The Crimson lacrosse team had to revert to a little Tennis action Saturday, to pull out a 12-11 come-from-behind victory over rival celler-dweller Dartmouth in Hanover.

Attackman Bill Tennis served up his fifth tally of the afternoon by blasting the winning goal past a much-disgusted Big Green net minder with a scant three seconds remaining in the sudden death overtime period.

Dartmouth got in the books first and while the scorekeeper was meticulously entering the first notation (one likes to start off neatly). Kevin McCall saw fit to mess things up, notching the tying tally 25 seconds later.

The host club responded with a three-goal burst only to see McCall and Andy Gellis bring Harvard within one at the close of the first quarter.

Bruce Bruckmann picked up where Gellis left off, popping in the first of his three goals with only a minute gone in the second stanza. The Crimson, however, apparently found that four goals was just fine with them, and proceeded to hang up its scoring sticks for the next 25 minutes.

Strike When Cold

Dartmouth, in turn, decided to strike while the Crimson was cold, and by the beginning of the third quarter, the Big Green was riding high on an 8-4 lead.

Enter Tennis. Within 11 seconds the Crimson attackman converted a power play situation and a Jim Quinn pass into two Harvard goals. The battle for last place in the Ivies was underway again.

After an exchange of goals upped the contest, 9-7. Tennis got in the racket again. A conversion of an A1 Senior pass, an assist on Bruckmann's third score, and yet another goal--this time with Captain Quinn helping out--brought the Crimson from a near-match point situation to its first lead in the game, 10-9.

Death

"We had some nice fast breaks in the second half and we just kept coming back," Quinn said. "We adjusted to their run and gun offense with some double teaming and they just died."

Death came slowly, however, as Dartmouth sent the game into overtime. The teams exchanged goals in the the first overtime and went scoreless in the second period. It wasn't until Tennis fired his fifth, fatal shot that the Big Green was laid to rest, six teams deep, at the bottom of the Ivy League. Harvard finished the season with a 4-9 slate.