LONG BEACH, Calif. — Senior Jessica Heilman (Menlo Park, Calif.) and freshman Riley Hughes (Evanston, Ill.) each scored two goals, but Brown University fell to No. 14-ranked Long Beach State University, 10-4.
The Bears outscored the 49ers, 4-2, over the game’s final 16:24 after the hosts opened the game with an 8-0 lead.
Heilman added three steals and two ejections drawn to her two goals, while junior McKenna Miller (Danville, Calif.) tallied six steals and three ejections drawn.
Junior Maigrie McDougal (Sacramento, Calif.) posted two steals and two ejections drawn, freshman Alli Schaum (San Rafael, Calif.) made two steals, and freshman Carissa Perez (Pico Rivera, Calif.) compiled an assist, a steal, a field block and an ejection drawn.
Senior goalie Marisol Dakan (Pasadena, Calif.) blocked five shots.
LBSU took a 5-0 edge at the end of the first quarter and extended the margin to 8-0 with 50 seconds left in the second stanza. A goal from Hughes with 24 seconds to go in the half Brown brought within 8-1 at the break.
Hughes initiated the second half’s scoring, cutting the margin to 8-2, before the 49ers netted the third quarter’s only other two goals to pull ahead 10-2. In the fourth quarter, Heilman found the back of the net at the 6:18 and 3:30 marks.
Release courtesy Brown University Athletics Communications
