CAMBRIDGE, Mass - No. 13 Harvard women's water polo tallied two dominant wins at Blodgett Pool today to improve to 18-1 on the year. The Crimson opened the day by defeating Siena, 19-5, before matching its season high for single-game goals with a 23-7 victory over VMI.

Harvard wasted no time in the first game of the day after jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. Lucy Levenberg-Penklis, Beatrice Hearey, Sofia Del Villar, and Heidi Heffelfinger all scored in the opening quarter. Another four goals from the Crimson in the second gave Harvard a 10-0 lead at the half as Harvard would go on to score nine of the next 14 goals in the game. 

Sofia Del Villar added eight points in the game after a hat-trick and five assists. Del Villar and three other Crimson netted hat-tricks - it marks the first time this season that four different Crimson had hat-tricks.

The Crimson again started fast with a goal from Heffelfinger in the first thirty seconds. Harvard then rattled off six more unanswered goals to explode to a 7-0 advantage at the end of the first quarter. Hearey contributed three of the first quarter goals to tally an early hat-trick. Harvard doubled its goal total in the second and didn't give up a goal until the 2:20 mark in the frame to build a 14-2 lead at halftime.

Harvard outscored VMI 9-5 in the second half as it ran away with the game. Hearey finished the day with four goals and three assists. Heffelfinger and Levenberg-Penklis also added hat-tricks in the Crimson's runaway victory.

HARVARD 19, SIENA 5 

• Lucy Berkman had one goal and three assists. 
• Heidi Heffelfinger added a pair of goals and three assists. 
• Beatrice Hearey recorded five steals in addition to a three point morning. 
• Sofia Wang scored once. 
• Maya O'Dea netted a hat-trick and added two assists. 
• Petra Klemm recorded a four point game after two goals and two assists. 
• Emma Gilbert and Lucy Levenberg-Penklins both netted hat-tricks. 
• Orli Cooper made seven saves while Sutchie Ofori-Nyako made one save late in the game. 

HARVARD 23, VMI 7

• Beatrice Hearey had a dominant game with four goals, three assists, and one steal.
• Including scoring the first two goals of the contest, Heidi Heffelfinger netted a hat-trick.
• Lucy Levenberg-Pinklis tallied three goals, two assists, and a steal in the contest.
• Sofia Wang and Maya O'Dea each tallied three steals against VMI.
• Ella Schneider recorded two goals and dished out a team-high four assists.
• Eight Harvard players recorded two or more goals.
• In net, Orli Cooper and Sutchie Ofori-Nyako made two and three saves, respectively.

NEXT UP

Harvard heads to California next week for seven straight games on the West Coast, beginning with UC San Diego on Mar. 14.