Haverford School captures the “Split Sweater”

Haverford >> Since 1889, The Haverford School and The Episcopal Academy have engaged in sportsmanship, tradition, and competition as part of the second-oldest athletic rivalry in the Inter-Academic League: Haverford/EA Day.

On Nov. 9-10, the two teams faced each other, this year on Haverford’s campus, and the Fords came out on top, winning cross-country (27-29 win) and golf (177-178 victory) on Nov. 9 and water polo (12-5 win) and soccer (4-1 victory) on Nov. 10, falling to EA in football, 28-14. Haverford’s soccer win clinched the Inter-Ac title for the team.

The school that takes the day wins earns yearlong possession of the iconic “split-sweater,” made up of half a Lower School sweater from each school that tracks the wins in embroidered years. The Haverford School lost the split-sweater in 2017, following a six-year stretch of wins, but earned it back in 2018.

“Haverford-EA Day is one of the most important days of the year,” said Haverford School Headmaster John Nagl, D.Phil. “Rivalries like ours make our communities stronger, and the young people we educate and inspire will make the world better through the leadership, resilience, and perseverance they learn on our fields alongside our coaches and teachers.”