The change of scenery did not affect a change in results for Harvard men’s water polo. In a performance similar to last weekend’s, the Crimson traveled to play at an Ivy rival’s tournament, but struggled against top-ranked teams. Harvard went 1-5 at the Bruno Fall Classic at Brown a week ago. This weekend, the Crimson lost its final two matches on Sunday to post a 1-3 record at the Princeton Invitational.

Harvard (2-7) fell Sunday to Johns Hopkins, 11-9, and George Washington, 11-6, to round out the weekend. Harvard defeated a split-squad Navy team, 13-10, and fell to host Princeton, 14-7, on Saturday in the first day of action.

“We’re a little disappointed because we know that we can play better,” co-captain Will Roller said. “We’re still a young team, but all these guys are very experienced players. It all comes down to execution and that’s what we need to do to get to the next level.”

GEORGE WASHINGTON 11, HARVARD 6

In the Crimson’s final game of the weekend, the team continued its trend of sputtering offensively late in the game, as it was outscored 7-4 in the second half.

Harvard trailed the Colonials by three heading into the final period of the game, but was able to score only once in the final period as George Washington pulled away for the final margin.

A different team member scored each of the Crimson’s goals, with sophomores Robbie Fluegge, Noah Harrison, Ben Zepfel, and Blake Lee getting on the board along with junior John Holland-McCowan and freshman Dan Stevens.

JOHNS HOPKINS 11, HARVARD 9

Against the Blue Jays, Harvard could not hold a halftime lead, and fell apart down the stretch en route to an 11-9 loss.

The Crimson led 6-4 at the half, but Johns Hopkins found the back of the net four times in the third and knotted the score at 8 heading into the final quarter. The Blue Jays pulled away in the fourth with three more goals.

“We had positive moments throughout the game,” Roller said. “We had a very good first quarter, but we broke down and had trouble in terms of playing a full game. We couldn’t string it all together and play Harvard’s brand of water polo.”

PRINCETON 14, HARVARD 7

On Saturday afternoon, Harvard consistently lagged the conference rival Tigers. The Crimson fell behind by three goals heading into the half, and could not mount a second-half charge.

Princeton grew its lead to six by the start of the fourth quarter, and added another in the final period for the final margin of 14-7.

Freshman Joey Colton led the Crimson in scoring with two goals, while Harrison added four assists.