For the Harvard men's water polo team, it's become a familiar, almost repetitive refrain. Another weekend, another step toward becoming the new beast of the East.
It's a routine the upstart Crimson can live with.
No. 20 Harvard (13-6, 5-1 Collegiate Water Polo Association) ran its win streak to eight with a 3-0 swing through New York this weekend, including wins over a ranked Iona team and Ivy League rival Brown. The Crimson continued its resurgence from a surprising 12-11 loss to unranked MIT on September 27.
Harvard has gone 8-1 since that setback, the one loss being a competitive 9-7 battle with No. 17 Princeton.
"Both the Iona and Brown games were close, but we never were scared," said Harvard Coach Jim Floerchinger. "We relied on each other, and executed well. We expected success."
Harvard 9, Iona 8
Unfortunately, Iona's facilities have yet to experience a similar renaissance. Unlike Blodgett's all-deep, Olympic-caliber pool, the Gaels' pool has a shallow end that complicates the field of play.
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