Winter Sports Roundup
By Chris Guiton `96

Haverford men's basketball provided a changing of the guard this season as six graduated seniors were replaced by six impact freshmen. In typical rebuilding fashion, the young Fords struggled through much

Leigh Leonard '00 drives to the basket

of the season but showed flashes of brilliance along the way to a 3-21 record. Point guard Bobby Weinert `00 was just beginning to assert himself as a defensive specialist when a knee injury sidelined the conference steals leader just 11 games into the campaign. Losing Weinert coincided, however, with the emergence of sharp-shooter Tim Mulvaney `00. Hampered by a calf injury for the early part of the year, Mulvaney came on in the last 12 games to average a team-best 12 points per game. Juniors Phineas Barnes and Kijana Saunders helped anchor the front court each averaging 10 points per game.

Women's basketball fought through some injuries as well en route to its 7-17 season. Haverford started its season without star junior Colleen Leonard. In her absence the Fords looked to floor leader Kate Maggiotto `97 for a consistent dose of points and rebounds. Kate lead the team in total points, total rebounds, three-pointers, and minutes played. Colleen returned for the last 10 games and did not miss a beat. She averaged a team-leading 14 ppg and 7 rpg. Along with her younger sister, rookie Leigh Leonard, the two combined for 22 ppg, each cracking the 20 point mark several times. The Fords' season was highlighted by two convincing wins over Swarthmore College and a late-season victory at Bryn Mawr.

Phin Barnes '98 goes for a lay-up

The indoor track teams continued to shine on the national level, as four Haverford runners were named All-Americans as a result of their performances at the NCAA Division III championship meet. Karl Paranya `97claimed his fifth NCAA title in four years, winning the 1500 meter race with a time of 3:47.72. Ntobeko Ntusi `98 finished third in a close 800 m. race, just a quarter of a second off the pace. Meredith Unger `97 capped her indoor career with a third place finish in the 1500 m., while Emily Dorean `97 took 6th place in the same race to earn All-American status as well. Both teams continued their dominance of the Centennial Conference, as the men's squad captured its 17th consecutive track and field championship while the women were nipped at the tape by rival Swarthmore. The men's team outdistanced their nearest opponent by over 60 points en route to the Centennial crown, as Derek Sykora `98 (200m), Chris Coulston `98 (400m), Aryn Davis `97 (800m), Ntusi (1500m), and Chris Hood `97 (5000m) all captured gold. Senior Masilio Grant won the triple jump and placed second in the long jump. For the women, Unger won both the 800 and 1500 meter races and anchored the victorious Haverford distance medley relay team. Rachel Mosher `99 won the 5000 meter race with ease. Five Haverfordians journeyed to Oshkosh Wisconsin for the 1997 NCAA Division III Indoor Track Championships.

Sarah Zinn `97 led the Women's fencing squad with an 11th place finish in the epée division at the NCAA Regionals, missing the cut for the national tournament by one spot. Zinn also placed third in the NIWFA tournament while Lisa Richman `99 finished fourth overall in the same tourney. The men fencers compiled a 16-12 record on the year and finished third in the Middle Atlantic Conference. Captain Phil Peristein `97 qualified for NCAA Regionals, as did Kurt Fink `97. Both the Men's and Women's squash teams faced tough schedules, but the men notched wins over Air Force, Bard, and Colby while the highlight of the women's season was a 7-2 trouncing of Bard College. The wrestling team took on the 1996-97 schedule with just two wrestlers, Geoff Seiler `98 and Stewart Morgan `99, each of whom managed to pull out winning records for the year.