Box Score COLLEGE FIELD
HOCKEY FINAL SCORE
Tufts 5, Endicott 0
At Medford, MA
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Game
Box Score
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Senior co-captain Amanda Russo scored the first
two Tufts goals
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MEDFORD -- Junior Tamara Brown (Annandale, VA)
figured in every Tufts University goal on Thursday as the Jumbo
field hockey team remained undefeated with a 5-0 non-conference
victory against Endicott College at Bello Field.
Brown scored two goals with three assists for a career-high
seven points to lead the Jumbos, who improved to 6-0 overall. Coach
Tina McDavitt's squad has now won 26 consecutive regular-season
games. Senior co-captain Amanda Russo (Garden City,
NY) added two goals for the hosts. Endicott (4-6) lost its
fourth game in a row.
The visiting Gulls did a good job limiting Tufts' scoring
chances for most of the first half. However, Brown assisted two
goals by Russo 4:10 apart at 28:31 and 32:41 to put the Jumbos at a
2-0 advantage. On both occasions, Brown drew attention with the
ball in the goal mouth and tapped passes to a wide-open Russo for
the goals.
Tufts junior Katie Hyder (Winston-Salem, NC)
got her first start of the season in goal and kicked out the first
shot she saw by Endicott's Joanne Reid (Clarksville, MD) during a
penalty corner opportunity. The Jumbos had a 14-1 advantage in
shots for the first 35 minutes and 6-1 in corners.
Tufts turned it on early in the second half, scoring three times
in a six-minute stretch. Brown scored her first of the game after
taking a pass in close from sophomore Lindsay Griffith
(Wilmington, DE) at 43:20. Senior Michelle Kelly
(Downingtown, PA) converted a pass from Brown at 45:55,
and then Brown finished the scoring with a nice tap in of a pass by
first-year Lia Sagerman (LaJolla, CA) at
49:28.
Endicott had a good scoring chance late in the second half on a
penalty corner. Sophomore Alexandra Parese (Wilton, CT) was
positioned right in front of Hyder, who saved Parese's redirect to
preserve the shutout.
Tufts finished with a 23-7 margin in shots, including 13-2 on
goal. The penalty corners count was tilted 14-3 in favor of the
Jumbos. Hyder had the two saves, while Gulls first-year Taylor
Teixeira (Exeter, NH) stopped seven Jumbo shots.
Brown is closing in on two Tufts career scoring records. With
seven goals and 18 points this season, she has 40 goals and 90
points overall. The program records are 44 goals and 97 points by
Aryn Landau from 1987-90.
Tufts returns to NESCAC play on Saturday at Bates with a noon
start. The Gulls host The Commonwealth Coast Conference rival Anna
Maria on Saturday at 1:00.
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