CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 13/13 Harvard men's water polo will host three games at Blodgett Pool across the Oct. 28-29 weekend. The Crimson open the weekend against LIU on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. The team returns to the pool at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday to take on Iona before closing out the weekend on Sunday at 3:15 p.m. vs No. 6 Princeton. Harvard has defeated both LIU and Iona earlier this season but fell to rival Princeton.
WHAT TO KNOW
- Harvard remains at No. 13 in the ACWPC Top 20 Poll and moved up to No. 13 in the CWPA Poll.
- Sophomore standout James Rozolis-Hill was recently named to the Cutino Award Watch List for the second straight year.
- The Crimson is on a twelve-game win streak after going 4-0 at the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament.
- Owen Hale had a seven-goal game in Harvard's 22-19 overtime victory over Pacific in the tournament. The Crimson overcame a five-goal deficit in the win over CBU. Rozolis-Hill was strong throughout the whole tournament, recording 13 goals on the weekend, and both Oliver Price and Tanner Furtak looked solid in goal for the Crimson.
- Harvard is 18-3 overall and 8-1 at home this season, with the sole home loss coming against No. 4 Pepperdine.
- In the previous matchup against the LIU Sharks, eight total Crimson scored as Rozolis-Hill led the way with five goals. Gabe Putnam was a threat on the defensive end, forcing takeaways in four separate possessions.
- Against the Gaels, Jacob Tsotadze and Rozolis-Hill each had a hat trick.
- When the Crimson faced the Princeton Tigers, Rozolis-Hill once again led the way for Harvard with five goals. The Crimson hope for redemption this time around against the No. 6 ranked Tigers.
NEXT UP
Harvard is back in action at Blodgett next weekend to take on Brown and MIT on Nov. 4 and Nov. 5, respectively, before hosting the NWPC Championship on Nov. 17-19.