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Iona Men's Water Polo Drops the Weekend Final to Brown

Iona kept it close going into the final quarter but the Bears offense was too much to handle.

PROVIDENCE, RI–  Iona men's Water Polo teams drops another to Brown, 17-12. After giving up five straight goals in the match's opening minutes, the Gaels were unable to put together a comeback. Iona kept it close going into the final quarter but the Bears offense was too much to handle. 
 

MATCH SUMMARY

Junior Brett Hofer and freshman German Rodriguez led the Gaels with three goals apiece, while junior Andrew Brozovic had two scores.  Seniors Phil Wachowski and Quinn Lloyd, sophomore Michael Feeley and freshman Lester Machado scored one goal each. The Gaels made six assists with two from Machado.  Iona scored 12 goals on 27 shots.

In goal, senior Jorge Andres Torres made eight saves on 27 Brown shots, two steals and one assist with ten goals against.  Senior Michael Banks made one save on three steals and had two goals against in the closing 2:35.

On defense, the Gaels made 11 steals and blocked four shots. The Gaels drew ten Bears kick outs, while being ejected 16 times. Lloyd and sophomore Justin Ginsburg were disqualified with three ejections each.   Iona scored on three of nine man-up chances, and Brown scored on five of 16 man-ups. The Bears scored five straight goals in the opening 4:19 of the match. Taking advantage of a man-up opportunity, Brozovic put Iona on the board with 1:39 left to cut the home lead to 5-1. Brown answered with two more scores in the closing 1:26 for a 7-1 edge going into the second period.

After Brown went up 8-1 with 1:42 gone in the second quarter, Wachowski pulled Iona within six 8-2 a minute later.  Rodriguez's lob goal continued the Gaels 2-0 rally to narrow the Bears lead to five 8-3 with 3:50 remaining. Bears entered half time with a 9-3 lead over the Maroon & Gold.

Iona opened the third period with three unanswered straight goals and outscored the Bears 5-3 in the quarter.  Hofer struck with 23 seconds gone, followed by Feeley's man-up goal to chop the Brown edge to four 9-5 with 6:52 remaining.  Hofer's second goal 1:40 later got Iona within three 9-6. The Bears answered with 4:07 on the clock to go back up four 10-6.  For the next minute and a half the Bears and Gaels went goal for goal. A Brown goal with 1:02 left gave the home squad an 12-8 lead going into the final period.

Just 31 seconds into the fourth period, Rodriguez hit his second goal, but two consecutive Brown scores, including a five-meter penalty shot goal put the Bears up five 14-9 with 5:07 left. On Iona's next possession, Hofer found the back of the net for his third goal getting the Gaels within four 14-10. With two straight Iona goals from Rodriguez and Machado, the Gaels cut the Bears edge to three 15-12 at 1:59 left. But two straight goals for Brown sealed their win in the last minute.

"Missing some key components to our offense that we early in the week, we came into this game a little shaky," Wachowski said.  "We managed to clean up some of our mistakes in the first quarter and were competitive after that."
"Had we adjusted better and came out stronger, we could have been more competitive in the final score," Lloyd agreed. "We will look to correct those tactical errors going forward.   And look to fill in the pieces for a new strategy to win the Judge Cup."
 

UP NEXT

The Gaels travel to Fordham University on Wednesday night to battle the Rams for the Judge Cup at 7:30 p.m.  The Cup is named after Dr. Francis X. Judge, a water polo pioneer at Fordham, and the founder of the Hudson Valley Water Polo Club.
 

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Players Mentioned

Michael Banks

#1 Michael Banks

G
6' 0"
Senior
Andrew Brozovic

#6 Andrew Brozovic

UT
6' 2"
Junior
Michael Feeley

#7 Michael Feeley

2M
6' 3"
Sophomore
Brett Hofer

#17 Brett Hofer

DR
5' 11"
Junior
Quinn Lloyd

#4 Quinn Lloyd

DR
6' 0"
Senior
German Rodriguez

#11 German Rodriguez

DR
5' 11"
Sophomore
Jorge Andres Torres

#1 Jorge Andres Torres

G
6' 0"
Senior
Lester Machado

#2 Lester Machado

Driver
6' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Michael Banks

#1 Michael Banks

6' 0"
Senior
G
Andrew Brozovic

#6 Andrew Brozovic

6' 2"
Junior
UT
Michael Feeley

#7 Michael Feeley

6' 3"
Sophomore
2M
Brett Hofer

#17 Brett Hofer

5' 11"
Junior
DR
Quinn Lloyd

#4 Quinn Lloyd

6' 0"
Senior
DR
German Rodriguez

#11 German Rodriguez

5' 11"
Sophomore
DR
Jorge Andres Torres

#1 Jorge Andres Torres

6' 0"
Senior
G
Lester Machado

#2 Lester Machado

6' 4"
Freshman
Driver