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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. \u2013 The Harvard men’s water polo team released its complete 2026 season schedule, which begins August 29, on Wednesday morning. The Crimson open the season by hosting the Bruno Classic and playing four matches over the weekend of August 29 and 30.
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\nOverall, the schedule features 30 regular season matches, 12 at Blodgett Pool and two home tournaments. Harvard’s second home tournament will be the Harvard Invitational October 17-18.
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\nThe season opener will be Cal Baptist (Aug. 29) followed by a match later that day against Air Force. The remaining matches of the Bruno Classic will be against Pacific and Wagner (Aug. 30).
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\nTournament season continues on the West Coast with the Aggie Roundup. Harvard plays San Jose State and California on September 5 and host UC Daivs on September 6.
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\nTravelling back to the East Coast, the Crimson play back-to-back tournaments at Princeton (Sept. 12-13) and Brown (Sept. 26). In New Jersey, Harvard has a rematch with San Jose State and then plays Santa Clara on September 12. A day later, the Crimson faces Navy on September 13. At Brown, Harvard competes in a triple-header against Concordia, Johns Hopkins and Wheaton on September 26.
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\nOctober begins with three NWPC road matches, starting at Princeton (Oct. 3) in the conference opener. The next day, the Crimson start at LIU before completing a morning-afternoon doubleheader with a match at Iona on October 4.
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\nHarvard returns home for a single match against Brown (Oct. 10) before visiting MIT (Oct. 11). The Harvard Invitational is the following weekend with an October 17 doubleheader against Navy and Merced followed by a rematch against Pomona-Pitzer (Oct. 18).
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\nThe Crimson make one final regular season trip out west for the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament, hosted by Santa Clara October 23-25. The weekend features matches against Pacific (Oct. 23), Pepperdine (Oct. 24), UC Davis (Oct. 24) and the host Broncos (Oct. 25).
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\nConference play resumes at Brown (Oct. 31) and continues with a home match against MIT (Nov. 1) that same weekend. A week later, Harvard hosts a November 7 doubleheader with Princeton and LIU before concluding the regular season against Iona (Nov. 8).
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\nThe Crimson are led by The Friends of Harvard Water Polo Head Coach Ted Minnis<\/a>, who enters his 17th season at the helm of the program. Harvard is coming off a 20-10 season and 9-1 showing in the NWPC season with an appearance in the title game.
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\n2026 Harvard Men’s Water Polo Schedule<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tOpponent
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\n\t\t\tBruno Classic (Host: Harvard)
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, August 29
\n\t\t\tCal Baptist
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t10:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, August 29
\n\t\t\tAir Force
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t4:30 PM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, August 30
\n\t\t\tPacific
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t9:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, August 30
\n\t\t\tWagner
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t2:30 PM
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\n\t\t\tAggie Roundup (Host: UC Davis)
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, September 5
\n\t\t\tvs. California
\n\t\t\tDavis, Calif.
\n\t\t\t11:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, September 5
\n\t\t\tvs. San Jose State
\n\t\t\tDavis, Calif.
\n\t\t\t2:30 PM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, September 6
\n\t\t\tat UC Davis
\n\t\t\tDavis, Calif.
\n\t\t\t12:30 PM
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\n\t\t\tPrinceton Invite (Host: Princeton)
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, September 12
\n\t\t\tvs. San Jose State
\n\t\t\tPrinceton, N.J.
\n\t\t\t11:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, September 12
\n\t\t\tvs. Santa Clara
\n\t\t\tPrinceton, N.J.
\n\t\t\t6:30 PM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, September 13
\n\t\t\tvs. Navy
\n\t\t\tPrinceton, N.J.
\n\t\t\t11:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tBrown Invitational (Host: Brown)
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, September 26
\n\t\t\tvs. Concordia
\n\t\t\tProvidence, R.I.
\n\t\t\t9:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, September 26
\n\t\t\tvs. Johns Hopkins
\n\t\t\tProvidence, R.I.
\n\t\t\t2:20 PM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, September 26
\n\t\t\tvs. Wheaton
\n\t\t\tProvidence, R.I.
\n\t\t\t4:30 PM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, October 3
\n\t\t\tat Princeton*
\n\t\t\tPrinceton, N.J.
\n\t\t\t12:00 PM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, October 4
\n\t\t\tat LIU*
\n\t\t\tBrooklyn, N.Y.
\n\t\t\t9:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, October 4
\n\t\t\tat Iona*
\n\t\t\tNew Rochelle, N.Y.
\n\t\t\t2:00 PM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, October 10
\n\t\t\tBrown*
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t12:00 PM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, October 11
\n\t\t\tat MIT*
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t12:00 PM
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\n\t\t\tHarvard Invitational (Host: Harvard)
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, October 17
\n\t\t\tNavy
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t10:30 AM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, October 17
\n\t\t\tMerced
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t6:00 PM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, October 18
\n\t\t\tPomona-Pitzer
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t10:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tJulian Fraser Memorial Tournament (Host: Santa Clara)
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\n\t\t\tFriday, October 23
\n\t\t\tvs. Pacific
\n\t\t\tSanta Clara, Calif.
\n\t\t\t2:20 PM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, October 24
\n\t\t\tvs. Pepperdine
\n\t\t\tSan Jose, Calif.
\n\t\t\t1:20 PM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, October 24
\n\t\t\tvs. UC Davis
\n\t\t\tSanta Clara, Calif.
\n\t\t\t5:20 PM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, October 25
\n\t\t\tat Santa Clara
\n\t\t\tSanta Clara, Calif.
\n\t\t\t11:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, October 31
\n\t\t\tat Brown*
\n\t\t\tProvidence, R.I.
\n\t\t\t11:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, November 1
\n\t\t\tMIT*
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t12:00 PM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, November 7
\n\t\t\tPrinceton*
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t12:00 PM
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, November 7
\n\t\t\tLIU*
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t4:00 PM
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\n\t\t\tSunday, November 8
\n\t\t\tIona*
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\t10:00 AM
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\n\t\t\tNWPC Championship (Host: Harvard)
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\n\t\t\tFriday, November 20
\n\t\t\tTBD
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\tTBD
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, November 21
\n\t\t\tTBD\u00a0
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\tTBD
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\n\t\t\tSunday, November 22
\n\t\t\tTBD\u00a0
\n\t\t\tCambridge, Mass.
\n\t\t\tTBD
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\n* – NWPC Match \/\/ ^ – All Times ET and subject to change
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