COLLEGE FIELD
HOCKEY FINAL SCORE
NESCAC Tournament Semi-final
Tufts 3, Williams 0
At Hartford, CT
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Game
Box Score
HARTFORD, Conn. -- With an easy 3-0 victory over Williams
College in the semi-final round of the 2009 NESCAC Field Hockey
Championships, second-seed Tufts advanced to the championship game
for the second straight year.
The Jumbos (15-1) will play host Trinity College in the
conference final on Sunday at noon. Tufts is vying for its first
NESCAC title. Coach Tina McDavitt's team lost to Bowdoin, 1-0, in
the NESCAC title game last year. The Trinity Bantams are the only
team to beat Tufts this year, 2-1 in overtime on October 17.
Tufts is ranked #4 in the nation and Trinity is #5. The winner
of tomorrow's NESCAC Championship game will earn the league's
automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, while the loser will likely
receive an at-large berth.
Against the Ephs, Tufts junior forward Tamara Brown
(Annandale, VA) assisted on the game's first goal in the
11th minute of play, and then scored the second moments later as
the Jumbos jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead at Trinity College's
Sheppard Field. Tufts received first-half goals from junior
forwards Melissa Burke (Walpole, MA) and Brown
less than two minutes apart and a third from senior forward
Michelle Kelly (Downingtown, PA) with 10:32
remaining before the break as the Jumbos dominated play from the
opening whistle. Jumbo junior Jess Perkins (Barrington,
RI) and sophomore Lindsay Griffith (Wilmington,
DE) also recorded assists.
The Jumbos totaled 18 shots in the first half against just two
for Williams and outshot them, 23-3, for the game. Tufts sophomore
Marianna Zak (Concord, MA) needed to make just one
save in each half to earn the shutout victory. The blanking was the
fifth straight for the Jumbos, who have not allowed a goal since
that loss to Trinity. The win is the fifth in a row overall for
Tufts and its fifth straight over the Ephs.
Junior Katrina Tulla (New Canaan, CT) had 10 saves in the
Williams cage. The Ephs, the fifth seed in the tournament, ends its
season at 6-10.
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