No. 14 IU Splits With No. 20 Harvard, No. 15 Wagner At Harvard Invite

Saturday, March 5

Cambridge, Mass.

11:30 AM ET

Indiana University

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#20 Harvard

Indiana

Harvard

No. 14 IU Splits With No. 20 Harvard, No. 15 Wagner At Harvard Invite

3/5/2022 8:39:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 14 IU defeated the host No. 20 Harvard in overtime and fell to No. 15 Wagner on Saturday at the Harvard Invitational.

KEY MOMENTS

The game was knotted at 2-2 after the first against the host Crimson to open play, as the Hoosiers fell behind 6-4 at the break. Junior Zoe Crouch found the back of the net twice along with a goal from senior Tina Doherty but still found themselves down 8-7 heading to the fourth. Crouch and Mandema registered goals in the fourth, as it held Harvard to just one goal in the final eight minutes of play forcing an overtime.
Indiana would go on and score three unanswered goals in the overtime periods to seal the victory, 12-9.
Against Wagner, the Hoosiers got down early, trailing 3-1 after the first. Freshman Sophia Sollie scored IU's only goal in the frame. Sollie added another in the second as fellow freshman Grace Hathaway scored a pair as Indiana tied it up, 4-4, at the break.
Junior Zoe Crouch would score in the third for the Hoosiers, keeping things tied up at 5-5. But the Seahawks registered a pair of goals in the fourth quarter which made the difference in the end.

NOTES
Goals vs. Harvard: Zoe Crouch (3), Kallie White (2), Tina Doherty (2), Izzy Mandema (2), Sophia Sollie (1), Skylar Kidd (1), Olivia Stark (1)
Goals vs. Wagner: Sophia Sollie (2), Grace Hathaway (2), Lanna Debow (1), Zoe Crouch.

UP NEXT
Indiana wrap up play at the Harvard Invitational on Sunday against Cal Lutheran (8 a.m. ET) and Brown (11:45 a.m. ET).

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