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Athlete of the Week: Reka Cserny ’05

One-Woman Reka-ing Crew

Once her ankle healed, her development only accelerated even more.

“Since coming back from injury, she’s been great,” Tubridy said. “She has been all over the place on the court.”

In addition to scoring at an impressive clip, averaging 16.3 points per game, Cserny has also become more comfortable on the court as she adjusted to her new team and a somewhat unfamiliar language.

“She’s gotten more and more vocal every day,” senior Jenn Monti said. “When she first started, you had to pry words from her. We need her voice out there.”

Cserny has clearly made the adjustments she needed to make, as she and sophomore Hana Peljto, the most potent scoring tandem in the league, combine to spearhead the Ivy’s top-scoring offense.

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Since Harvard’s 59-55 loss to Princeton on Jan. 11, the Crimson has won 10 games in a row and seems to show no sign of letting up entering its final three contests of the regular season, beginning with Yale and Brown this weekend. Harvard only needs one more win to secure the Ivy title outright.

“I’m sure that the Yale game will be a huge game,” Cserny said. “Even though we only need one win in the following three games, we want to win all of them.”

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