The best Ivy League soccer champion that never competed in the NCAA Tournament and three former All-American hockey, squash and football players are heading for induction into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame.

Three baseball, basketball and track greats, a three-sport athlete and the university’s sports archivist also will be inducted during the ceremony May 5 at the Westin Providence.

The 1967 soccer team was one of the finest in Ivy League history. The Bears (Bruins at that time) finished with a 13-0-1 record, only the second undefeated soccer team in Brown history. The 1936 team was 7-0-3.

Brown won its fifth consecutive Ivy League and third straight New England championship in ’67 and improved its string of Ivy League games without a loss to 25. The seniors on that team left College Hill having never lost to an Ivy League opponent.

That team was powerful on offense and defense. The forwards battered opposing goalkeepers with 459 shots, and the backs and keepers combined for eight shutouts. Like the ’67 Red Sox, the Impossible Dream team, the Brown soccer team became a fan favorite. Large crowds showed up at Aldrich-Dexter Field despite rain, wind and fog that often turned the pitch into a mud pit.

The only “blemish” on Brown’s record in 1967 was a 1-1 tie with Penn. The Bears edged Yale, 2-1, and routed Dartmouth, 6-2, on Homecoming Day. They beat Princeton and Cornell on the road, setting up a showdown with Harvard. Brown won that mud bowl, 3-2, and then shut out Columbia, 2-0, for the title. Brown had blanked Wesleyan, Springfield, Army and Connecticut earlier in the season and was ranked No. 1 in New England.

That team, which coach Cliff Stevenson had predicted the previous June could be the best in Brown history, had the talent to win the national championship. Pat Migliore and Victor DeJong were All-American and first-team All-Ivy. Ben Brewster was also first-team All-Ivy and Lance Brunner second-team. Mark DeTora, Robert Cooper and Herman Ssebazzo received honorable mention.

But they never got the chance. The Ivy League, which had been in existence for only 12 years, and the NCAA, which sponsored its first soccer championship only eight years earlier, were engaged in a dispute over eligibility. Neither side would budge, and the 1967 Brown team paid the price. Hundreds of Brown student wrote on the team’s behalf but to no avail.

Michigan State (12-0-2) and St. Louis (8-3-2) reached the NCAA final but shared the title because the championship game was called off as a result of inclement weather. The NCAA and Ivy League resolved their differences in 1968, and the ’68 Bears won the Ivy title and reached the NCAA semifinals.

The members of the 1967 soccer team were Fred Armenti, Robert Bernius, Richard Biehl, Benjamin Brewster, Lance Brunner, William Cligher, Robert Cooper, Dennis Collaccio, David Davies, Victor DeJong, Mark DeTora, George Gerdts, William Hager, Jesse Jupiter, Craig Keats, George King, Robert Maden, Mark Mayer, Patrick Migliore, Lawrence Morin, Stephen Murray, Stephen Newsom, Raul Odio, Ludwig Olbrich, Charles Partingron, Walter Scott-Craig, Wiliam Singsen, Donald Smith, Herman Szebazzo, Stephen Wience, Robert Young, Edmond Zaglio and Gerald Zimmerman. Stevenson was the head coach and Allan Young his assistant. Jon Morley and Neal Garonzik were the managers and Joe Castro the trainer.

The individual inductees to the Hall of Fame are:

•Alison A. Brewer, ’00. The best goaltender in the history of Brown women’s ice hockey, Ali Brewer won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the outstanding player in women’s hockey in 2000. She was also the Ivy League player of the year and ECAC goaltender of the year. She was a three-time All-Ivy and All-ECAC recipient and a first-team All-America in 1999. She was an two-time academic All-Ivy.

Brewer holds every season and career goaltending record at Brown. She led the Bears to four consecutive 20-win seasons, two ECAC championships and two AWCHA runner-up finishes and also played for the U.S. National Team. She has an MBA from the University of Wisconsin and is about to start as a marketing manager for General Mills.

•Sean Morey, ’99. One of the most decorated players in Brown football history, Morey was an outstanding wide receiver and kick returner. He was Brown’s first Ivy League rookie of the year (1995), first Ivy League player of the year (1998) and only Brown athlete to have his number retired. A two-time All-America, he graduated holding 11 Brown and five Ivy League records.

