Rutgers cracked a 6-6 tie with three straight wins defeated the Harvard wrestling team 18-9 in New Brunswick yesterday.

Sophomores Howie Henjyoji and Ed Pranquemont had hoisted Harvard into the tie with a pair of decisions, each by a single point. Henjyoji, wresting 123, withstood a two-point takedown by Rutger's John Brennan in the last minute of the match, and held on for a 9-8 win even though Brennan was awarded an additional point for riding time. Franquemont clipped the Scarlet Knight's Geno O'Donnell 5-4 at 147.

Theso wins counterbalanced victories by Rutgers Captain Sam Gramaccioni, who edged Tom Gilmore 5-4 at 130 with the aid of a point for riding time, and by Gunnar Askeland,who defeated Jack LInn of Harvard 3-0 at 137.

But then the sky fell as Rutgers rolled up three straight decisions, all by identical 7-2 scores. Tony Peters downed Dave Worchester of Harvard at 157, John Welch beat the Crimson's Jeff Grant at 167, and Ron Geiser virtually clinched the meet for Rutgers by defeating Chris Wickens at 177.

Captain Ben Brooks salvaged a little of Harvard's pride by pummelling Ron Grimm of Rutgers 11-2 at 191, but Paul Goble, the Scarlet Knight's undefeated heavyweight, decisioned Harvard's Tack Chace 4-2.