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...first round of the "losers" bracket. Washington & Lee rallied to tie the Crimson in the fourth quarter, but Co-Captain Rich Guerra pumped in the winning goal as Harvard stayed afloat, 11 9. And in the final of their bracket, the aquamen outlasted what Couch Steve Pike called "a physically intimidating" Missouri-at-Rolla squad. Junior Steve Munatones played a stellar defensive game, recording four steals and a block in the 15-13 victory...
Harvard's scheduling of relatively weak opponents during the season hurt the team in the tournament seeding. Pike said. While conceding Harvard couldn't have displaced either Brown or Loyola of Chicago from the finals (which Loyola won 11-7). Pike noted the equality among the third through seventh ranked teams, none of the games between those squads were decided by more than two goals. Had Harvard been seeded any higher than seventh, it would have played a fairly equal opponent in the first round and possibly have finished as high as third in the tourney...
Coach Steve Pike told his players they were welcome to raise the money needed if they were interested. But most of the squad was just amused at the thought of seeing a lengthy profile on Coach Pike, or photos and short descriptions of its own top players...
...play catch-up that has kept Harvard second to Brown. There have been no special signals sent out that water polo is any different from the other non-glamor teams that win in the obscurity of Harvard. As a result, attempts to recruit have had little luck: Couch Pike tells how one year he wrote to 18 application who had some polo experience to tell them about the program. Of those 18 three ware accepted; of those three two chose Suuford and one went to Yale...
Slowly, though, Harvard has started to project the image of a serious water program. A strong crop of freshmen showed up this year and Coach pike has seen more interest among a few high school players he's met pike knows "we're just four of five players away from being able to stay even with." Most important, notes Fasi, "Brown is worried. Guys like Lars [Enstrom] come up to me at games and ask who's graduating next year...