COLLEGE
WOMEN'S LACROSSE FINAL SCORE
Tufts 13, Wellesley 5
At Wellesley, MA
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Game
Box Score
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Sophomore Casey Egan finished with a
career-high four goals
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WELLESLEY -- The visiting Tufts University women's lacrosse
team, ranked 13th in the nation, handed Wellesley College a 13-5
loss on Tuesday afternoon in Wellesley. The Jumbos pick up their
first win of 2010, moving to 1-1, while the Blue fall to 1-2 this
season.
Wellesley jumped out to an early lead as Molly Morrow (Bow, NH)
needed just 26 seconds to convert a Jenny Holland (Bethesda, MD)
pass into a 1-0 Wellesley advantage. The upset was not in the cards
today however, as Tufts answered back a minute later when senior
co-captain Jenna Abelli (Framingham, MA) tied the
game at 1-1. The Jumbos took over from that point on, scoring the
next seven goals of the half to take an 8-1 lead into the
break.
Sophomore Casey Egan (Massapequa, NY) led Tufts
with three first half scores, while senior Emily Johnson
(Yarmouth, ME) added a pair. Also scoring for the Jumbos
were sophomores Steph Perez (East Providence, RI)
and Lara Kozin (Suffern, NY), as Tufts out-shot
Wellesley 20-6 in the period.
Wellesley opened the second half just like the first, scoring
the initial goal. Allison Robbins (North Bennington, VT) picked up
the score for the Blue, off of a Morrow assist, cutting the Tufts
lead to 8-2. The Jumbos answered with a pair of scores to make it
10-2, but Wellesley responded with two of its own, setting the
score to 10-4 with 16:55 to play.
After six scoreless minutes, Tufts put the nail in the coffin,
as Perez, Abelli and Johnson scored back-to-back-to-back and put
the game out of reach. Wellesley's Morrow would add a free-position
score with 6:00 to play, but the Blue couldn't creep back,
suffering the 13-5 defeat.
Overall, Tufts held a 27-15 advantage in shots to go along with
a 28-15 edge in ground balls. Draw controls were nearly even with
Tufts picking up 10 to Wellesley's 9. Tufts also forced 23 Blue
turnovers.
For the Jumbos, Egan finished the afternoon with four goals,
while Abelli scored three with an assist for four total points.
Johnson, Perez and Kozin all recorded three points each. Abelli
also led the team defensively with five ground balls, three draw
controls and four caused turnovers. Junior Sara Bloom
(Summit, NJ) made six saves in goal for the victory.
Wellesley was paced by Morrow's two goals and two assists while
Holland added two scores and one helper. Morrow also recorded four
draw controls while Nicole Labbee (Florence, MA) and goalie Mary
Mattia (Atlanta, GA) each picked up three ground balls. Mattia made
11 saves in the game.
Tufts is back in action on Saturday at noon, hosting Colby in a
NESCAC match-up. Wellesley starts a three-game road trip on
Thursday at Bridgewater State at 4:00 pm.
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