Brown University
Fordham
Brown Water Polo Captures CWPA Northern Division Championship
11/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
Boston, MA- In a game between the top two seeds in the CWPA
Northern Division Championship at Harvard University, the Brown
University men's water polo team earned a thrilling 8-7
victory against Fordham to capture its first Division Championship
since 1993.
Despite Fordham's early 3-2 lead after the first eight
minutes of play, Brown stormed back to outscore the Rams 5-1 in the
second an
d third quarters to hold onto a 7-4 advantage heading into the
fourth. Fordham wasn't going down without a fight as the Rams
outscored Bruno 3-1, but it wasn't enough to erase the
deficit. With just 37 seconds left on the clock Fordham called a
timeout to try to tie the score, but freshman Cyrus Mojdehi (La
Jolla, CA) came up with a key steal to seal the victory for
Bruno.
Junior Gordon Hood (Carlsbad, CA) exploded for five goals while
freshman Svetozar Stefanovic (Belgrade, Serbia) added two goals and
two ejections drawn to pace the offense. Freshman Dean Serure
(Coral Gables, FL) also added a goal, as senior captain Kent Holland (Orinda, CA) was solid in cage with six saves.
“This was a total team effort and I am proud of this
team,” said Head Coach Felix Mercado. “This is a great
way to head into the Eastern Championships in two weeks. Fordham is
a very good team and we knew that no lead was good enough. We will
get back to work and be ready to play at Easterns.”
