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...junior year on the basketball squad. By mid-December, it became apparent to him that Lavietes Pavilion was not the place where he really wanted to be.“It was definitely the hardest decision of my life,” McCrone says.The following Friday, the outside hitter gave his future teammates and coach a reason to give him an opportunity.“After practice, Coach was like, ‘Can you play, please?’” Weitzen recalls of McCrone’s tryout. “He joined the team that...
...Amanda Watkins and senior third baseman and catcher Erin Halpenny were both named to the all-tournament team.Harvard returns to action next Saturday with a game at Villanova, followed by a road date with Iona yesterday.HARVARD 1, MANHATTAN 0Sophomore pitcher Shelly Madick went the distance while throwing a three-hitter and senior Pilar Adams drove home the game’s only run in the top of the seventh as the Crimson (4-5) claimed yesterday’s consolation game over the Jaspers (5-4).Senior Cara Woodard reached on a throwing error by the shortstop to start...
...when the team came onto the court shouting, jumping, and exchanging an endless line of high-fives, it spelled a turnaround from the team’s recent woes. “We were trying to get emotional, trying to get into it,” said freshman middle hitter Brady Weissbourd. “We really felt together.” “Against Springfield, we didn’t really feel a lot of drive,” Crimson coach Chris Ridolfi added. “[Tonight] we were just trying to feel like a team...
...impact right away.”IT’S ALL O’ VERTOVEZHaling from West Islip, NY, Vertovez recognizes that college ball in Cambridge poses a more difficult challenge than her high school days in New York.The adjustment is especially tough on the mound.“Hitters are much stronger in college,” Vertovez says. “And now with the mound 43 feet out instead of 40 in high school, my riseball rises a little too fast for the hitters.” She will have to adjust fast, for Vertovez will enter...
...been sidelined due to illness at the end of last year and decided not to rejoin the team this year. Becky Voaklander’s back injury last season was major factor in her departure from the Crimson. Virginia Fritsch—who was Harvard’s leading hitter as a freshman, but missed last year due to a rotator cuff injury—also decided not to return. But the team has taken Allard’s advice and moved on from the departures. Last year, Harvard faced a host of similar problems. The Crimson was riddled with...