CAMBRIDGE Mass.. – No. 19 Harvard women's water polo completed yet another perfect weekend at Blodgett Pool after defeating CSUN 10-7 and La Salle 13-9. The Crimson beat three ranked opponents this weekend after defeating Brown on Friday, Wagner on Saturday, and CSUN this morning. Harvard improves to a perfect 9-0 at home and finishes the home tournament schedule without a loss.
It was a busy afternoon for the Crimson as Jaiden Miller set the program's all-time block record after recording a block in the first quarter. Later in the game captain Grace Thawley scored five goals in the fourth quarter to help lift the Crimson over La Salle in a rematch from a month ago.
Game 1: Harvard 10, CSUN 7
Harvard Highlights
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Brooke Hourigan and
Evan Tingler netted a hat-trick in the victory. Both seniors had a great weekend as they scored multiple big goals for the Crimson.
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Grace Thawley,
Borden Wahl,
Sasha Constandse, and
Kaity Greenwald scored the other goals for Harvard.
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Grace Thawley also had four knockouts drawn.
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Borden Wahl added two assists.
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Zoe Banks had another great game after making eight saves en route to the win.
Game 2: Harvard 13, La Salle 9
Harvard Highlights
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Grace Thawley put the team on her back in the fourth quarter after scoring five goals in the fourth quarter including three in a row to help protect the Crimson lead.
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Evan Tingler had a career-high six assists on the 13 Crimson goals.
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Kaity Greenwald,
Jaiden Miller, and
Borden Wahl had the remaining goals for Harvard.
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Erin Kim had three assists in the victory.
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Alexis Kieckhafer played the first three quarters before
Zoe Banks played the fourth quarter.
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Jaiden Miller had two blocks including her record-breaking block in the first quarter.
Next Up
The Crimson head to Arizona for the ASU Invitational. They will play ASU and Marist on Mar. 11 and Salem on Mar.12.
