Men's Water Polo Takes Down MIT in a Split on Sunday

Sunday, October 8

Providence, R.I.

10:30 a.m.

Brown University

Harvard

Photo by: Emma C. Marion

Men's Water Polo Takes Down MIT in a Split on Sunday

10/8/2023 5:48:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown men's water polo (8-4, 3-2 NWPC) split two conference games on Sunday (Oct. 8). The Bears fell to Harvard before beating MIT to close out the day.

"We committed 21 turnovers in the Harvard game and you are not going to beat a good team shooting yourself in the foot that many times," said head coach Felix Mercado. "This is our Achille's Heel and we need to get this figured out if we want to compete for a championship. It was good to be back on the right side with the win over MIT. I was able to play a lot of guys in different lineups and I feel we will bounce back next week at home."

HARVARD 17, BROWN 13
The Bears were led by Jaxson Tierney with four goals but Brown dropped its opening game of the day after giving up a big third quarter to Harvard.

Gabe Chang netted three goals, while Trey Rogers had two. Máté Tymcyna, Goran Narancic, Mac Berry and Ilias Stothart all scored a goal in the defeat.

Brown and Harvard were tied 6-6 at halftime but the Crimson scored seven goals in the third quarter, while Brown found the net just three times. The Bears weren't able to complete the comeback, allowing four goals in the fourth quarter

BROWN 16, MIT 11
Brown finished the day with a 16-11 win over MIT to close out the weekend. The Bears were led by four goals from Stothart and two goals each from Tymcyna and Tierney. Eight other Bears also found the net in the game.

Stothart, Chang, Tierney, Tymcyna and Ramzi Megalli all scored for Brown as the Bears took a 5-3 lead after the first quarter.

Brown won the second quarter 3-1 with goals from Tierney, Tymcyna and Stothart. The Bears got four goals in the third quarter with Rogers, Nick Berry, Narancic and Daniel Hadar all scoring.

The Bears held off any comeback from MIT with four goals in the final quarter.

UP NEXT
Brown will spend next weekend hosting four games in the Harvard Invite. The Bears will host George Washington and Salem on Saturday (Oct. 14) and Pomona-Pitzer and Occidental on Sunday (Oct. 15).

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