Majumder's Pair Leads Men's Soccer to 3-0 NESCAC Win at Williams

Portion of recap courtesy of Williams College

WILLIAMSTOWN - Junior Nathan Majumder scored a pair of goals today leading the Tufts Men's Soccer team to a 3-0 victory at Williams College in NESCAC action.

Connor Schaible and the Tufts defense earned their 5th straight shutout

The win helped head coach Josh Shapiro's Jumbos guarantee a home match in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Championship which starts next Saturday. Tufts finishes up their regular season on Wednesday against Bowdoin at 2:30 on Kraft Field.

With today's win, Tufts improved to 9-3-2 overall and 5-2-2 for third place in NESCAC. They ended Williams' six-game unbeaten streak (4-0-2) as the hosts fell to 7-5-2 (4-4-1 NESCAC). The loss was the Ephs' first of October.

Majumder, now second in the conference with nine goals, scored the only tally of the first half in the 21st minute, beating Williams goalie Christian Alcorn on a penalty kick.

Both teams showed attacking promise throughout the first half, but neither team could convert their chances. Williams' best opportunity came in the 38th minute, when Mark Sisco-Tolomeo shot a low ball towards the net, but it was saved by Tufts goalie Scott Greenwood. Going into the locker room, Tufts was up 1-0, and they were not done adding to that lead.

Not a minute into the second half, Majumder struck again for the Jumbos. He slotted a ball past Alcorn from an awkward angle on the right side of the pitch for a 2-0 Tufts lead.

Williams kept pressing the attack, recording two shots in two minutes from freshman Scott MacDonald and junior Brandon Dory, but Greenwood saved both again, preserving the two-goal lead.

In the 66th minute, Tufts scored for the final time, as Jason Kayne gathered a pass from Kevin Lawson and booted it into the goal.

Williams tried for the rest of the match to put together a strong attacking series, but wasn't able to penetrate Tufts' defense, which played an impeccable match for all 90 minutes. The shutout was Tufts' fifth straight and ninth of the season.

For Williams, Alcorn stopped one of Tufts' four shots on goal. For Tufts, Greenwood played a terrific match, saving all six of Williams' shots.

Williams is at Middlebury on Wednesday for their regular-season finale at 3 pm.

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