Nineteen goals.

Even in water polo, that marks a truly powerful offensive feat.

The Harvard women’s water polo wasn’t satiated with just 19 goals, however.

After defeating Queens College 19-4 Saturday morning, it repeated the tremendous offensive output and held Utica scoreless later that afternoon, tallying a whopping 38 goals, while giving up just four, in just one day.

Unfortunately, it couldn’t translate its spark into the next day, dropping a match to Hartwick, the top team in the division, 11-3, making the Crimson’s record 7-3.

Harvard knew it would be fighting an uphill battle against the most talented team in the Northern Division.

It watched the Hawks pummel Brown 18-8 the day before, and though the Crimson was coming off a prolific two-game win streak, it could not muster the offensive strength needed to top Hartwick.

The Hawks held Harvard scoreless for the entire first half of play, while notching five goals of its own.

Junior goaltender Lydia Gardner, who managed to give up only four goals in eight periods of play the day before, was unable to stop Hartwick from cementing an early lead over the Crimson.

Gardner was at a particular disadvantage because of the nature of the pool. Normally, players must tread for the entire game.

However, Hartwick compensates for the shallowness of its pool by enlarging the size of the goal, something Gardner doesn’t normally have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.

“It is hard to play in an environment that you are not used to playing in day in and day out,” explained junior Molly Mehaffey, who is also a Crimson editor.

“Overall I think we adjusted well to the pool’s dynamics. Lydia made a great effort to adjust to defending a cage in shallow water,” Mehaffey said.

Though the team knew it would be unable to defeat Hartwick as the game wore on, it continued to play hard until the final minutes.

As the end approached, the Crimson adjusted to playing situation, finally netting goals.