Teams: Women's Lacrosse: Schedule & Results

SHOHAM LEADS LATEST JUMBO NON-CONFERENCE ROUT IN 19-7 WIN AT WHEATON

COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE FINAL SCORE
Tufts 19, Wheaton 7

At Norton, MA
Thursday, April 9, 2009

Game Box Score

NORTON -- The Tufts University women's lacrosse team, ranked seventh nationally, scored the first seven goals and never looked back while posting an easy 19-7 victory at Wheaton College in non-conference action Thursday afternoon at Keefe Field. Senior Maya Shoham (West Hartford, CT) led the Jumbo attack with four goals and three assists for seven points.

The Jumbos won for the fifth consecutive time to improve to 9-1. They are 4-0 against non-league opponents and have scored 77 goals in those four contests. Suffering their third straight setback, the Lyons fell to 5-5 overall.

Tufts jumped out to the 7-0 advantage by the 18:41 mark of the opening half, as juniors Jenna Abelli (Framingham, MA) and Emily Johnson (Yarmouth, ME) and sophomore Amanda Roberts (Wenham , MA) each scored twice in the stretch.

Wheaton scored four of the game's next five goals, including two by senior Bridget Thornton (Southington , CT), to make it 8-4 with five minutes left in the half before the Jumbos rattled off six straight in a 3:11 span. Roberts and first-year Stephanie Perez (East Providence , RI) tallied two goals apiece during the run.

With Tufts holding a comfortable 14-4 halftime lead, Shoham scored 4:18 into the second frame for an 11-goal advantage. Seniors Caitlin Grant (Walpole, MA) and Madeline Williams (Annapolis, MD) brought Wheaton to within single digits at 15-6 at the 22:03 mark, but four different Jumbos found the back of the net in helping the visitors score four of the final five tallies.

Joining Shoham, Roberts posted a team-high tying four tallies, Perez scored three times with one helper, while first-year Casey Egan (Massapequa , NY) turned in four assists. Sophomore Sara Bloom (Summit, NJ) accounted for 10 saves in one half of action during the win.

Thornton finished with a hat trick to pace the hosts, while Grant totaled two goals and an assist. Sophomore goalie Marianna Marcellino's (Milton, MA) 14 saves were one shy of her season best.

Tufts hosts Middlebury on Saturday in a game between teams vying for first place in NESCAC. The action starts at 2:00 pm. The Lyons return to action on Saturday with a non-league game at Eastern Connecticut State University at 2:00 pm.

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