19, Feb. 2, Feb. 16)

David Roza

  • Named Centennial Conference Runner of the Week (Jan. 26) after recording the best 3,000m time during the Princeton Invitational (Jan. 24).

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Women’s Indoor Track & Field

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
  • USTFCCCA Scholar Athletes: Riffenburgh, Weathers
  • Qualified two runners to NCAA Championship for just second time in program history (1997)
  • Finished second at the Centennial Conference Championship, the program’s 16th top two finish in 23 year history of the conference
  • Recorded highest team score since (115 points) since 2011 season and ninth highest score in program history
  • Fran Rizzo named Centennial Conference Coach of the Year
  • All-Centennial Conference: Riffenburgh – 5,000 meters, first team; Ferry – 60 meter hurdles, second team; Sargent – shot put, second team; Steele – 60 meters, second team, 200 meters, honorable mention; Weathers – mile, second team; Murphy – 400 meters, honorable mention; Sullivan – 800 meters, honorable mention
  • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll: Balmer, Chernow, Duffy, Greifeld, Hacker, Heffernan, Lellman, Murphy, Reikowski, Riffenburgh, Xiang
  • Centennial Conference Track Athletes of the Week: Greifeld (1/26), Riffenburgh (2/2)

Elizabeth Reikowski

  • Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team

Kelley Riffenburgh

  • NCAA Qualifier (5,000 meters)
  • Broke Haverford’s 21 year standing record in 5,000 meters en route to conference individual title

Nora Weathers

  • NCAA Qualifier (mile)

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Women’s Squash

  • Set a program record with 10 victories this year
  • Made the jump to the Epps Cup at the College Squash Association (CSA) Team Championships for the first time since the 2011-12 season 
  • Had three players with at least 10 wins and three others with nine victories
  • Samara Flug ’15 was named the Harrow Sports College Squash Player of the Week (Nov. 19)
  • Flug and Emily Berlin were CSA Scholar Athletes
  • Alex Love ’15, junior Bethany Simmonds and Isabelle Gotuaco participated at the CSA Individual Championships

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Men’s Squash

  • Won 11 matches, the most since 2006-07 season
  • Four Fords won at least 10 matches, led by freshman Peter Dudley’s 12 wins which was two shy of the single season record.
  • Juniors Laurenson Ward (10) and Will Greer (eight) and Aaron Horwitz (10) each set career highs in victories.
  • Freshman Zach Cole became the first player in program history to be named the Harrow Sports College Men’s Squash Player of the Week (Feb. 12)
  • Juniors Nathan Vestrich-Shade and Alex Egilman were named CSA Scholar Athletes
  • Vestrich Shade participated in the CSA Individual Championships

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Women’s Fencing

  • Placed fourth at EWFC Championships
  • Finished fourth at NIWFA Championships
  • Qualified four individuals for NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional: Petersen (23rd in epee), Morrison (28th in foil), Schoder (31st in sabre), Tjing (tied 32nd in sabre)

Juliana Petersen

  • Silver medalist in epee at NIWFA Individual Championships
  • Runner-up in epee at EWFC Individual Championships

Sofia Tieze

  • Placed seventh in sabre at EWFC Individual Championships

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Men’s Fencing

  • Placed fifth overall at MACFA Championship
  • Qualified seven individuals for NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional: Gardner (12th in epee), Findley (tied 17th in foil), Bassinder (25th in epee), Farish (26th in epee), Gamble (26th in foil), Li (26th in sabre), Nadel (26th in sabre)

Max Findley

  • One of just two Division III foilists to qualify for third round at NCAA Regional
  • Placed fourth in foil at MACFA Individual Championship

Eric Gardner

  • Earned NCAA Regional “at-large” bid distinction, just missing NCAA Championship
  • Earned bronze medal in epee at MACFA Individual Championship

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