CLAREMONT, Calif. — The No. 22-ranked Brown University women’s water polo split a pair of road games by taking down Division III No. 1 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, 11-10, before falling to Division III No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, 13-12, to close out the team’s trip to California.
Facing Pomona-Pitzer in the opening contest, the Bears were led by four goals from Ella Palmer and a strong game in goal from Roxanne Hazuka for a one score victory.
Ava Schoening added two goals for the Bears, while Madeleine Poissonnier, Claire Poissonnier, Aubrie Anderson, Hanna Tidrenczel and Sofia Holman all found the net once.
The Bears jumped up 3-0 early and held a 4-2 lead after the first quarter. The script flipped in the second quarter with Pomona-Pitzer outscoring Brown 4-2 in the second and the game was tied at six-all entering halftime.
With the game tied at seven, Brown went on a 4-0 run with both of Schoening’s goals and goals from Palmer and Tidrenczel putting the Bears up 11-7. Brown went scoreless over the last 3:41 of the game as the Sagehens pulled within one with 54 seconds left but Hazuka’s seventh save came on a shot with 20 seconds left to keep the Bears ahead for the win.
In the second game of the night, Brown gave up a late lead in a one-goal loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps to end its trip to California.
Claire Poissonnier and Schoening led Brown with three goals. Madeleine Poissonnier had two goals with Palmer, Alexandra Love, Gaby Montalvo and Holman each scoring once.
Sarah Decker finished the game with six saves.
Brown trailed by one after the first quarter but tied the game up after the second with the score knotted at five after the first 16 minutes.
The Bears used a 4-0 run spanning the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarters to take an 11-7 lead after back-to-back goals by Schoening. A goal by Claire Poissonnier with 3:10 left in the game put Brown up 12-9 but Claremont-Mudd-Scripps scored the next four goals to end the game and pick up the win.
Information courtesy Brown University Athletics Communications
