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Last spring, senior Melissa Anderson and junior Elsa O’Riain were elected co-captains of the Harvard women’s tennis team. That partnership would not be in name only, as coach Gordon Graham named them Harvard’s No. 1 doubles team this fall, creating in the process a dual force that would take women’s collegiate tennis by storm. Anderson, who hails from Australia, and O’Riain, who is from Ireland, immediately formed a chemistry on the court. “We just clicked,” Anderson said...
...could say that well-known author Melissa E. Scott ’81 fell into science-fiction writing.Scott first encountered the genre after a gym-class incident that left her with a broken arm and a gig as a library monitor. “I’m not the world’s most coordinated human being,” she says. A precocious child who learned to read at three, Scott recounts becoming immersed in thrillers while at the library. “From then on, I was pretty much hooked,” Scott says. Scott...
...Senior Eva Wang and freshman Laura Peterzan, who both went 7-0 in league singles play, were named Ivy Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, respectively, earning spots on the All-Ivy singles first team. In addition, the No. 1 doubles tandem of co-captains Melissa Anderson and junior Elsa O’Riain went unbeaten in league play, earning a unanimous selection to the all-Ivy first doubles team. “Almost all of [the Ivy teams] play us now expecting to lose,” Anderson said. “Although they really, really...
...might not have been the storybook ending that she wanted, but a first-round loss in the doubles draw of the NCAA Championships this season didn’t take the luster off co-captain Melissa Anderson’s career accomplishments. In 2006, Anderson and junior Elsa O’Riain finished 31-7 and took a No. 3 ranking into the championship tournament, the highest ranking ever for a Crimson doubles team. Anderson finished 21-3 in singles matches during Harvard’s dual meets, earning her Second Team All-Ivy honors, and her performance...
...said of Inna Livitz, James R. Pautz, Raphael C. Rosen, and Adam N. Scheffler.Other seniors honored by the award are Jenny Davis, Jessica M. Marglin, Michael P. Marotta, Bridget D. Samuels, and Han Yu, all from Dudley House, as well as Class of 2005 members Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, Melissa L. Dell, Philip Dreyfuss, David R. Ferris, Micah N. Fitzerman-Blue, Ryan M. Geraghty, Rebecca Kastleman, and Victoria Wobber.Four students were given honorable mentions: Milena M. Andzelm from Winthrop House, Mark B. Geyer from Adams House, Caitlin W. Hicks from Lowell House, and Kierann E. Smith from Eliot House...