THE BASICS:
 
- Scores: No. 8 Princeton - 22, MIT - 5

- Records: MIT (6-17, 1-10 NWPC), Princeton (24-5, 10-0 NWPC)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center Pool)

- The Lead: The eighth-ranked Princeton University water polo team used a 16-1 run after the first quarter of play to defeat the MIT water polo team 22-5 on Sunday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

- The Tigers scored the first two goals before back-to-back goals from junior Evan Kowal (South Pasadena, Calif.) tied the match. Princeton scored at 3:22 to go up one, but Kowal scored his third of the quarter at 3:02 to bring the teams even. Two Princeton goals made it a 5-3 match before a score from senior Miller Geschke (Los Altos, Calif.) got the Engineers to within one.
 
- From that point, the Tigers scored the next eight goals before a goal from first-year Adam Ivatorov (Rockaway, N.Y.) ended the Princeton run at 6:10 in the third. Princeton concluded the game on a 9-0 run.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Kowal recorded his 12th hat trick of the season as he has 52 goals this season. He also recorded two steals in the match.
 
- Geschke and Ivatorov each finished with a goal and ejection earned.
 
- Senior Conrad Oakes (Pasadena, Calif.) finished with 11 saves.

UP NEXT:

- MIT is back in the pool for the NWPC Tournament that begins on Friday, November 18, and will be hosted by Brown University.  
 
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