SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The No. 18 Harvard men's water polo team lost a close top-20 match-up with No. 10 UC Davis, 12-11. at San Jose State in the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson fell to 10-12 on the season with one game left to play in the tournament before finishing the regular season in the Northeast.
Trailing 12-7 with less than four minutes to play, Harvard charged back with four goals, including two from junior
Lukas Peabody and first-year
Clay Carrington to trim the deficit to one, but time ran out before the Crimson could find an equalizer. Carrington and junior
Dean Strauser tied for the team-lead in goals with four.
The two sides played back-and-forth through the first half with Harvard holding its final lead of the game at 3-2 on Carrington's second goal of the game. His third goal of the game tied the score at 5-5 before the Aggies went on a 5-0 run.
The Crimson wrap up the weekend against Saint Mary's on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET at Santa Clara.