Men’s water polo’s season ended Sunday in a 14-13 loss to Harvard to finish eighth at the Collegiate Water Polo Association Championships.

The Colonials came close, but never had the lead after a five goal first quarter pushed the Crimson ahead.

“We allowed Harvard to get a few too many goals to start off with which was tough to overcome,” said head coach Scott Reed. “But we had a great opportunity to overcome it but we fell short in the end.”

Junior Bogdan Petkovic led the Colonials offensively, scoring six goals and adding one assist. Fellow junior Connor Dillon recorded six saves in net for GW.

GW had a chance to tie the game with the last shot in the final seconds, but Petkovic’s chance went over the crossbar.

Petkovic’s six goals today gave him the team lead with 13 total goals on the weekend. Freshman Pierce Deamer finished a close second with 12 goals. Dillon stopped a total of 32 shots in the Colonials’ four games.

“Bogdan’s been playing out of his mind,” Reed said. “We just needed some other guys to step up but he just had a fantastic tournament.”

The Colonials now head into the offseason, and will graduate a total five seniors including Ridvan Pehlivan and Brian Mojica who have now played their last games for GW.

“We always want to finish out with a win,” Reed said. “But the seniors put a good four years in of hard work and gave a lot to this program.”

Reed said he plans on stressing defensive play for the offseason work with the returning players.

The team finished 1-3 this weekend, bringing their overall record to 13-15.