PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Junior McKenna Miller (Danville, Calif.) tallied four points on two goals and two assists, but Brown University fell to No. 13-ranked Indiana University, 9-4, in Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) league competition.
The Bears remained within 5-2 with under two minutes to play in the first half before the Hoosiers scored three straight goals, completing a 6-0 run to bring an 8-2 lead into the fourth quarter.
Miller totaled seven ejections drawn and three steals alongside her two goals and two assists. Junior Maigrie McDougal (Sacramento, Calif.) aded a goal and two steals.
Senior Jessica Heilman (Menlo Park, Calif.) registered an assist and three steals, and junior Carmen Rosas (Schaumburg, Ill.) netted one goal.
In the cage, senior goalie Marisol Dakan (Pasadena, Calif.) blocked nine shots.
After the Hoosiers opened the game with a 2-0 lead, Miller scored back-to-back goals to tie the score at 2-2 with 4:32 left in the first quarter. She netted both of her goals on the power play, scoring on the left wing off a feed from Heilman on the first goal before converting from the point on the second marker.
Indiana scored the last two goals of the first quarter to gain a 4-2 lead at the end of one and notched the only three goals of the second stanza to pull ahead 7-2 at halftime. The visitors scored once in the third frame to carry an 8-2 advantage into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth, McDougal scored on a one-timed shot off an assist from Miller on a six-on-five to cut the deficit to 8-3 with 6:39 remaining. Following an Indiana goal, Rosas closed the game’s scoring, converting from five meters off a pass from Miller at the 4:54 mark.
Release courtesy Brown University Athletics Communications
