Water Poloists End Up Fifth In Tough NYAC Tournament

The Harvard waterpolo club, stacked up against the awesome New York Athletic Club (NYAC) and the 1972 Canadian Olympic team floundered in two out of four games to finish fifth in the NYAC waterpolo tourney last weekend in New York.

The NYAC squad, which decimated Harvard last month in the IAB, 17-10, handed the Crimson another beating. This time, the New Yorkers struck the Crimson for a 9-1 loss. Captain Mike Graff hit Harvard's only goal late in the third quarter.

The Canadian ballclub, which pounded Harvard last week in Montreal, 9-6, won more convincingly the second time around, 8-3.

Great Expectations

"We went into the tournament expecting to get our asses kicked," Graff said yesterday. "I'm glad we managed to score. We were missing too many shots."

The Crimson picked up two wins, however, in more evenly-matched contests. Harvard's Phil Jonckheer fired three consecutive goals to overturn a third-quarter, 5-6, deficit against Loyola University of Chicago. The Crimson defense tightened up in the final quarter to secure the win.

In a battle for fifth place, the Crimson matched a North Virginia AAU club point for point until Al Bozer hit three goals in the last quarter to give Harvard the decision, 7-5.

Phil Jonckheer led the Crimson in tournament scoring with eight goals. Graff and Steve Sheffield notched seven goals apiece.

Before the North Virginia game ended, Graff broke the Harvard records for career scoring and time kicked out for infractions. He notched goal number 253 to surpass the previous record of 249 goals scored by Tom McGill '70. Among the Crimson's most aggressive defensemen, Graff earned 178 minutes of penalties in his college waterpolo career. The previous mark was 174 minutes was held by Steve Rennard '70.