Brown University
St. Francis (N.Y.)
Men's Water Polo Tops St. Francis, 10-7, Advances to CWPA Title Game
11/22/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Senior Henry Fox scored four goals for the second time in as many games to lead top-seeded Brown University men's water polo past fifth-seeded St. Francis Brooklyn, 10-7, in the semifinals of the CWPA Championship at Navy's Lejeune Hall on Saturday evening.
The No. 11 nationally-ranked Bears (26-6) bested the No. 19-ranked and two-time defending CWPA champion Terriers (16-12) for the third time this season to advance to their first CWPA Championship title game since 1990.
Brown will face No. 2 seed and No. 8-ranked Princeton tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the championship contest.
Fox (Mercer Island, Wash.) netted three of his goals in the third quarter and added an assist, steal, and ejection drawn. Junior Matty Gallas (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) posted two goals and an assist while freshman Tommy Bush (Lafayette, Calif.) notched two goals.
Senior Nick Deaver (Orinda, Calif.) and junior Will Klein (Pasadena, Calif.) each tallied a goal while Klein drew a game-high four exclusions. Sophomore Yahel Murvitz-Lahav (Tel Aviv, Israel) and sophomore Jake Wyatt (Corona Del Mar, Calif.) each charted two assists and an ejection drawn.
Brown sophomore goalkeeper Luke Weiser (Los Alamitos, Calif.) stopped six shots in his second win in the tournament.
The Bears held a 3-2 lead at the half after Bush put the team on the board off Fox's assist in the first quarter, and Gallas and Klein each netted goals in the second period.
Fox pushed Brown's edge to 4-2 early in the third quarter before the Terriers registered back-to-back tallies to tie the game at 4-4.
The Bears then used a 3-0 spurt behind a goal from Bush and consecutive tallies from Fox to capture a 7-4 advantage with 2:34 left in the third stanza. Both of Fox's goals came in 6-on-5 play after Klein and Wyatt drew exclusions.
The two teams traded goals down the stretch in the third with Brown maintaining an 8-6 lead heading into the final period.
Deaver recorded a goal at the 6:40 mark of the fourth quarter, and Gallas scored the team's final goal off a feed from Murvitz-Lahav with 2:15 remaining.
Brown 10, St. Francis Brooklyn 7
St. Francis................ 1…1…4…1…7
Brown....................... 1…2…5…2…10
Brown Goals: Fox (4), Bush (2), Gallas (2), Deaver, Klein
