Box Score
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First year Sophie
Wojtasinski's first career goal was a NESCAC
game-winner
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SOMERVILLE - First-year Sophie
Wojtasinski (Duxbury, MA) took a ball off the post and buried
it in the back of the net in the first half, and from there the
Tufts University Jumbos used defense to defeat the Bates College
Bobcats, 1-0, in NESCAC women's soccer action on Saturday afternoon
at Kraft Field. The game was played in front of a large Homecoming
crowd in support of the Jumbos.
The Bobcats' best opportunity all day to score came just one
minute into the contest when junior Tina Tobin (Lowell, MA) tried
to curl one into the top right corner of the net, but Tufts'
sophomore keeper Phoebe
Hanley (Mamaroneck, NY) was there to meet it.
In the 27th minute, the Jumbos were pressuring inside of the box
when junior Olivia
Rowse's (Falmouth, ME) shot from the right side caromed off the
left post and directly to the waiting foot of Wojtasinski. With the
keeper out of position, she tallied her first collegiate goal.
Tufts out-shot Bates in the first half 8-1, with three on net.
Junior keeper Annie Burns (Topsfield, MA) compiled two saves in the
first 45 minutes for the Bobcats.
As they did on Wednesday in a win over Babson, the Jumbos
stepped up the defense in the second half in order to protect a 1-0
advantage. Bates could only manage one shot on goal in the half
which was stopped by Jumbo first-year keeper Kristin
Wright (Austin, TX).
While the defense played well in the second half, the Tufts
offense continued to put pressure on the Bates defenders. The
Jumbos forced Burns to make three more saves as they doubled up
their shot total to 16.
Hanley and Wright combined for the shutout, with each keeper
making a save. For Bates, Burns finished with six saves while
allowing the goal in the first half.
The victory was the second straight 1-0 decision for the Jumbos,
after a four-game winless streak was snapped on Wednesday. Tufts is
now above .500 at 2-1-1 in the NESCAC and 3-2-2 overall.
Bates has lost three contests in a row and are 1-3-1 in conference
and 2-4-1 overall.
Tufts returns to non-league action on Wednesday with a match at
Brandeis set to begin at 7 pm, while Bates will travel to Southern
Maine for a 4 pm contest on Tuesday.
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