PRINCETON, N.J. -- The No. 18 Harvard men's water polo team dropped a 17-13 decision to Navy in its final game of the Princeton Invitational on Sunday. The Crimson fell to 2-8 overall with its sixth consecutive loss, while the Midshipmen improved to 7-1.
Harvard went down 6-3 after the first and trailed by as many as five after three at 15-10.
First-year
Clay Carrington (Menlo Park, Calif.) continued the strong start to his rookie campaign with a season-high seven goals. Senior
Jacob Tsotadze (Menlo Park, Calif.) added two goals, while classmate
Vilas Sogaard-Srikrishnan (Greenwich, Conn.) contributed a goal and a team-high three assists.
Senior
Oliver Price (La Jolla, Calif.) and first-year
Jonas Ransford (Newport Beach, Calif.) split time in goal. Price and Ransford made five saves apiece and Price added a steal.
The Crimson are off next weekend and back in action Saturday, Sept. 26 for a tripleheader in Providence against Concordia, Johns Hopkins and Wheaton.
Goals: Carrington (7), Tsotadze (2), Sogaard-Srikrishnan (1),
Jack Burghardt (1),
Connor Kim (1),
Dean Strauser (1),
Rigby Snapp (1)