No. 5 Seed Women’s Water Polo Tops No. 6 GW, 7-5, for Fifth Place at CWPAs

Sunday, April 28

Providence, RI

9:00 AM

Brown University

George Washington University

No. 5 Seed Women’s Water Polo Tops No. 6 GW, 7-5, for Fifth Place at CWPAs

4/28/2019 12:37:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

Results

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior goalkeeper Lauren Burns recorded her 10^th double-figure save performance of the season to earn Player of the Game honors as No. 5 seed Brown University women's water polo topped No. 6 seed George Washington University, 7-5, in a consolation game at the 2019 Collegiate Water Polo Association Championship.

Playing at home inside the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center on Sunday morning, the Bears (21-13) used a 3-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to turn a 4-4 tie into a 7-4 lead en route to the win over the Colonials (6-15).

The Bears finished in fifth place at the tournament behind their wins over GW and Saint Francis (Pa.) and concluded the season with victories in six of their last eight games. With 21 wins on the year, Brown posted its fourth 20-win season in the last six years and seventh 20-win campaign during head coach Felix Mercado's 12 seasons with the program.

"It was nice to be able to finish our season with a win in our home pool," Mercado said. "I want to thank the seniors for all of their efforts over the last four years, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what this team can do next season."

The Player of the Game, Burns (Long Grove, Ill.) made 13 saves in the contest for her 10^th double-figure save effort of the year, while adding a steal. She finished the tournament with 26 saves on a .578 save percentage.

Sophomore Carissa Perez (Pico Rivera, Calif.) – a Second Team CWPA All-Tournament selection – totaled two goals, two assists, two steals, and two ejections drawn, closing the tournament with 17 points on six goals and 11 assists.

Sophomore Lily Keck (La Jolla, Calif.) netted two goals while senior Maigrie McDougal (Sacramento, Calif.) compiled a goal, an assist, two steals, and two ejections drawn.

Freshman Dagmara Czajka (San Diego, Calif.) notched two assists and four steals, sophomore Kaitlyn Cook (Los Gatos, Calif.) and freshman Katie Klein (Lafayette, Calif.) each netted a goal, and sophomore Alli Schaum (San Rafael, Calif.) added an assist and a steal.

After GW opened the game with a 2-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, Brown responded with a 2-0 second quarter to send the game to halftime tied at 2-2. Perez and Keck provided the Bears' goals in the second stanza.

Following a GW tally to start the third quarter, Klein and McDougal netted back-to-back goals to push Brown ahead 4-3 with 3:53 to go in the stanza. GW countered with a goal to knot the score at 4-4 at the 3:32 mark.

The Bears answered with a 3-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters, gaining a 7-4 edge with 5:16 to play. Perez and Cook started the run with the final two goals of the third period before Keck netted the first goal of the fourth frame. The Colonials netted the game's final goal with 3:07 to play.

Brown bested GW for the second time this season as the Bears beat the Colonials, 11-7, on Apr. 13 in Lewisburg, Pa.

Brown 7, George Washington 5
Brown....................... 0…2…4…1…7
G. Washington........ 2…0…2…1…5
Brown Goals: Keck 2, Perez 2, Cook, Klein, McDougal.
Brown Saves: Burns 13.

2019 CWPA Championship All-Tournament Team & Awards
Most Valuable Player: Julia Sellers, Michigan
Rookie of the Tournament: Abby Andrews, Michigan
Coach of the Tournament: Derek Ellingson, Princeton

First Team
Heidi Ritner (Goalie), Michigan
Kristen Hong, Harvard
Maddy Steere, Michigan
Ally Furano, Bucknell
Lindsey Kelleher, Princeton
Julia Sellers, Michigan
Abby Andrews, Michigan

Second Team
Marissa Webb (Goalie), Princeton
Mathilde Ribordy, Harvard
Alana Ponce, George Washington
Eliza Britt, Princeton
Grace Thawley, Harvard
Amy Castellano, Princeton
Maddie Pendolino, Princeton
Carissa Perez, Brown