CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard men's water polo team hosts its annual Harvard Invitational at Blodgett Pool, Oct. 17-18. A total of eight games will be played with the Crimson taking on Navy, UC Merced and Pomona-Pitzer.
Admission to all Harvard water polo matches at Blodgett Pool is free.
Harvard Invitational Schedule
Saturday
9:00 AM - MIT vs. Biola
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10:30 AM - Harvard vs. Navy
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1:30 PM - MIT vs. UC Merced
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4:30 PM - LIU vs. Navy
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6:00 PM - Harvard vs. UC Merced
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Sunday
8:30 AM - MIT vs. Conn College
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10:00 AM - Harvard vs. Pomona-Pitzer
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2:30 PM - MIT vs. Pomona-Pitzer
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About the Crimson
Harvard has won four consecutive matches and enters the weekend 7-10 overall, 4-1 in the NWPC and ranked No. 19 in the country. The Crimson have had a student-athlete earn NWPC Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks with sophomore
Connor Kim followed by junior
Dean Strauser. Senior
Jack Burghardt leads Harvard with 42 goals on the season followed by first-year
Clay Carrington at 39. Junior
Dean Strauser and sophomore
Connor Kim are tied for the team lead in assists with 25, while Strauser is third in scoring at 32. Senior
Oliver Price and first-year
Jonas Ransford continue to platoon in goal for the Crimson. Price has totaled 78 saves to Ransford's 70 on the year.
NPWC Weekly Award Sweep
Strauser earned his first NWPC Player of the Week nod of the season after leading the Crimson with nine points on the weekend. He started with two goals in a critical win over Brown on Saturday and followed up with a seven-point, four-goal, three-assist performance to beat MIT. Carrington nabbed his second NWPC Rookie of the Week honor. In his return from the PanAm Aquatics U19 Championship, Carrington registered nine points in a 2-0 weekend for Harvard. He scored twice and dished out two assists against Brown and finished the weekend with four goals and an assist to down MIT. In the cage, Price backstopped Harvard with a NWPC Defensive Player of the Week performance in the Crimson's win over No. 19 Brown. Price got the start in the weekend opener and provided 11 saves in a 14-8 victory.
PanAm Gold Medalist
Carrington was absent from the Harvard lineup to start the conference season. He was in Bauru, Brazil with USA Water Polo competing in the 2026 PanAm Aquatic U19 Championship. Carrington and Team USA won gold and the Crimson first-year was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. In the United States' final preliminary match, a win over Mexico, Carrington tied for the team-lead in scoring with seven goals.
