After finishing up its dual match season with an 8-1 thrashing of Yale two weeks ago, the Harvard varsity squash team went into its "second season" last weekend when the top Crimson racqueteers travelled to West Point for the national six-man championships.

Without Mike Desaulniers, the top player in the country, the Crimson wasn't expected to fare that well in the grueling three-day, six-round event. However, the racquentmen fooled all the oddsmakers by placing a respectable fourth out of 25 schools, finishing behind the pre-tourney favorites Princeton, Penn and Western Ontario.

In the "A" division, senior captain John Havens ended his collegiate career in style, winning three tough matches before bowing to Western Ontario legend Phil Mohtadi. Before losing to Mohtadi, Havens knocked off Bowdoin's number one player in the first round, 3-0, and followed with consecutive 3-zip sweeps of Dartmouth's top player Peter Greulich and Princeton's number two man Garry "Foggy" Fogler.

"It was my last college match," a satisfied Havens remarked after the tournament. "I wanted to beat the guy from Princeton who had beaten me earlier this year and I wanted to show well against Mohtadi and I did, so I'm happy with my effort."

The Crimson's other "A" division player, John Stubbs also played well, losing to Mark Alger of the University of Washington in the quarterfinals.

In the "B" division, George Bell fell to Tiger number four man John Nimick, 3-1, while sophomore Mitch Reese lasted until the semifinal round before bowing to Princeton's All-Ivy stand-out Bill Fisher.

John Heller turned in a remarkable performance in the "C" division tourney. After winning his first two matches easily, Heller, who played at the ninth spot for the Crimson for much of the year, took Penn number five man Bill Lukashok to five games before being eliminated, 3-2. Meanwhile, Chuck Elliott, the Crimson's other "C" division player, won three matches in a row before losing to Penn's undefeated captain Tom Wolf in the quarterfinals.