Freshman Viktor Wrobel tallied three goals in the Harvard men's water polo team's first victory over Brown in seven years.

At the Bruno Fall Classic on Sep. 7, the Harvard men’s water polo team surrendered a three-goal fourth quarter lead against Ivy League rival Brown. On Saturday night at Blodgett Pool, the Crimson once again held a lead going into the final eight minutes of the game against the Bears.

But this time, Harvard was able to hold on, avenging its loss to Brown earlier in the season, 6-5. The victory was the highlight of the Crimson’s three-game weekend sweep, which also included wins over Connecticut College and local rival MIT.

Harvard (7-8, 5-1 CWPA Northern) started off its first homestand of the season strong on Saturday with a 16-3 routing of the Camels (1-10, 0-6 CWPA Northern). The Crimson was able to take down the Engineers (4-9, 3-3 CWPA Northern) on Sunday to cap off an undefeated weekend.

HARVARD 13, MIT 10

With the game knotted up at seven goals apiece late in the third period, Harvard freshman Viktor Wrobel fired a shot that looked to have crossed the goal line, but was not counted as a goal. On the very next Crimson possession, Wrobel left no doubt, firing one of his five goals to the back of the net to give Harvard a lead that it would never relinquish.

In the first period, The Crimson jumped out to a two goal lead it held for most of the game. MIT was able to tie the game up twice. Both times, however, Harvard was able to pull away, extending the team’s only winning streak of the season to four games.

“It got close,“ sophomore Noah Harrison said, "but we looked inside of ourselves…and got out there and put them away.”

Harrison and sophomore Ben Zepfel each added two goals to help edge the Engineers on Sunday. Harrison’s six goals on the weekend added to his team leading 32 scores on the season. Sophomore goalie Colin Woolway led the defensive effort for Harvard, registering six saves in Sunday’s victory.