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lead several top returning players, for this was a very deep team that had four players shoot under 80 five times during the season; they also set an all-time school low of 378 at Hotchkiss. While the Rhinos finished 4th at both the Founders League Tournament and the K.I.T., the highlight of the season came with their victory over six other schools at the heralded Andover-Newport Invitational at
had 26 goals. Along with Neilson and Smith, Ashleigh Kowtoniuk ’08 (goalie) anchored the defense all season. Boys’ Lacrosse 3–10 The Rhinos started the season with a big win over Canterbury (20–1) but dropped several close league games with some inconsistency in the second half.
the Thirds’ Team and a JV record of 10–1. The varsity repeated as champions of the Founders League and the Southern New England Tennis League (3rd consecutive year), including big wins over Deerfield (6–1), Hotchkiss (7–0), and Choate (4–3). They then played some of their best tennis of the year to down Exeter (4–0) and Choate (4–2) on their way to the New
j Adam Donaldson ’08 returning serve against Westminster as doubles partner Pete Huang ’07 looks on.
j Number 1 Tanya Smith ’09 serving against Hopkins
historic Newport Country Club. Taft’s depth carried the day in an incredibly close competition, as they edged Exeter by one stroke, 319–320. Girls’ Lacrosse 6–9 Six one-goal games tell the story of this competitive team that battled evenly with the best in the prep ranks. Key wins came over Andover (12–11) and NMH (18– 3), but the Rhinos dropped close ones to rivals Deerfield (8–9) and Greenwich Academy (14–16). Meta Reycraft ’07 and Heidi Woodworth ’07 were named New England All-Stars, while Emily Neilson ’07 and Penelope Smith ’07 were Founders League All-Stars. Woodworth was also an Honorable Mention AllAmerican and led the team with 50 points, followed by Scout Berger ’08 who 12 Taft Bulletin Summer 2007
The highlight of the season came with the 10–9 overtime win at Kent, behind McCay Claghorn’s ’07 five goals. In that game, Peter Johnson ’08 tallied eleven saves, and Keith Fell ’08 set up John DePeters ’09 for the game winner 45 seconds into overtime. Captain Patrick Milnamow ’07, Matt Petri ’07, and Bart Cerf ’07 provided senior leadership at the midfield throughout the season, while Patrick Clare ’09, Brendan Letarte ’07, and Jeremy Dwyer ’07 were strong at close defense. DePeters led the team with 21 goals on the season. Boys’ Tennis 17–2 New England Runner-Up, Founders League Champions This was a great year for boys’ tennis at Taft, with an undefeated season for
England finals. In the NE championship match, the Taft doubles teams of Adam Donaldson ’08 and Peter Huang ’07, and Bobby Campbell ’07 and Tyler Morgan ’08, both won, but Milton Academy would take 4 of the 5 singles matches to earn the title. Donaldson and Huang were the top singles players all season and a formidable #1 doubles team. Campbell was undefeated in singles and lost only once in doubles with partner Morgan, while senior captain Oat Naviroj ’07 was incredibly steady and competitive in the 3rd singles spot. At the SNETL championships, Taft’s singles players won each of the five draws, including Nate Burt ’08 in the #5 spot. Taft also won the first and third doubles spots for a nearly perfect sweep of the tournament.