Christina Kulick scored on the first CMS possession of the second half (photo by Caelyn Smith)
Christina Kulick scored on the first CMS possession of the second half (photo by Caelyn Smith)

CMS Women's Water Polo Drops Non-Conference Game to Brown

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team stepped out of conference in the middle of a busy stretch of SCIAC games and dropped a 12-2 decision to Brown on Monday afternoon at Axelrood Pool.

With the loss, CMS falls to 11-7 overall on the season, while Brown improves to 17-7 with the win. 

CMS trailed 5-0 after the first quarter, but shored up its defense in the second quarter, allowing just one late goal as Brown took a 6-0 lead into the break. The Athenas regrouped at intermission and scored on their first two second-half possessions on tallies from Christina Kulick and Cooper McKenna.

CMS had a couple of chances to cut it even closer, but Brown was able to fight off the brief momentum swing and close out on another 6-0 run to take the 12-2 win. 

The Athenas will be back in action on Wednesday when they host Caltech for a 7 p.m. contest at Axelrood Pool as they look to stretch their SCIAC winning streak to six and move to 8-1 in league play. CMS will then travel for a big road contest at Cal Lutheran on Saturday, facing a Regals team it beat 8-7 with one second left, on a McKenna goal, in the first meeting at Axelrood Pool.