#18 Brown Loses Regular Season Finale, Looks Ahead to Ivy League Tournament
Annie Burton finished with a goal and four assists in No. 18 Brown’s (10-5, 4-3 Ivy) 11-7 setback to No. 15 Penn (10-5, 5-2 Ivy) on Saturday afternoon at Stevenson-Pincince Field.
It was Burton’s sixth game with five or more points this season. Greta Criqui finished with three goals to give her a career-high 48, surpassing last season’s total (46).
Criqui opened the scoring for the Bears, and moments later, Burton found Riley Peterson, extending the lead to two. With a minute remaining in the opening period, Leah Caputo’s goal gave Brown a 3-0 lead.
After being held scoreless for over 18 minutes, Penn scored four unanswered points to take a 4-3 lead with 8:25 remaining in the first half.
Burton’s move from behind the net led to her first goal of the contest, tying the game at 4-4. Penn regained the lead at 5:15 in the second period, followed by Caputo scoring a free-position goal.
Anna Brandt’s second-half goal gave the Quakers a 6-5 lead at halftime. Anne Booth made six saves in the first half.
Penn extended its lead to two after three and found the net four times in the fourth to defeat Brown 11-7. The Bears scored twice in the fourth period.
Booth fell to 1-3 for the year, while Penn’s goalie Orly Sedransk improved to 9-5.
NEXT UP
The Bears will begin their quest for the automatic NCAA Tournament bid on Friday when they take on No. 1 Princeton in Princeton, N.J. Brown will be the No. 4 seed and debut in the Ivy League Tournament.
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