With only ten seconds of sudden death overtime remaining, Yardling defenseman John Copeland sank a low, hard shot from the blue line to defeat Boston University yesterday on the Watson rink, 3 to 2. The win was the seventh straight for the freshmen, and the loss was the first in eight starts for the Terriers.

The Yardlings won the hard way, coming back from a two-goal deficit at the end of the first period to tie the score on Bob McVey's goal at 16:34 of the final stanza. The game was unusually fast and rough for a freshman contest, and a near-brawl occurred in the second period.

Despite the two first period B.U. goals, the Yardlings dominated play and failed to score only because Terrier goalie Ralph Vito and his steady defense managed to control dangerous rebounds. Time after time, Copeland, McVey, Bob Cleary, and Bob Owen sent scorchers at the cage, but invariably failed to bat in the rebound.

First line wing Lyle Guttu did convert McVey's rebound at 10:25 of the second period to put the Crimson within one goal of a tie. Inability to capitalize on several manpower advantages also hurt the freshmen, but McVey finally tied the score after Cleary had swept the defense and passed out from behind the cage. Copeland's winning tally came on a pass from Cleary and set off a wild demonstration by the Yardlings.