Drafted by New England in the seventh round in 1999, Morey has played for the Patriots, Eagles and Steelers. He was captain of the special teams with the 2006 Steelers and became the first Brown player to win a Super Bowl. Morey recently signed a free-agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals.

•Devon Kennedy, ’99. A four-time first-team All-America in squash and member of the Ivy League’s silver anniversary team, Kennedy started her Brown career as the oustanding freshman female varsity athlete and ended it as the outstanding varsity athlete. She was the national squash runner-up in 1999. Kennedy has an MBA from the University of North Carolina and works in her family’s commercial real estate business in Philadelphia.

•Neil Steinberg, ’75. An outstanding sprinter, Steinberg ran the first leg on the only New England 4x100 relay team to qualify for the 1974 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. That quartet still holds the Brown record of 40.90 seconds and four of the six fastest finishes in Brown history. He also ran on 4x200 and sprint meldey relay teams that posted top-10 times. He was All-Ivy in 1973, All-New England in 1973 and 1975 and All-East in 1975. He still competes in Masters races and has run in the last 24 Penn Relays. Last year he finished third in the 60-meter dash at the Masters Nationals.

Steinberg ended a long career with Fleet Boston Financial to become Brown’s vice president for development and campaign director of the $1.4 billion Boldly Brown Campaign.

•Todd Carey, ’93. The starting shortstop in his three years on the baseball team, Carey was first-team All-EIBL twice. He was ranked in the top 10 in nine hitting categories when he left after being drafted by the Red Sox in the ninth round of the 1992 Amateur Draft. He made it as far as Pawtucket in the Boston organization and also played in the Mets and Dodgers systems. He is a principal in Battery Opportunity Fund.

•Chuck Savage, ’92. A coast-to-coast basketball player who dazzled crowds at old Marvel Gym and the Pizzitola Center, Savage scored 1,190 points and with Rick Lloyd formed the highest-scoring backcourt duo in Brown history (2,484 points). Savage could take it to the hole, bury the three and pass. He is an account manager for Microsoft.

•Siri Lindley, ’91. A three-sport athlete at Brown, Lindley was the top-ranked female triathlete in the world in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Since retiring, she has coached international triathletes and done radio and television commentary.

•Peter Mackie, ’59. The recipient of the Maddock Award, Mackie has supported Brown athletics in a variety of ways for 52 years. Since retiring in 2001 as a school counselor and psychologist in Newton, Mass., he has worked as Brown’s sports archivist.

For details on the dinner contact the Brown Sports Foundation at (401) 863-9812.

Huskies honor Bessette

Former University of Connecticut track star Andy Bessette (Cumberland) will receive the UConn Club’s Red O’Neil Award Thursday night for his distinguished 26-year career in business. He is executive vice president and chief administrative officer of The Travelers companies.

A musician and track athlete at Cumberland High School, Bessette became an All-America hammer thrower at UConn. He finished third at the 1975 NCAA Championships, continued training after college and won the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1980. The U.S. boycotted the Moscow Olympics, however, and Bessette finished third at the substitute Freedom Games in Philadelphia.

Roundup

It was championship weekend at Bryant, where the women’s tennis team won its fourth consecutive Northeast-10 Tournament with a 5-3 triumph over Saint Michael’s and the fourth-ranked men’s lacrosse team beat Saint Anselm, 11-5, and clinched its first NE-10 regular-season crown and the right to host the conference tournament in May. Sacha Solomon is the tennis player of the week after going 6-0 in singles and doubles in the touornament. Bryan Kaufman is the lacrosse player of the week for his nine goals and two assists in two games. … Salve Regina’s Sarah Jakiela is the Commonwealth Coast softball rookie of the week again. She was 3-2 as a pitcher and 7-20 at the plate. … Brittany Marino of Salve Regina is the CCC co-player of the week in lacrosse. she had eight goals and five assists in a 1-1 week. … Salve Regina, winner of 57 consecutive CCC regular-season tennis matches, will host Endicott in the conference semifinals today . … The Providence College softball team was 5-2 last week and improved to 20-17, 6-10 in the Big East. … CCRI freshman Sequey Roberts (Providence) is the latest Knight to qualify for the NJCAA Division III Track Championships. He ran the 100 at MIT in 11.35 seconds.

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