CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 15 Harvard men's water polo returns to NWPC play with a pair of games this weekend. The Crimson will begin the weekend with MIT at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, then travel to Brown on Sunday for an 11:00 a.m. matchup. The game against MIT will be available on FloSwimming, while the game against the Bears will air on ESPN+.
The Crimson currently sits at 16-6 after its most recent trip to California, while also remaining undefeated in conference play.
WHAT TO KNOW
- Harvard went 1-3 at the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament last weekend in Santa Clara and San Jose.
- The Crimson faced three tight matchups against ranked opponents, marking the toughest stretch of the season thus far.
- Narrowly falling to No. 14 CBU by a score of 14-11, the Crimson also dropped games to No. 4 Pacific and No. 12 San Jose State by one goal in each game.
- The game against San Jose State went into overtime, where Harvard is now 1-1 after previously defeating Princeton earlier in the year.
- Harvard picked up a win over hosts No. 17 Santa Clara after Owen Hale, James Rozolis-Hill, and Dean Strauser combined for nine of the Crimson's 11 goals.
- Jack Burghardt netted the game-winning goal with time expiring in the fourth quarter.
- The Crimson earned its second clean sweep of the NWPC Weekly Awards this week: Owen Hale was named Player of the Week, Dean Strauser took home Rookie of the Week, and Tanner Furtak earned his second Defensive Player of the Week nod.
- Strauser joins Furtak and Rozolis-Hill as the only players with multiple NWPC weekly accolades.
- Harvard previously defeated both MIT and Brown earlier this season at Blodgett Pool.
- James Rozolis-Hill contributed seven goals against the Bears, while the Crimson put up 21 goals against the Engineers in a Sunday evening game.
NEXT UP
Harvard will play three more NWPC games next weekend, with LIU and Princeton coming to town on Saturday, and Iona coming on Sunday. The Crimson will hold its annual senior night at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday to celebrate the Class of 2025.
