CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 18 Harvard men's water polo returns to NWPC conference play after splitting its trip to California last weekend at the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament.

The Crimson will take on the Engineers at MIT on Saturday morning before returning to face Brown at Blodgett Pool on Saturday evening. The first sprint against MIT is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on FloCollege, while the night game against the Bears will begin at 6:30 p.m. after originally being scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

WHAT TO KNOW

• Harvard is currently undefeated in conference play as it looks to close out the regular season with five straight conference games.
• Four of its final five games will be played at Blodgett Pool.
• The Crimson is 7-1 at home this season, with its only loss coming to then-No. 3 Fordham on the opening day of the season.
• Harvard has won six straight home games.

LOOKING BACK

• The Crimson looks to complete the season sweep over both Brown and MIT as it closes out the home-and-home series with its division rivals.
• Harvard defeated Brown 15–12 in a tight matchup, powered by a late three-goal burst.
• Lukas Peabody, Dean Strauser, and Vilas Sogaard-Srikrishnan each scored four goals, combining for 12 of the team's 15.
• Connor Kim dished out three assists, while Jack Burghardt added two goals and two assists.
• Tanner Furtak delivered another strong performance in cage as Harvard earned its fifth win in its last six games at that point in the season.
  Against MIT, the Crimson erased an early 3–1 deficit and surged ahead with a dominant stretch coming out of the half.
• Jack Burghardt paced the offense with five goals and five knockouts.
• Eight different Crimson players scored, including multi-goal efforts from Vilas and Emil Sogaard-Srikrishnan, Dean Strauser, Felix Pal, and Jake Tsotadze.
• Mason Hunt dished out four assists, Connor Kim recorded two goals and two assists, and Oliver Price stopped nine shots in cage.

WEEKEND RECAP

• The Crimson went 2–2 at the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament, highlighted by its biggest win of the season with a victory over No. 9 Pepperdine.
• Harvard also defeated Air Force to complete the Saturday sweep.
• Jack Burghardt, Jake Tsotadze, and Connor Kim led the way for the Crimson in its two wins.

NEXT UP
Harvard closes the regular season next weekend with matchups against LIU and Iona before heading into the postseason.