Back that Mass up.
Even in defeat, the Harvard women's water polo team feels it has served warning to UMass: we're gaining on you.
The Crimson fell to the No. 11 Minutewomen (25-6) in the finals of the New England Invitational yesterday afternoon at Blodgett Pool, 6-2.
Harvard finished the tournament with a 2-1 record. On Saturday, the Crimson pummeled Boston College, 15-5, and went on to defeat Brown, 9-4.
Harvard Coach Jim Floerchinger praised his team's effort.
"All of the work that they've put in really shows," Floerchinger said. "They've poured their hearts into practice, and the results are there."
The No. 18 Crimson will head to Princeton next week for the College Water Polo Association Eastern Championships, the qualifying tournament for May's National Championships at Indiana University.
Last year, the Crimson finished fourth, just short of the third-place finish needed to clinch a berth at Nationals.
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