Brown University
Siena
Women's Water Polo Starts 2010 Season 2-0
2/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
Cambridge, MA- The Brown University women's water polo
team began the 2010 season with wins against Siena College and
Villanova during the Harvard Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
The Bears rolled to a 14-4 victory against the Saints and followed
it up with a 12-4 win against the Wildcats.
“This was a good way to start our season,” said Head
Coach Felix Mercado. “I felt that we played two complete
games, but I also know we have a lot of work to do to achieve our
goals.”
The Bears jumped out to a 6-1 lead after the first eight minutes of
play against the Saints, as sophomore Samantha Ryu (Santa Barbara,
CA) and junior Joanna Wohlmuth (Manhattan Beach, CA) led
Bruno's offense with three goals apiece. Brown kept up its
offensive intensity as seven different Bears scored goals during
the win, as both Katherine Booher (Palo Alto, CA) and Brittany Westerman (Palo Alto, CA) tallied their first collegiate goals.
The Bears went on to outscore Siena 5-1 in the second and third
quarters, and then scored three to Siena's two in the fourth
to cruise to the win. Senior Stephanie Laing (Ann Arbor, MI) led
the defensive effort with 11 saves in goal, while junior Rita Bullwinkel (Portola Valley, CA) dished out three assists and picked
up two steals for a solid performance.
Senior Sarah Glick (Bonita, CA), senior Lauren Presant (Poway, CA)
and Booher added two goals apiece, while junior Katherine Stanton
(Danville, CA) and Westerman registered one each.
The outstanding play of Glick helped Brown to its 12-4 win against
Nova. Glick scored three goals, handed out six assists, and picked
up three steals, and then went on to pick up two saves in net to
shut out the Wildcats in the fourth quarter.
The Bears outscored the Wildcats 8-3 after the first two quarters,
and went on to score four goals to Nova's one in the final
two quarters for the win. Wohlmuch, Glick and Presant scored three
goals apiece, followed by Westerman with two and Stanton with
one.
On the defensive end, Booher exploded for six steals while fellow
rookie Claudia Ruiz (Sacramento, CA) added four steals. In net,
Laing tallied nine saves in 29 minutes, while Glick came in for the
final three minutes of the game and picked up two saves.
The Bears are back in action on Feb. 20 when the squad takes on
George Washington at 9:00 a.m. at Princeton, and follows it up with
a 4:00 p.m. game against Gannon.
Photo of Lauren Presant '10 (dspics.com)
