SANTA CLARA, Calif. – No. 19 Harvard men's water polo suffered a narrow 13–12 defeat to No. 7 Pacific on Friday afternoon.

Battling back, the Crimson trailed by three goals twice before coming back to knot the game each time. With the score tied at 10 late, the Tigers were able to net three goals in just over two minutes to regain a three-goal lead. Jack Burghardt and Tyler Hogan both scored with less than a minute and a half to go to cut the deficit to one, but the Tigers held on.

Connor Kim netted a highlight-reel goal during Harvard's second- and third-quarter outburst to help the Crimson tie and eventually take the lead in the second half. Pal, from essentially no angle, picked a corner to tie the game before Burghardt gave Harvard its first lead.

HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS

• Tyler Hogan finished with two goals.
• Lukas Peabody scored once and added an assist.
• Jack Burghardt found the back of the net four times.
• Vilas Sogaard-Srikrishnan added one goal and four assists for a five-point outing.
• Tanner Furtak made nine saves.

NEXT UP
The Crimson returns to action tomorrow to take on Pepperdine and Air Force, with the first game starting at 1:20 p.m. ET.
 

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