Riding a seven-game winning streak, the Harvard men's water polo team (9-7, 8-4 CWPA) rolled over MIT in a 10-6 win last night at Blodgett pool.
Six players scored for the Crimson, while sophomore goalie Gresham Bayne held the Beavers to only five points on four goals, tallying eight saves in the process.
Sophomore driver Mike Crosby led the way for the Crimson offense, racking up three points on two goals. Freshman Istvan Zollei also scored two goals, while fellow freshman Mike Masterson added two points on his lone goal. Also scoring for Harvard were freshmen Theo Ludwick and Chris Lin and junior Tom Elke.
"It was a balanced attack," head coach Jim Floerchinger said. "Anyone can uncork a great game, but you know that you [the team] are doing well when a lot of people score."
Harvard came out full of energy, as it jumped all over the Beavers early in the game. In the first quarter, the Crimson scored six points while entirely shutting out the MIT offense.
After an uneventful second quarter and half of the third quarter, the Crimson led the game 8-2, at which point Coach Floerchinger substituted for his starters. Harvard cruised from there.
"Our counter-attack worked fine," Floerchinger said. "Whenever we stopped them, we pushed it back up the field quickly."
The Beavers made a furious rally in the third quarter, pulling within three points with 3:03 left in the quarter. However, the Crimson defense buckled down and held MIT to one goal for the rest of the game.
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