Water polo falls in overtime to UCSB to close out play on Sunday

Sunday, January 23

Santa Barbara, Calif.

12:15 p.m.

Brown University

San Jose State

Photo by: Ken Sciallo

Water polo falls in overtime to UCSB to close out play on Sunday

1/23/2022 8:15:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Brown women's water polo fell in both matches on Sunday, dropping an overtime contest to UCSB to close out the Bears' time in Santa Barbara.

Katie Dvonch led the Bears on the day with five goals, all coming in the defeat against UCSB. Claire Pisani finished the day with four goals.

GAME ONE: San Jose State 13, Brown 6
San Jose State jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Katharine Knowles got the Bears on the board. Katie Klein scored during the second period for Brown but the Spartans added two goals, increasing the lead to 7-2 at halftime.

Claire Pisani scored for Brown to open up the second half before San Jose State responded with three more goals. Sophie Golub picked up a goal for Brown to end the period. Pisani and Zoe King each scored in the final frame for Brown.

GAME TWO: UCSB 14, Brown 13 (OT)
Brown faced its first overtime game of the season in a one-goal loss to the host UCSB Gauchos. Both teams scored in the first overtime but UCSB earned the lone goal in the second extra period for the win.

The game was back and forth being tied 4-4 after the first quarter, 6-6 at the second quarter and 8-8 after three quarters. Pisani, Dvonch and Golub scored three-straight goals to put Brown ahead 11-8 with 2:39 left in the game. Dvonch's fifth goal of the game put Brown back up 12-9 but UCSB scored three goals in the last 1:38 to tie the game and send it to overtime.

Pisani earned Brown's lone goal in the overtime period.

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