Harvard's second try resembled a basketball fastbreak. Eight-man Mark Sagarin, in place of injured senior Rob Leavitt, ignited the play when he relayed the ball to Co-Captain Scott Roberts, who then passed it to Gibbs.

Gibbs executed a pop-kick which was caught on the run by senior Ray LaRaja. LaRaja was tackled, but he flipped the ball over his shoulder to 200-pound forward Kris Thabit, who carried two defenders into the end zone for a 10-0 halftime lead.

Harvard blanked Northeastern, 12-0, in its first-round match. Fouse scored a try and Koenig, who tallied 10 points in the tournament on kicks, added two penalty kicks.

On the "B" Side

For the "B"-side, sophomore Annor Ackah tallied twice, Tim Perini once, and Jim Neill added a conversion kick which turned out to be winning points. Wing Richard Butcher scored both Crimson trys in its first-round blanking of Northeastern, also 12-0.

In other action, the "C"-side battled B.C. to a scoreless tie.

By virtue of its victory over the Eagles, the Crimson is now ranked number three in the East. The ruggers are in position to move up a notch when they visit number-two Vermont this weekend.

"Lately we have been pipped to the post," Harvard Coach Martyn Kingston said. "We've always been competitive, so close to winning a major tournament, and that's disheartening. This time, we didn't come up short."

"We're the ruling family of Boston," LaRaja said. "We won the Beanpot."