PROVIDENCE, RI. – The MIT water polo team fell just short against Brown, 12-7 in NWPC action on Saturday night at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center.  

THE BASICS: 

• Score: Brown 12, MIT 7 
• Records: MIT (7-14 Overall, 1-5 NWPC), Brown (19-9 Overall, 4-3 NWPC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• After Brown got a goal from Roland Csendes, Jake Schweizer scored back-to-back goals to give MIT the lead. The Bears quickly responded with back-to-back scores to take a one goal lead into the second quarter. 
• Caspar Lightner scored early in the second to tie the match at three, but a 3-0 run put Brown ahead by three. Rick Lundh found the back of the net to stop the Bears' run, but they got two more goals to head into the break leading by four. 
• Brown continued to build on its lead, pulling ahead by six on a penalty shot goal from Griffin Tunney. Derek Schaffer scored to cut the Engineers' deficit to five heading into the last quarter of play.  
• Schaffer scored again to open the fourth, but Brown scored twice more to secure the win with William Ewald scoring the last goal of the match for the Engineers.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 

• Schweizer and Schaffer each scored twice for MIT. Schweizer now has 21 goals on the season and is second on the team with 48 points. 
• Joshua Woren led the team with three steals and made 12 saves. 
• Kunal Rajadhyax had a team-high two assists. 

UP NEXT: 

• MIT continues NWPC play as the Engineers will make the short trek to No. 19 Harvard on Sunday, November 1 for a 12:00 PM match.  

 
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