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Basil got goose eggs--ha, ha--on her first-round attempts, and Blaeser connected on one to tie the score at 3-3. Team Crimson then unleashed its secret weapons, much to the displeasure of Harvard's players and coaches--well, most of them...
...shooters for Harvard were sophomore Courtney Egelhoff, seniors Alison Seanor and Megan Basil, junior Suzie Miller and freshman Jill Zitnik. Team Crimson included Sports Editor emeritus Becky Blaeser, Sports Editor Jamal Greene, Associate Sports Editor Ed Perez-Giz and two shooters who were supposedly running late...
...Becky A. Blaeser '98, a former Crimson executive, is the lone female sportscaster currently working for WHRB. Blaeser played varsity soccer and wrote for Crimson sports before she became interested in radio. She too loves sharing the road trips to games with her friends, but says her favorite part of the job is the close relationship she develops with her listenership...
...start to think that the same people have been listening to you all season long, that they've stayed with you, so you've had a continuous audience," Blaeser says. "I also like to explain things to my listeners, like how a power play works in hockey, things you can't do in print. You can convey so much more emotion over the radio, which makes sportscasting a lot more fulfilling than writing...
...Blaeser says she likes sportscasting so much she may stick with it. She's already freelance writing sports for the Boston Globe, and is likely to continue reporting on sports in some capacity post-graduation. Other WHRB commentators have gone on to work for sports giants such as ESPN, including Darren M. Kilfara '96-'97. Kilfara, who remained the play-by-play voice for Harvard men's hockey on WHRB even after his graduation last spring, works as a freelance soccer commentator for ESPN International. Kilfara says he "wanted growing up to be a sportscaster, first and foremost," adding that...