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Men's Water Polo Defeats Brown 14-9 For First Win
September 14, 2008 | Men's Water Polo
PRINCETON -- The 20th-ranked Princeton men's water polo team picked up its first win of the season with a 14-9 victory against 19th-ranked Brown on Sunday afternoon during the Princeton Invitational at DeNunzio Pool. Junior Eric Vreeland had three goals as the Tigers bested their Ivy rivals.
Play was tight through the first half with the teams trading goals over the first 16 minutes of play. Brown led 5-4 late in the first half but Vreeland found the back of the net with two seconds left in the half to send the game to the break at 5-5.
Princeton carried the momentum into the third period and broke the game open with a pair of quick goals from Vreeland and senior Brendan Colgan. Brown cut the lead back to one goal, but the Tigers countered with three more goals in the period to hold a 10-6 lead and never looked back in the 14-9 win.
Vreeland's three goals led all scorers, while junior David de L'Arbre, sophomore Matt Hale and junior Mark Zalewski each added two goals in the game. Five others added single goals in the game. Sophomore goalie Mike Merlone made nine saves for the win.
Princeton is now 1-3 on the season and will return to action next weekend at the ECAC Championships at Harvard. The Tigers open the weekend against St. Francis on Saturday at 9 a.m.
Click here for results to Sunday's other Princeton Invitational games.
| Game 17 ? 12:40 p.m. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | |
| Brown | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 |
| Princeton | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | 14 |
Princeton Goals: Vreeland 3, de L'Arbre 2, Hale 2, Zalewski 2, Cole 1, Colgan 1, Donahue 1, Edmunds 1, Wigley 1.