CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 15 men's water polo is set to return to Blodgett Pool this weekend for its final three games of the regular season. Opening the weekend with LIU at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, the Crimson will celebrate the Class of 2025 against Princeton at 5:00 p.m. as part of its senior day celebrations. Harvard will close out the season with Iona at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Remaining perfect in NWPC play after two more wins over MIT and Brown last weekend, the Crimson looks to remain the only undefeated team in the conference and clinch the No. 1 seed heading into the NWPC playoffs.
WHAT TO KNOW
- After beating No. 9 Princeton in sudden death earlier in the season, Harvard sits atop the NWPC standings with a 7-0 record.
- Wins over LIU, Iona, and No. 6 Princeton would clinch the first seed in the NWPC playoffs.
- If Princeton and Harvard were to tie in the NWPC standings – seeding would be decided by goal differential in head-to-head matchups.
- The Crimson defeated both MIT and Brown last weekend, picking up a 19-14 win over the Engineers while also earning a hard-fought 17-16 win over No. 19 Brown.
- James Rozolis-Hill was stellar last weekend after picking up eight goals against Brown and four goals against MIT.
- Jack Burghardt was great on both sides of the pool after landing on the NWPC honor roll for Defensive Player of the Week. The sophomore added two goals, one assist, one block, and two steals against Brown after four goals, three assists, and two steals against MIT.
- Harvard defeated Iona 13-7 earlier in the season in New York after James Rozolis-Hill netted six goals and Owen Hale added three to combine for 9 of the 13 Harvard goals.
- The Crimson put up 24 goals against LIU on the road earlier in the season after Jack Burghardt and Lukas Peabody both added hat-tricks.
NEXT UP
Harvard will head to Princeton for the NWPC playoffs beginning on Nov. 22 with an opponent still to be determined.
