CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 13 men's water polo is set to head to California for the 2024 Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament. With four games over three days from California, the Crimson will begin its most difficult stretch of the season after playing four ranked matchups in four consecutive games.
 
Beginning with No. 14 California Baptist on Friday at 3:00 p.m. ET, the Crimson will begin the weekend with ranked matchups against hosts and No. 17 Santa Clara at 1:20 p.m. ET before a rematch with No. 4 Pacific at 6:40 p.m. ET on Saturday night. Harvard will finish its annual California trip with a trip to No. 12 San Jose State at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday.
 
The games against California Baptist and Pacific will stream on Broncos All-Access while the game against Santa Clara will air on ESPN+.
 
WHAT TO KNOW

• The Crimson will play CBU, Pacific, and San Jose State for the second time this season. Currently, Harvard holds a 1-2 record after only picking up a win against CBU early in the season.
• Jack Burghardt netted the game winner with less than thirty seconds left in regulation in the first meeting with the Crimson and Lancers.
• Harvard narrowly fell to No. 6 Pacific in its next game after the Crimson was unable to complete a late fourth quarter comeback.
• The Crimson battled back from an early 3-0 deficit and had to come from behind multiple times in the second half. Down by one with less than thirty seconds to go, the Harvard defense got a stop and gave the offense one more chance to tie the game. After calling a timeout, the Crimson hit the post as time expired.
• Harvard fell to San Jose State last weekend at the Harvard Invite by a score of 10-8.
• The 10-8 final marks the third time this season that the Crimson has held a ranked team to 10 goals or under.
• San Jose State snapped an eight-game win streak for the Crimson, who has now won 11 of its last 12 games.
• This weekend is the most challenging weekend for the Crimson since Sept. 2022 when the Crimson played No. 17 Fordham, No. 4 Stanford, and No. 13 California Baptist in three games to open the season.
• Harvard played the exact same schedule at last season's Julian Fraser Memorial tournament and came away with four wins in four games. 

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Harvard will open the month of November at MIT on Nov. 2 at 10:00 a.m.