Box Score 
BABSON PARK – Babson College senior Lauren Curley scored in overtime while classmate Cassidy Riley made seven saves in goal as the 13th-ranked Beavers defeated #3 Tufts 1-0 in non-conference field hockey action on Tuesday night.
Tufts out-shot Babson 20-8 and had 14 corners compared to the Beavers' six. However, Riley and the Babson (7-1) defense were able to shut out Tufts (4-1) for the first time this season and Curley scored on one of four consecutive Beaver corners in the OT period.
As the overtime clock wound down under three minutes, Babson would earn the corner chances. On the third, a shot by Millie Brady was saved by Tufts keeper Sam Gibby (pictured). On the fourth, Curley inserted to Amber Rose who slid the ball left to Brady. She sent it down to the left post where Curley had an open cage to sweep in the game-winner with 1:40 on the clock.
Tufts had held the hosts without a shot over the first three quarters. Riley was superb behind a Babson defense that held the Jumbos scoreless on 14 penalty corner attempts. She made a kick save on Tufts senior Gillian Roeca late in the first quarter and stopped four shots in the second, which included a blast off the stick of junior Reegan McCluskey just before halftime after the Beavers were reduced to two defenders on Tufts' 10th corner of the half.
Gibby came sliding out to the edge of the circle to stuff Brady with less than seven minutes to go in the fourth quarter, and Babson first-year Jessica Evans missed just wide with the Jumbos scrambling to clear the ball with 1:26 to go in regulation.
Gibby stopped two shots in the second half and overtime for the Jumbos.
Both teams return to action on Saturday at 12 noon as Babson hosts MIT, while Tufts takes on Bates.
Portions of release courtesy of Babson College
