Women's water polo begins season with win over Ottawa (Ariz.)

Saturday, January 22

Santa Barbara, Calif.

1:30 p.m.

Brown University

Ottawa (Ariz.)

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Women's water polo begins season with win over Ottawa (Ariz.)

1/22/2022 8:21:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Brown women's water polo split its first day of the season at the UCSB Winter Invite. The Bears earned a win over Ottawa before falling to Azusa Pacific.

Sierra Martin and Claire Pisani each scored four goals for Brown on the day and goalie Marley Presiado had 25 combined saves.

GAME 1 – Brown 16, Ottawa 5
Brown women's water polo got its season off to a strong start, cruising to a 16-5 win over Ottawa in the season opener. Claire Pisani was the leading scorer for the Bears with three goals and three other Bears scored two.

Katie Klein got the Bears on the board first with a goal at the four-minute mark. Brown's next two goals came less than a minute apart with Sierra Martin and Katharine Knowles each putting one in the back of the net. Knowles got her second goal of the quarter with 11 seconds left to put Brown up 4-0 after one quarter.

Ottawa scored two-straight goals to start the second but Pisani scored her first goal to put an end to the run but it was the only goal scored for Brown in the second quarter.

After another goal from Ottawa to start the second half, Brown went on a 4-0 run over the next three minutes. Zoe King, Katie Dvonch, Bella Godlis, and Claire Poissonnier all tallied goals to make the score 9-3. Two goals by Pisani closed out the third quarter to increase the lead to 11-4.

Brown added five goals in the fourth quarter all scored by different players. Weiser, Poissonnier, King, Brenna Pangelinan and Malia Honda all found the net.

Marley Presiado earned her first win in goal this year with 14 blocks, allowing just five goals.

GAME 2 – Azusa Pacific 10, Brown 9
The Bears fell in the second game of the day, losing to Azusa Pacific to close out day one at the UCSB Winter Invite.

Sierra Martin led the way for Brown with three goals, while six other Bears each tallied one score.

The Bears got goals from Klein and Martin in the first quarter but were down 3-2 after the first eight minutes of play. Brown got two more goals in the second, one from Martin and one from Dvonch, but Azusa Pacific scored four in the second to take a 7-4 lead into halftime.

Brown cut the lead to 8-6 after goals from Tallulah Clancy and King but APU added two more goals to end the third, taking a 10-6 lead into the final frame.

The Bears kept Azusa Pacific off the board in the final quarter and picked up goals from Pisani, Martin and Dagmara Czajka, making the score 10-9 with just over two minutes left, but Brown was unable to find the tying goal.

Presiado finished the game with 11 blocks in goal.

UP NEXT
Brown will play two more games in the UCSB Winter Invite on Sunday (Jan. 23). The Bears will start the day against San Jose State at 12:15 p.m. and will take on UCSB at 3:15 p.m.

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