Teams: Field Hockey: Schedule & Results

COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY FINAL SCORE
Tufts 8, Connecticut College 1

At Medford, MA
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Game Box Score

Tamara Brown is now Tufts' all-time leader in goals and points

MEDFORD -- Junior Tamara Brown (Annandale, VA) scored her second hat trick in as many games to become the Tufts University field hockey program's all-time leader in goals during an 8-1 Jumbo victory in a NESCAC game against Connecticut College on Wednesday at Bello Field.

After breaking the team's career points record on Saturday vs. Colby, Brown entered today's game one goal shy of Aryn Landau's career record for goals (44). She tied the record with the third Tufts goal of the game at 25:33 and broke it at 28:24 to give the Jumbos a 4-0 lead. Her third goal in the second half was the 46th of her career. Brown also had an assist in the game and with the seven points she now has 105 for her career.

The Tufts offense is rolling, with 24 goals scored in its last three games. Senior Michelle Kelly (Downingtown, PA) added two goals and an assist today, while sophomore Lindsay Griffith (Wilmington, DE) finished with a goal and an assist. The third-ranked Jumbos improved to 10-0 overall, 6-0 in the league and have won 30 straight regular-season games. The Camels lost their fourth straight to fall to 3-6 and 2-4 in NESCAC.

Kelly scored the game's first goal 5:46 in off a pass from junior Jess Perkins (Barrington, RI). With continued pressure, Tufts was then awarded two penalty strokes when nearly identical shots by Kelly were blocked by the bodies of Camel defenders in the goal mouth. Connecticut College keeper Steph Quinn (Arlington, MA) made a nice save on the first one, but Tufts senior co-captain Margi Scholtes (Grosse Pointe, MI) scored on the second to put Tufts up 2-0 at the 9:03 mark.

For her record tying-goal, Brown won a battle for the ball with a Camel defender in front of the goal and slammed home a shot for her 11th of the season. Less than three minutes later, she converted a pass from Kelly and Tufts led 4-0 at intermission. CC's only shot on goal in the first half came off the stick of senior tri-captain Kelsey Fredericks (Nantucket, MA), and it was saved by Jumbo sophomore Marianna Zak (Concord, MA).

Kelly's second goal barely two minutes into the second half put the Jumbo advantage at 5-0. Griffith scored with 30:31 on the clock, and then senior co-captain Amanda Russo (Garden City, NY) deflected a shot by Griffith for a goal with 27:17 to play. After a defensive save by Camels sophomore Liz Rosenfeld (Leola, PA), Brown whacked in the rebound for her third of the day and the last Tufts tally with 23:43 left.

The Camels got on the scoreboard with just under 15 minutes remaining as sophomore Hannah Wagner (Sudbury, MA) scored off a crossing pass from classmate Sierra Olney (Providence, RI).

The Jumbos finished with a 28-6 advantage in shots and 15-2 in penalty corners. Quinn stopped 11 shots in the Connecticut College cage. Junior Katie Hyder (Winston-Salem, NC) played the second half for Tufts and made one save.

Tufts hosts Trinity College on Saturday in a battle for first place in the conference at noon. The Camels are at Middlebury that day with an 11:00 am start.

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