CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After falling behind 5-0, the MIT water polo closed the gap to two goals but could not complete the comeback attempt as No. 18 Brown held on for the 13-8 win on Saturday morning at the Zesiger Center Pool.
 
THE BASICS:
Score: Brown 13, MIT 8
Records: MIT (3-10 Overall, 0-4 NWPC), No. 18 Brown (8-4 Overall, 3-1 NWPC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Brown raced out to a five-goal lead after a quarter of play before back-to-back goals from junior Adam Ivatorov (Rockaway, N.Y.) and a goal from first year Thomas Ewald (Greenwich, Conn.) cut the Bears lead to two at 3:14 in the second.
• Brown got a goal from junior Ilias Stothart (Los Angeles, Calif.) at 2:40 to take a 6-3 advantage but sophomore Rick Lundh (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) scored with 2:06 remaining in the half to bring MIT to within two.
• The Bears opened the scoring in the third before another Engineer goal, this one from first year Avi Narula (Atlanta, Ga.), at 3:28 got MIT right back to two goals at 7-5. Brown scored back-to-back goals to pull ahead 9-5 but quick goals from sophomore Rick Lundh (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Kieran Kearns (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) made it 9-7 with 25 seconds left in the third. Junior Trey Rogers (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) found the back of the net for Brown with one second left to make it a three-goal lead for the visitors.
• The Bears outscored MIT 3-1 in the fourth for the win. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Ivatorov, Lundh, and Ewald all scored twice in the game.
• Kearns finished with one goal and a team-high six assists and three steals.
• First year Joshua Woren (Aurora, Colo.) finished with two steals and 16 saves.

UP NEXT:

• MIT will head across the river for a primetime match against No. 10 Harvard on Sunday, October 13. The 7:00 PM contest will be on both ESPN + and locally on NESN.

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