Atwell scores four goals in loss to San Jose State

Sunday, October 24

San Jose, Calif.

11:00 AM (ET)

Brown University

San Jose State

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Atwell scores four goals in loss to San Jose State

10/24/2021 12:39:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Brown men's water polo fell to San Jose State to close out play at the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament on Sunday (Oct. 24). Cole Atwell was the leading scorer for the Bears, tallying four goals. Ugo Piovan led the Bears with seven saves, while Joe Gallagher had four saves in goal.

Brown jumped on top early with Leo Berkman and Atwell each scoring to give the Bears a 2-0 lead. Over the next two minutes San Jose State went on a run, netting four goals before Atwell ended the run, making it 4-3 in favor of the Spartans. San Jose State tallied one more goal before the end of the first.

Down three early in the second, Brown got back-to-back goals from Filip Aleksic to get within one. With just over a minute left in the first half, Matt Simko's goal tied the game 6-6. Another late goal by San Jose State made the score 7-6 going in to halftime.

The game broke open in the third quarter as San Jose State went on a 6-1 run. The only Brown goal over the run was from Aleksic, his third of the game. Berkman scored his second goal of the game with seven seconds left in the quarter but the Spartans led 13-8 with eight minutes left to play.

Atwell's final two goals of the game came in the last quarter but they were the only two goals Brown scored over the final frame as San Jose State netted three for the final margin.

Brown will return to New England for a road game at Connecticut College on Wednesday (Oct. 27) before hosting three home games over the weekend of Oct. 30-31.