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Bucknell Women's Water Polo Drops 10-6 Decision to Brown at ECAC Championship
2/26/2011 7:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
Feb. 26, 2011
LEWISBURG, Pa. - For the second straight game, the Bucknell women's water polo team fell behind by a large margin (7-2) in the first half and could not mount a second-half comeback as the Bison lost to Brown, 10-16, Saturday evening in the consolation bracket of the ECAC Championship. Earlier in the day Bucknell lost to Iona, 16-9, after trailing 11-3 at the break.
Senior Haley Prickett (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar), who scored a team-high three goals against the Gaels, again led the Bison offense against the Bears as she found the back of the net twice. The only other Bucknell (4-5) players to register more than one point were Amanda Skonezney (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley), who tallied a pair of assists, and Hallie Kennan (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto), who posted one goal and one assist.
The Bison converted just 3 0f 8 six-on-five opportunities, while Brown (2-5) was 5-for-9, including 4-for-6 in the first half.
Junior goalie Brittany Connell (Montebello, Calif./Montebello) played the second half in cage and limited Brown to just three goals while making five saves. Bucknell outscored the Bears by one goal after intermission.
The second-seeded Bison will square off against fourth-seeded Marist in Sunday's 10 a.m. seventh-place game. The Red Foxes lost to Maryland (11-8) and Wagner (7-5) on Saturday.
BROWN 2 5 1 2 -10
BUCKNELL 1 1 2 2 -6
Goals: Prickett (2), Ovalle, Smith, McNally, Kennan.
Assists: Skonezney (2), Shopiro, Canonica, Kennan.
Field Blocks: none.
Ejections Drawn: Valdes (2), Prickett (2), Ovalle, Smith, Murao, Kennan, Carroll.
Saves: Heim (2 svs., 7 ga., 16:00 min.), Connell (5 svs., 3 ga., 16:00 min.).
Steals: Prickett (2), Kennan (2), Carroll, Heim.
Sprints: Skonezney (1-4).
Bucknell Record: 4-5.
