The Iona College men's water polo team opened up home play with a convincing victory over Harvard Saturday morning at the Hynes Athletic Center.  The Gaels played strong team defense throughout to hold the Crimson to four goals, the squad's second lowest scoring output of the season, for a 13-4 win.

The Gaels were led on the offensive end by senior Cameron Hudson, who found the net four times in the contest.  Freshman Jake Lloyd, the back-to-back Northern Division Rookie of the Week, began his campaign for a third straight with a three goal effort.  Sophomore Lee Stiles found the net twice for Iona, with seniors Ryan Scott, Matt Joslyn, junior Kristian Bocage and sophomore Matthew Stelnicki filling out the scoring column for the Gaels with one goal apiece.  Sophomore Stefen Hill was magnificent in net, stopping eight shots for Iona.

The leading scorer for Harvard was senior Kevin DiSilvestro, who scored twice.  Junior Max Eliot and freshman Max Murphy each scored one goal for the Crimson.

In their second home contest of the day, the Gaels fell to MIT 12-11 in a closely contested matchup. Down 11-8 in the fourth, Iona stormed back with three consecutive goals to tie the contest before an Engineers tally with less than a minute remaining gave the away team the one goal victory.

The Gaels' leading scorers were Hudson and Lloyd, who each had three goals in the contest. Hudson netted two fourth quarter goals in the Gaels' comeback.  Stiles matched his game one output with two goals, while Stelnicki, Bocage and freshman Tyler Mancuso had one goal apiece.  Hill made ten stops, marking his seventh double digit save effort of the season.

For MIT, sophomore Craig Cheney led MIT with four goals.  Senior Matt Chapa and freshmen Dylan Hallman and Jack Clark each had two goals in the contest.  Senior Nikola Otasevic and sophomore Andrew Dorne had one goal each for MIT.

The Gaels are back om acton Oct. 5, when they travel to Brooklyn, NY to take on St. Francis (NY).  Start time is scheduled for 8:00 pm.