"I was happy," Biland said. "I put us up by four points so all our heavyweight had to do was not lose by more than seven points. So that gave us a cushion."

Heavyweight Dwight Cooper needed a lawyer more than a cushion for his match.

Cooper has been out of practice for three weeks, nursing an ear injury. Cooper claimed he had clearance to wrestle, but Harvard trainer Kate Smith advised against it, and feared liability for any damage to his ear that might result from the bout.

As the match stood, with Harvard up by four, the Crimson couldn't afford to lose six points for a default. Peckham, Smith and the referees debated until Cooper finally signed a waiver, releasing Smith from any responsibility, and the bout began.

Cooper made all the ruckus seem a little bit silly, pinning Chris Bernier in thirty seconds.

"We made a judgement call today, because Dwight's been out for a few weeks, but looking at their heavyweight I didn't think the bout was going to last very long, and it didn't Peckham said. "Dwight's been training enough to go for thirty seconds."

If the Penn match was exhilarating, and the Springfield match was nerve-wracking, then the Albany match was refreshingly simple.

Peckham felt confident enough to fill the roster with back-up wrestlers, and Harvard came through in most of the matches up and down the scale.

"We simply had a few too many guns for them," Peckham said. Crimson, 26-18 at Malkin Athletic Center

118-Pound

Josh Freshwater (H) technical fall vs. Andy Borushik (A), 5:50.

126-Pound

Todd Cameron (H) d. Eric Hazin (A), 17-6.

134-Pound

Brett Janis (H) d. Rob Appel (A), 7-1.