BERKELEY, CA – No. 13 Harvard women's water polo fell to No. 3 Cal by a score of 13-9  Wednesday evening. The Crimson battled from a 6-0 first-quarter deficit and outscored the hosts, 9-7, over the final three quarters before falling by the final four-goal margin. Harvard looks to rebound tomorrow against Santa Clara and No. 14 Pacific to wrap up its road trip. 
 
Erin Kim and Zoe Banks also received CWPA weekly honors before the matchup with Cal. Kim won CWPA Player-of-the-Week honors after tallying six goals and one assist – including two big goals to send the Crimson to OT against No. 9 Arizona State. Banks won Defensive Player of the Week after 15 saves and two wins in two games. 

Harvard Highlights

• The Crimson jumped up three spots this week in the CWPA weekly poll to come in at No. 13 after beating No. 9 ASU to start the west coast trip.  
• Zoe Banks made 12 saves in the game. 
• First-year Ruby Hodge netted a hat-trick against the Golden Bears. 
• Senior Grace Thawley drew five exclusions. 
• Borden Wahl netted two goals. 
• Grace Thawley, Dany Zapata, Sasha Constandse, and Evan Tingler all found the back of the net once. 

Next Up 

The Crimson finish its west coast trip with two games tomorrow. The Crimson opens the day with a matchup with Pacific at 4:30 p.m. ET before the finale with Santa Clara at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Game against Santa Clara will be streamed on Twitter.