Teams: Field Hockey: Press Releases

BROWN'S FOUR GOALS NETS HER NESCAC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR

MEDFORD -- Sophomore Tamara Brown (Annandale, VA/W.T. Woodson) has been the offensive leader of the Tufts University field hockey team's tremendous start to the 2008 season. She has scored seven of the team's 21 goals in three games, including four last week that has earned her a share of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Player of the Week honor.

After scoring once in a 6-1 victory against Wellesley on Wednesday - the team's first victory against the Blue since 2004 - Brown tallied three times in a 5-0 conference win against Colby College on Saturday. The hat trick was her second of the season already, including a three-goal game in the opener against Wesleyan. Her three scores against Colby came within a four-minute span early in the second half to turn a 1-0 Tufts lead into a 4-0 advantage. The win improved Tufts to 3-0 for the first time since 1998.

Brown shares this week's NESCAC honor with Wesleyan goalkeeper Breen McDonald, who made 18 saves in a 1-0 loss to defending national champion Bowdoin College on Saturday.

With seven goals and 14 points early in the 2008 season, Brown is tied for second in the league in goals and is third in points. After overcoming a knee injury last year, she scored five goals with an assist for 11 points in 13 games for the Jumbos. That puts her career numbers at Tufts so far at 12 goals and 25 points in 16 games played.

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