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The 1950s Feb. 15, 18, 1956: Phil D'Arrigo '56 scores 48 and 52 points in consecutive home games versus PMC and Delaware, breaking his own single-game mark of 41. D'Arrigo tosses in 32 points in the second half as the Fords trounce PMC, 132-91, then returns to lead a trio of high scorers (Gene Hudson '57 and Marty Weigert '58) in 115-89 win over the University of Delaware. The two-time hoops captain is also a football and tennis star. Honorable Mention: Tennis teams of 1950-52, paced by Mateer '50 and F. Jackson Piotrow '52, extend league championship string to six...MAC champs in soccer 1950, 1954... Baseball's 10-5 upset of Swarthmore and future major-league hurler Dick Hall... Unbeaten tennis, wrestling, and cricket teams of 1955-1956...Mark Randall '58, Bob Ortman '61 pace fine football teams of 1955-58... Soccer defeats Princeton in 1959. |
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The 1960s Jan. 12, 1966: Down 14-3 early and 39-34 at the half, Haverford basketball rallies against Ursinus to win, 73-65, for their eighth straight victory, the longest win streak in HC hoop history. Mike Bratman '67, Hunter Rawlings '66 and Marshall Robinson '66 dominate the boards and Fords shut down Ursinus star Barry Troster in second half. Fords go on to 13-2 record and make MAC basketball playoffs before losing to Drexel in the first round. Honorable Mention: Football upset of Swarthmore under Bill Docherty in 1963, in game postponed by JFK assassination...Stu Levitt '63 wins Penn Relays, NCAA College Division gold medals in javelin... Basketball teams make MAC playoffs four times in '60s under Ernie Prudente. |
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October 27, 1971: Ken Farshtey '72 is brilliant in goal and Bruce Brownell '72/3 and John Sadowsky '73 score to defeat Philadelphia Textile, 3-2, before a partisan Ford crowd at the Class of 1888 Field. Fords are outshot 45-11 by Textile's Rams, who are led by three All-Americans and enter the game rated among the top three in the NCAA's University Division -- today's Division I equivalent. February 24, 1977: Dick Voith '77, all-time HC career basketball scoring leader, drops 10-foot fall-away as time expires to lead Tony Zanin's Fords over 5th-ranked F&M, 70-68, in the MAC semis. Fords lead at the half, 41-35, but fall behind as F&M great Don Marsh, later an NBA player, keys rallies. The win is the18th for the HC quintet, the most ever. Honorable Mention: MAC sectional titles and 1976, 1977 NCAA bids in soccer under former 'Ford stars Dave Felsen Sr. '66 and Skip Jarocki '69.... Lacrosse makes varsity debut in 1972...Football victory over Swarthmore in 1971 in last football game for Haverford...Tom Donnelly track era begins (still going strong!)... Rich Pressler '81 hurls 1st baseball no-hitter over Johns Hopkins, 1979. |
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Women: April 23, 1986: Coach Deb Gallagher's first women's lacrosse squad beats F&M, 13-12, in a blizzard in Lancaster. The victory is the team's 10th straight en route to a 14-0 season and the Middle Atlantic Conference championship. Wendy Smith '87 scores "incredible backward, over-the-shoulder goal" as 'Fords go up 11-8, and Steph James '87 breaks 12-12 tie with winning shot.
Men: Nov. 9, 1988: 'Fords win MAC men's soccer crown at home over heavily-favored Elizabethtown, 2-1, after surviving a semi-final playoff by shoot-out over Muhlenberg on a penalty kick by Chris Lee '89. Joe Amorim's soccermen reverse their regular-season 2-0 loss to Elizabethtown as Ted Burnett '90 scores early and Dave Felsen, Jr. '92 heads in the deciding goal. Honorable Mention: Women's era begins with three teams in 1980-81...1980 soccer team takes NCAA tourney victory over Elizabethtown...1980 track team earns 1st HC MAC indoor title...Kevin Foley '83 wins three NCAA Div. III 1500-meter championships...Field hockey rules PAIAW conference, makes strong MAC debut...Men's track/cross-country dominates MAC in late 1980s, led by Seamus McElligott '91, 14-time All-American...Baseball team beats D-I rivals Penn, St. Joe's and Villanova in 1984 season. |
Men: May 14, 1997: Karl Paranya '97 runs a 3:57.4 mile on Haverford's Johnson Track as 600 students abandon the books and pour out of their dorms to watch the early-evening race. Karl's was the first (and still only) sub-4:00 mile run by an NCAA Division III runner. He is now a professional runner and Olympic hopeful. Women: October 22, 1995: Women's Soccer, coached by former HC star Wendy Smith '87, defeats Gettysburg 1-0 en route to 8-0 Centennial Conference record and Haverford's first (and still only) non-track/cc Centennial title. Nicole Zito '99 scores winner on assist from Amanda Salter '98 in game postponed by inclement weather two days earlier.
Honorable Mention: Emilie Heck '91, Tracy Kyger '93 make All-American in field hockey and lacrosse...Amy Taylor '92 becomes first Haverford woman to score over 1000 basketball points, and earns 10 letters in 3 sports...Men's track/cross-country teams win 18 of first 19 championships in Centennial... Josh Byrnes '92, Tal Alter '98 rewrite baseball home run records...Jen Maranzano '94, Meredith Unger '97, Rachel Mosher '99 lead women's track/cross-country program to NCAA qualifications...Matt Leighninger '92, Aaron Curry '94 win NCAA track gold medals. |
