Teams: Field Hockey: Press Releases

Monday, November 2, 2009

BROWN EARNS TEAM'S FIRST NESCAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD

MEDFORD -- In the eighth week of the 2009 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) field hockey season, Tufts University garnered its first Player of the Week award when junior forward Tamara Brown (Annandale, VA) was selected today. The 2008 All-American receives the honor for the third time in her career.

As is often the case, Brown's offense was instrumental in two Jumbo victories last week. She scored the first Tufts goal early in the second half of a 2-0 victory at Bowdoin on Friday afternoon. She then scored both goals during a 2-0 victory over Wesleyan in the first round of the conference tournament at home on Bello Field Sunday afternoon. The two game-winners gave Brown six this season and 15 for her career.

The Tufts win against the Polar Bears came in a rematch of last year's NCAA Championship game. It gave the Jumbos an 8-1 NESCAC record for the #2 seed in the conference tournament. In the first round on Sunday, Tufts advanced into the semi-finals for the fourth straight year with the victory over the Cardinals. Brown scored three of the team's four goals for the week.

The all-time Tufts leader in goals and points, Brown leads NESCAC in every scoring category this season with 19 goals, nine assists and 47 points. Her 95 shots are 28 more than any other player in the league has attempted. Behind her lead, Tufts is first in the conference with 63 goals scored.

Brown was NESCAC Player of the Week twice last season.

Tufts will play Williams College in the conference semifinals on Saturday at Trinity.

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