Luzak, Matias Are Chosen For All-Ivy First Team Honors

Your team must win to take home the individual postseason honors. That's the lesson the Harvard men's soccer team learned yesterday.

Despite an abundance of topquality talent, Harvard placed just one player on the All-Ivy first team and two on the second team.

Dartmouth, which won its second title in three years with a 6-1 Ivy record (9-4-2 overall), landed five All-Ivy selections (two first team and three second team) as well both the Player of the Year--senior Justin Head--and the Rookie of the Year, freshman David Moran.

Harvard Captain Jason Luzak was the Crimson's only top-line selection. Junior forward Joe Bradley and sophomore defenseman Craig Brill received second team honors, and sophomore attacker Derek Swaim and freshman forward Chris Wojcik received honorable mention.

It was Luzak's second time on the All-Ivy first team.

"It is nice to be recognized for a sport you love," Luzak said. "Making it two years in a row is especially rewarding."

Given the talent Harvard had, though, the Crimson appears to have been a victim of the team's mediocre play.

The most striking example is Wojcik. Wojcik led the Ivy League in assists this year with six (the most for a Harvard rookie in a decade) and was a leading contender for Rookie of the Year.

However, since Dartmouth won the league title, the edge went to David Moran.

"I know that Chris was steady all year," Luzak said. "You never know though who is going to win these awards. Chris could have easily won, but politics are often involved."

Maybe Ross Perot is right, there is too much politicking in this country.

Shafted:A committee of Ivy League women's soccer coaches added insult to injury to Harvard team last week in its selection of the All-Ivy women's soccer team.

After a rough 2-4-1 Ivy season which saw Harvard lose all of its league games by only one goal, the committee selected only two Harvard players for the first and second All-Ivy teams, while three more received honorable mention honors.

Harvard co-captain Erin Matias headed the list of Harvard players honored by garnering first-team honors for the second year in a row. She was only one of two players in the league selected for the top team two years in a row.

Junior backer Meg Berte, a spark plug in Harvard's stellar defense, was selected for the second team.

Freshman forward Katie DeLellis, junior mid-fielder Laura Flynn and senior forward Laurie Uustal were selected for the honorable mention team.

Noticeably absent from the three teams were sophomore forward Libby Eynon and junior goalie Brooke Donahoe.

Eynon paced Harvard offensively this season with six goals and two assists. Her overall point total (14) was double the Crimson's next highest individual point total, DeLellis's seven points.

Donahoe put in 1389 solid minutes for the Crimson, tallying 120 saves and posting an 86 percent save average.

Go figure. ALL-IVY TEAM SELECTIONS

MEN:

FIRST TEAM

F Jason Luzak (Sr.)

SECOND TEAM

F Joe Bradley (Jr.)

D Craig Brill (So.)

HONORABLE MENTION

F Derek Swaim (So.)

F Chris Wojcik (Fr.)

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

F Justin Head (Dartmouth, Sr.)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

F David Moran (Dartmouth, Fr.)

WOMEN:

FIRST TEAM

D Erin Matias (Sr.)

SECOND TEAM

D Meg Berte (Jr.)

HONORABLE MENTION

F Kate DeLellis (Fr.)

F Laura Flynn (Jr.)

F Laurie Uustal (Jr.)

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

F Jen Teti (Yale, Jr.)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

F Lori Penny (Cornell, Fr.)