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Fordham Falls to Brown University and No. 18 St. Francis in Weekend Action
BRONX, N.Y. -- Facing two of the top water polo teams in the Northeast, the Fordham University Rams gave a great effort, but came up short, falling to Brown University, 11-9, in CWPA Northern Division action and 18th-ranked St. Francis (NY) College, 14-10, in non-league league action at home in the Col. Francis B. Messmore Aquatic Center.
In the first match against Brown, the Rams tied the game at nine with 4:39 remaining, but the Bears scored twice in the final minutes to record an 11-9 win over Fordham.
In a highly competitive match, the Rams trailed by two heading into the fourth period, 9-7. Mikey Edwards scored early in the period to cut it to one, followed by an Ali Arat goal to tie the game at nine. Brown's Gordon Hood then broke the tie with a goal with 2:19 remaining. Marcus Gartner then scored with 44 seconds left to extend the Bears' lead to two and give them an 11-9 win.
For Fordham, Arat led the way with four goals and two steals, while Daniel Muñoz had two goals and two blocks. Martin de Jong dished out four assists and two steals, with Edwards, J.D. Shrewsbury and Victor Bautista Medina netting one goal apiece. In net, Christian Flessner had nine stops and three steals.
In Fordham's second match, St. Francis got five goals from Marko Gencic as the #18 Terriers topped the Rams, 14-10.
With Fordham trailing 11-4, the Rams tried to mount a comeback, netting four straight goals to make it an 11-8 game, two of which came from Edwards. Unfortunately, the comeback was halted, as the Terriers netted three of the next five goals to win by a 14-10 margin.
For Fordham, Edwards tallied four goals, while Andrew McKernin had a pair of goals and a steal. Cashel Barnett, Muñoz, de Jong and Arat also scored for Fordham. Flessner added nine saves in net to go with two steals.
In other water polo action, St. Francis also defeated Brown, 12-5.
Brown 11, Fordham 9
Brown goals - Hood 5, Stefanovic 2, Gladych 2, Levko,
Gartner
Fordham goals - Arat 4, Muñoz 2, Edwards,
Shrewsbury, Bautista Medina
Brown saves - Lubin 8
Fordham saves - Flessner 9
#18 SFC 14, Fordham 10
SFC goals - M. Gencic 5, Kisdobranski 3, Sasic 2,
Milanovic, Polgar, Erdei, Toth
Fordham goals - Edwards 4, McKernin 2, Barnett, de Jong,
Arat, Muñoz
SFC saves - Djuric 9, Hamwey 3
Fordham saves - Flessner 9
#18 SFC 12, Brown 5
Brown goals - Stefanovic, Gladych 2, Yoshimura,
Mojhedi
SFC goals - Pantic 4, S. Gencic 2, Milanovic, Polgar,
Sasic 3, M. Gencic
Brown saves - Lubin 5
SFC saves - Hamwey 6
