THE BASICS:
 
- Score:
No. 18 St. Francis Brooklyn - 17, MIT - 8
 
- Records: MIT (6-18), St. Francis College Brooklyn (20-9)

- Location: Providence, R.I. (Katherine Moran Colman Aquatics Center)
 
- The Lead: The MIT water polo team held a 6-3 lead heading into halftime, but St. Francis Brooklyn rallied to take a 17-8 win on the opening day of the NWPC Championships at Brown University.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
- After the Terriers took a 1-0 lead, back-to-back goals from junior Evan Kowal (South Pasadena, Calif.) and senior Miller Geschke (Los Altos, Calif.) put MIT in the lead. A goal as time expired from the Terriers sent the team into the second tied at two.
 
- Geschke gave MIT the lead with a goal at 5:38 followed by a five-meter goal from Kowal put the Engineers 4-2. Another score from Geschke at 2:15 increased the MIT lead to three. First-year Adam Ivatorov (Rockaway, N.Y.) increased the MIT advantage to four at 1:32.
 
- The Terriers went on a 6-0 run to take a 9-6 lead before a goal from Ivatorov with six seconds left in the third stopped the run and made it a 9-7 contest.
 
- Kowal made it a 9-8 game at 5:18 in the fourth but SFB went on an 8-0 run to close the game.


INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Geschke and Kowal each recorded hat tricks in the match, It's the 12th three-goal game for Geschke and the 14th for Kowal.
 
- Ivatorov finished with two goals to bring his season total to 56.
 
- Junior Jack King (Los Altos, Calif.) led the team with three steals.
 
- In goal for MIT junior Colin Weaver (Huntington Beach, Calif.) finished with 11 saves and one steal.
 

UP NEXT:

- The Engineers return to action tomorrow, Saturday, November 19th, for a 4:00 p.m. contest against Connecticut College.

 
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