Sports Roundup

Fall Sports Roundup

Haverford's 1998 fall athletic season witnessed more contests coming down to the wire than ever before. Some one-goal losses kept the soccer and field hockey teams from achieving greatness, but Haverford teams nonetheless compiled an enviable record of accomplishment.

Highlights of the 1998 fall season included:

-- Haverford's twenty-second consecutive league championship in men's track and cross-country and national championship qualification by the men's and women's cross-country teams (men 18th, women 20th in nationals).

-- Centennial Conference individual cross-country titles to Jason Bernstein '00 and Rachel Mosher '99, plus All-American laurels for Mosher, who finished 9th nationally. All-Regional honors for Bernstein, Mosher, Kate Westfall '99, Nathan Wright '00 and Joe McCool '01.

-- Regional ranking by women's soccer, which completed its fourth straight winning season (10-7-2 overall; 6-2-1 league) and just missed making the NCAA tournament. All-Centennial second-team honors to seniors Courtney and Rianne Nolan.

-- Most wins in several years by volleyball (14 -- most since '89!), including two victories over Swarthmore and an Honorable Mention All-Conference selection for Anne Suskind '01.

-- The field hockey team's strongest showing in years at the Seven Sister tournament, where they placed fourth and defeated Johns Hopkins for the first time in over a decade in a thrilling overtime contest.

-- All-Regional honors for Courtney Nolan '99 in women's soccer and Maria Robinson '99 in field hockey.

-- A new career goal-scoring record in men's soccer by Rich Billings. The talented junior still has a year to raise his total of 51, which surpassed the 49 of his former teammate Frank Adamson '98 and the 48 of Phil Zipin '78.

-- First-team All-League honors in men's soccer for Billings, along with second-team recognition for Jesse Stollak '99 and Andy Au '02.

-- Stellar academic performance by top athletes -- always a strength of Haverford's -- with 10 of 17 All-Conference selections also making the Centennial Academic Honor Roll, along with 26 other teammates.

-- A 5-1 lead by Haverford over its Hood Trophy rivals (9.5 points will win the trophy outright). Last year's Trophy race ended in a tie.

-- Four Centennial Players of the Week -- Rich Billings '00 in soccer, Anne Suskind '01 in volleyball, goalie Christina Bokat '99 in field hockey and Rebbeca Fowler '00 in women's soccer -- Haverford's highest total in any one season in the league's six years.