HENNIKER, NH – Tufts surpassed New England College 9-0 on Sunday afternoon at Don Melander Field.
Camille Lu had a stellar performance leading the Jumbos with 4 goals and an assist on top of that. Her assist started the game just two minutes in when she drove down the left side of the field and crossed a ball into
Elsi Aires who was able to put it away into the bottom left corner with a one-time finish. This put the Jumbos ahead 1-0.
Lu hopped onto the score sheet with a goal of her own just three minutes later.
Casey Lam put her skills on display with some great footwork through the defense that cleared her for a ball that slipped across the box to Lu for the tap in making it 2-0 Tufts.
In the fifth minute
Caroline Kelly joined the scoring as she took advantage of a loose ball right outside the box with a long shot that hit the cross bar and went in. There was a bit of confusion at first but after the referee's talked it over they concluded that Kelly's shot went in before coming out and made the score 3-0.
The 17
th minute led to a corner for Tufts which was taken by
Lily Keiderling who whipped the ball high back post. The ball went over the goalie's reaching hands and found
Camille Lu who was able to head it into the empty net pushing the Jumbos ahead 4-0.
A minute later
Caroline Kelly of Tufts was able to retain possession and clipped a curling ball from 35 yards out into the box finding
Juliana Rosen at the back post. Rosen smashed it home with a one-time finish and her team remained on top 5-0. That wasn't all for Rosen this afternoon. In the 20
th minute of play Rosen buried another when she received a deflection off a free kick from Elsi Aries. The Jumbos lead increased to 6-0.
Right before the half
Thalia Greenberg added to the scoring as she stripped the ball off of the defender and let a shot go from 25 yards out. The shot slipped through the keeper's hands and went into the back of the net. The Jumbos went into the half up 7-0.
Camille Lu was back in the second half for more when a ball was crossed into the box low driven. The ball was attempted to be cleared away by a Pilgrim defender but was only able to hit it as far as Lu who took advantage and buried it past the keeper. The game stood at 8-0.
Lu followed that up in the 87
th minute when she received a nice splitting through ball from
Caroline Kelly. She took the ball into the box and tucked it away making that four goals on the day for herself, and the ninth for the Jumbos.
Tufts attempted 34 shots in the match where New England College only attempted four. Tufts also won the corner battle with nine while the Pilgrims had zero.
Kaelin Logue of Tufts made 2 saves where opposite her Stephanie Bronowicki had 9 saves and Hollie Bomba made 4.
Tufts now stands at 7-2-1, 4-2-1 while New England College is 0-8-4, 0-1-1. The Jumbos next play Bridgewater State Wednesday October 12
th at 5 p.m. at Bello Field
