Sportswrap

In his final game as a Harvard rugger, senior Tim Naimi scored three trys, leading the rugby club to a 29-3 rout of Amherst Saturday at Soldiers Field despite bad weather conditions.

The win capped off what was to be a rebuilding year for the Crimson, which boasted only six returning letterman from last year's Ivy League runner-up. Instead, Harvard finished the spring season at 4-3-1, and only a nine point loss to Brown in the Ivy final kept it from winning the league title.

Saturday's game was never in doubt, as the Crimson jumped to a 10-0 lead in the first few minutes and never looked back. The ruggers held a 23-0 lead at the half.

Amherst spent much of the contest defending its goal against the Crimson attack. "Our team performance dominated play," Harvard Coach Martyn Kingston said.

Complementing the explosive Naimi were seniors John Kennedy--the only member remaining from Harvard's National Collegiate Championship win over Colorado in 1984--and Joe Kenary. Each scored a try, and Andy Foose added two penalty kicks.

While the men blew out Amherst, the Radcliffe rugby team lost to Dartmouth, 12-4, in Hanover, N.H. The game was a rematch of the Ivy League final, which Dartmouth won 8-4 in sudden-death overtime.

The Black and White led, 4-0, at the half on a Becky Gradolph try, and was in excellent position to upset the Ivy League champs.

However, midway through the second half, Radcliffe's spirit was broken after the Big Green scored an easy try.

"We played a really good game," Co-Captain Gillian Caldwell said. "The final score doesn't indicate how closely the game was played."

The loss marked the last game for seniors Lisa Backus, Meave O'Mara, Elise Dalboni, Jennifer Childs, Ann Pellegrini, Sue Virgo, and Jenny Windsor. Windsor played the entire first half despite fracturing one finger and dislocating another.