PRINCETON, N.J. – The Saint Francis Red Flash Water Polo team will host their first home game this year when Harvard travels to Loretto. After Harvard, the Red Flash will hit the road on Saturday to Bucknell University to face off against Brown, Princeton, and Mount St. Mary's to close out the weekend.

Location: Stokes Natatorium: (Loretto, PA.), and Kinney Natatorium (Lewisburg, PA)

Game 1: Saint Francis vs. #24 Harvard
Date and Time: Saturday, Feb. 26 – 9:00 a.m.
How to Watch: NEC Front Row, http://necfrontrow.com/game/9072
Game 2: Saint Francis vs. Brown
Date and Time: Saturday, Feb. 26– 3:00 p.m.
How to Watch: Facebook Live
Game 3: Saint Francis vs.  Princeton
Date and Time: Sunday, Feb. 27 – 9:00 a.m.
How to Watch: Facebook Live
Game 4: Saint Francis vs. Mount St. Mary's
Date and Time: Sunday, Feb. 27– 3:00 p.m.
How to Watch: Facebook Live

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SCOUTING THE CRIMSON
The Red Flash play the Crimson for the first of two scheduled regular season contests this season. Harvard comes into this weekend with an impressive 9-1 overall record including wins against ranked teams such as California Baptist University and LIU. Harvard is led on offense by a trio off players such as Elle Prentice, Grace Thawley, and Borden Wahl who all notched three goals in their last contest against VMI. In net, Harvard has a fluent rotation led by junior Zoe Banks and sophomore Alexis Kieckhafer who have made the majority of the starts this season. 

This will be the first time the Red Flash have faced Harvard since the 2020 season where Abbie Carter scored two goals as a freshman with Addison Williams and Taylor Halbauer chipping in one goal during that meeting. This will also only be the second time in series history that the game is played at the Stokes Natatorium in Loretto. 

SCOUTING THE BEARS
The Red Flash will then travel to Bucknell Unviersity to face off against the Brown Bears who go into the weekend with a 9-5 overall record with this being the first conference game for the Bears. The Bears are guided on offense by utility player Zoe King who is a dual threat leading the team in goals with 21 and steals with 15. On offense, Brown has four players that each have scored double-digit goals and also three players who have more then 10 steals on the season.  The Bears go with a rotation in goal with Marley Presiado and Shauna Franke who both have over 40 saves and over 5 steals so far in the 2022 season. 

The last time these schools played against each other was in 2019 and they've faced off a total of five times in their series history. 

SCOUTING THE TIGERS
The Red Flash go up against the Princeton Tigers who are 9-2 on the season as the Red Flash just battled against this same team just two weeks ago. The Tigers are led on offense by the same threats that Saint Francis saw in their previous meeting. Jovana Sekulic still leads the charge for the Tigers with the most goals and overall points on the team. In net, Princeton is guided by their senior leader Isabel Zaller who has started each matchup for Princeton in the 2022 season. 

The Red Flash came up short a few weeks ago against Princeton with Emese Szucs leading the team with eight shots and two goals in their last matchup.

SCOUTING THE MOUNTIES
Mount St. Mary's looks to get their season back on track when they go head-to-head with Saint Francis to close out the weekend. The Mounties come into this weekend losers of four in a row and haven't won a contest since February 5th. Rebecca Valentine leads the charge for Mount St. Mary's leading the team in shots with 48 and goals with 22. Goalie Samantha Bright has spent the most minutes in goal out of the three on their depth chart converting on 71 saves but is also a threat with the ball in her hands as she has nine assists and nine steals so far in the 2022 season.  

It was a scoring onslaught for the Red Flash when these two teams last faced off with Saint Francis winning 19-4. Freshman Kimberly Frostad scored a game-high five goals while Szucs, Williams, and Seile pitched in three goals apiece in the winning effort. In the series Saint Francis has only found success as they are 5-0 against the Mounties in their history.


THE RED FLASH
Saint Francis Red Flash look to bounce back after a tough weekend a few weeks back against Bucknell, Iona, and Princeton. Emese Szucs led all Red Flash players with nine goals on 24 shots against those three teams in Princeton. Saint Francis looks to minimize the turnovers that have hurt them over the last few weekends. Isabel Lumley in net has been a solid contributor in just her first year notching 42 saves in the last full weekend that the Red Flash participated in.