Lacrosse Team Wins, 7-5, On Strong Defensive Play

Seven different Harvard players scored goals. and the defense stymied Pennies fourth-period rally attempts as the Crimson earned a surprisingly-taught 7-5 victory over the Quakers in its Ivy League opener Saturday at Philadelphia.

Though Harvard never trailed the game was close through our, and Crimson was ahead by only 6-5 for 15 minutes of the second half until John Ince netted a goal with less than four minutes to go. Cle Landolt made the assist.

The difference for Harvard was the goaltending of John Cosentino and the play of the defense. which was short handed due to Harvard penalties during much of the fourth quarter Penn took 31 shots Saturday-two less than Harvard-but the defense allowed Quakers to shoot only three times in the final 15 minutes.

"Cosentino played a fantastic game." said defenseman Bobby McDowell yesterday "Some of his saves were unbelievable." he added Cosentino made several saves on Penn players right on the crease.

Quaker goalie Mike Cordish also performed exceptionally well, keeping his team in contention just as he did in a two-goal loss to Yale a week earlier.

Crimson captain Bruce Regan opened the scoring at 6:39 of the first period, but despite continued pressure. Harvard failed to collect another goal until the second quarter.

On a feed from John Ince. Phil Zuckerman put the Crimson ahead, 2-0 but Penn retaliated quickly on goals by Chris Bastis and High Samson. Late in the half sophomore Nick Sullivan gave the Crimson a 3-2 lead, but once again. the Quakers tallied a minute later to tie the game and end the first-half scoring.

"That goal by Nick was a key one." said manager Luther Clark. "I don't know what would have happened if they'd been ahead at halftime"

Midillielders Bobby Johnson and Rick Frisbic stored once each to give the Crimson a two-goal advantage, but Pern collected two of the next three goals to make the ??? 6-5 until Ince finally scored.

One surprise in the Penn offense was the frequent lovers ion-putting midfielders behind the met and moving attack men out front. McDowell said that the Crimson adjusted pretty well to the inversion, but added. "Some of our middies were a little lost back there covering them."

Defenseman Bill Bennett had predicted Friday that Harvard would hold the Quakers to five goals or less, but it took a better effort than most anticipated to stave them off. "Penn was very definitely better than I expected." said McDowell.