M. Lacrosse

The Harvard men's lacrosse team showed both sides of its schizophrenic personality last week, and still came away with two wins.

Mean, stingy Mr. Hyde was out in full force for Saturday's battle with seventh-ranked Pennsylvania. In their meeting last year, the Quakers had defeated the Crimson, 15-10, en route to a share of the Ivy title. But Harvard Coach Scott Anderson put his team through two-a-day practices in the Arizona heat over spring break, and the Crimson returned to Ohiri Field determined for revenge.

The Crimson arrived from their Arizona "vacation" in style. With senior midfielder Rob Griffith breaking out of a shooting slump with a five-goal explosion and Brad Raymond adding his second hat trick of the season, Harvard (4-1,1-1 Ivy) silenced the Quakers at Ohiri Field, 13-9.

"In my four years here, that was the first time we've ever dominated a really good team from start to finish," Co-Captain Steve Lux said. "We've had a confidence problem lately. This win proved we can beat anybody."

"Griff isn't flashy," Lux said. "He's a strong, aggressive, middle linebacker-type player, kind of blue-collar. He came through big against Penn."

But Harvard's generous, mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll side showed up March 25 in its 7-6 victory over an inferior Army team in the Ohiri Field mud.

The sloppy Harvard squad nursed a slim lead until late in the fourth quarter. But the opportunistic Cadets picked up several fast-break transition goals, and the turnover prone Crimson could not solve their packed zone defense.

With 20 seconds left in regulation and the score knotted, 6-6, an Army attackman broke away from the Crimson defense and fired a shot at Harvard netminder Chris Miller. It hit his foot.

Granted a reprieve, the Crimson proceeded to muddle through an equally uninspiring first overtime period, failing to generate any semblance of an attack.

Finally, in the second extra session, Harvard midfielder Chris Garvey scored on a back-door cut, assisted by attackman Mickey Cavuoti, to ensure a happy Arizona vacation for the Crimson.

Cavuoti and junior attackman David Kramer added two goals apiece in both games.

"We were lucky to come out with a win. I think we were looking forward to Arizona," Miller said. "We were on the plane before the games was over."