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Teams: Field Hockey: Schedule & Results
JUMBOS COME FROM BEHIND FOR 3-1 NESCAC WIN AT WES
COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY FINAL SCORE
Tufts 3, Wesleyan 1
At Middletown, CT
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Game Box Score
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Michelle Kelly notched her first goal of the
year
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- The third-ranked Tufts University field
hockey team trailed for the first time all season, but bounced back
to take a 3-1 victory at Wesleyan University in a NESCAC game on
Saturday afternoon.
The win lifts Tufts to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the league, while the
Cardinals fall to 1-3 overall and 0-3 in NESCAC. It is the 25th
consecutive regular-season victory by the Jumbos.
Wesleyan's Ashley McLaren scored unassisted off a penalty corner
opportunity just 7:37 into the game to give the hosts a 1-0 lead.
The advantage was short-lived. Tufts senior Michelle Kelly
(Downingtown, PA) scored amidst a crowd in front of the Wesleyan net
at 13:06, her first of the season. Junior Melissa Burke (Walpole, MA)
had the assist. Four minutes later, junior Tamara Brown
(Annandale, VA) continued with her offensive production by scoring
off another Burke assist for a 2-1 Jumbo margin. Brown took Burke's pass
from the right side and put a shot into the upper left corner for her
fifth goal.
The 2-1 lead stayed that way for more than 20 minutes into the second
half until Tufts got an insurance goal from senior co-captain Amanda
Russo (Garden City, NY). She went end-to-end for her second tally of
the year at 57:51.
Tufts dominated the stat sheet, outshooting Wesleyan 25-6. The
visitors held an 18-3 edge in shots in the first half. Wesleyan freshman
keeper Tori Redding stopped 17 shots, including 13 in the first period.
Jumbo sophomore Marianna Zak (Concord,
MA) made four saves to get the win. Tufts took nine penalty corners
to Wesleyan's one in the first half, but Wesleyan held a 6-2 edge in
that category in the second.
The Jumbos next host Endicott College on Thursday afternoon at 4:00.
Wesleyan plays at Wheaton on Tuesday.
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