SAN JOSE, Calif. — The No. 18-ranked Harvard University men’s water polo team lost a Top-20 match-up with No. 10 the University of California-Davis, 12-11. at San Jose State University on the second day of the 2026 Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament. The Crimson fell to 10-12 on the season with one game left to play in the tournament before finishing the regular season in the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC).
Trailing 12-7 with less than four minutes to play, Harvard charged back with four goals, including two from junior Lukas Peabody and first-year Clay Carrington to trim the deficit to one, but time ran out before the Crimson could find an equalizer. Carrington and junior Dean Strauser tied for the team-lead in goals with four.
The two sides played back-and-forth through the first half with Harvard holding its final lead of the game at 3-2 on Carrington’s second goal of the game. His third goal of the game tied the score at five-all before the Aggies went on a 5-0 run to acquire a lead UC-Davis refused to relinquish for the remainder of the contest.
Information courtesy Harvard University Athletics Communications
