CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The No. 19 Harvard men's water polo team matched its season-high in scoring in a 21-11 NWPC win over MIT at Blodgett Pool on Sunday afternoon. The win moved the Crimson over .500 at 13-12 overall and 6-1 in conference play.

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The Engineers (7-15, 1-6) hung around for the first half and into the third quarter; trailing by three at the first two intermissions. Harvard completely overwhelmed MIT in the fourth quarter; stretching a 15-10 lead by outscoring the visitors 6-1 in the final frame. Harvard's 21 goals matched its season-high previously set at MIT last month.

Senior Jack Burghardt (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) led all players in scoring with seven goals. Junior Lukas Peabody (San Diego, Calif.) and first-year Clay Carrington (Menlo Park, Calif.) each contributed a hat trick. In the cage, senior Vilas Sogaard-Srikrishnan (Greenwich, Conn.) made seven saves, including one on a penalty shot.

Game Highlights

• MIT scored the first goal of the game before Harvard responded with a 4-0 run, including two goals from Peabody; the second of which was tapped in on a lob pass to the middle.
• The Crimson led the rest of the way with the Engineers once pulling within one at 5-4 after scoring the first two goals of the second quarter.
• Burghardt registered three goals in the second and added back-to-back goals in the third as Harvard began to pull away.
• A total of nine different players scored for the Crimson, including two goals from Felix Pal.

Up Next
Harvard wraps up the regular season at home next weekend with three NWPC match-ups. The Crimson host Princeton and LIU on Nov. 7 before the regular season finale against Iona, which will air locally on NESN, on Nov. 8.