CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Women's water polo is set to begin the 2025 season this weekend with the Bruno Classic. In a busy weekend at Blodgett Pool, Harvard will host 10 games over the weekend to kick off the season.
Opening the year with a Saturday doubleheader, the Crimson will play LIU tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. before finishing the day with Wagner College at 4:00 p.m. The Crimson will close the weekend with Indiana at 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning before playing Redlands at 1:00 p.m. All games from the weekend will be streamed on ESPN+.
WHAT TO KNOW
- Harvard opens the season coming in at No. 20 in the most recent ACWPC poll while coming in at No. 19 in the CWPA weekly poll.
- Last season, the Crimson went 2-2 to open the season at the Bruno Classic after falling to No. 16 Indiana and No. 20 Wagner on day one.
- Harvard bounced back on Sunday against La Salle after Maya O'Dea netted a buzzer beater to deliver the Crimson its first win of the season.
- Harvard will play two ranked opponents in the first day of the season for the second year in a row after hosting No. 25 LIU and No. 19 Wagner on Saturday.
- Harvard has not played LIU since 2023 when it defeated the Sharks 13-9 in the final game of the Bruno Classic.
- The Crimson will then play No. 12 Indiana on Sunday in the first of two games this season.
- Harvard dropped the home opener last season against the Hoosiers by a score of 17-10.
- Top scorers Maya O'Dea, Ruby Hodge, and Emma Gilbert return this season, having combined for 142 of Harvard's 305 goals last year.
- Senior Erin Kim returns as captain, joined by junior Ella Schneider, who was named a captain in the offseason.
- Rounding out the group are first-years Orli Cooper and Niki Piovan, who both competed in the U18 Water Polo World Championships in the fall.
NEXT UP
Harvard will host the Crimson Classic next weekend with four games at Blodgett.
