THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT 7, Roger Williams University 4
 
- Records: MIT (9-4); Roger Williams (6-6)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Jack Barry Field)
 
- The Lead: Three goals during the final 6:39 of regulation propelled the MIT field hockey team to a 7-4 win over Roger Williams University on Wednesday night. Junior Liberty Ladd (Falmouth, Maine) and first-year Eva Oppenheim (Larkspur, Calif.) both produced seven points for the Engineers as Ladd registered three goals and an assist while Oppenheim generated two goals and three assists. Morgan Foley paced the Hawks with two goals.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- 12^th Minute (11:09): MIT 1, RWU 0: Following a penalty corner, junior Paige Forester (Glencoe, Ill.) redirected a pass from first-year Faith Choe (San Diego, Calif.) at the near post. The goal marked Forester's 100^th career point.
 
- 12^th Minute (11:52): MIT 2, RWU 0: Oppenheim found Ladd in front of the goal, who then sent the ball to the far post.
 
- 13^th Minute (12:38): MIT 2, RWU 1: On a turnover deep in MIT's defensive end, Amelia Monahan set up Foley who made a quick move around senior goalie Kiely Smiga-McManus (Etna, N.H.) and found the back of the cage.
 
- 18^th Minute (17:04): MIT 2, RWU 2: Ella Waryas corralled the rebound of a saved shot and sent the ball from the far side through the arc. Hannah Palmer then tipped it in at the near post.
 
- 29^th Minute (28:30): RWU 3, MIT 2: Monahan put the Hawks in front just before halftime. With her back to the net, she spun away from the near post but tucked her shot back to the near post.
 
- 40^th Minute (39:33): RWU 3, MIT 3: Oppenheim knocked in a feed from senior Lucy Kitch-Peck (Bethlehem, Pa.) at the near post following a penalty corner.
 
- 44^th Minute (44:00): RWU 4, MIT 3: Foley tapped in a loose ball in front of the goal.
 
- 45^th Minute (44:28): RWU 4, MIT 4: In a 1-on-1 situation with goalie Callie Flanagan, Ladd shot the ball to the far post.
 
- 54^th Minute (53:21): MIT 5, RWU 4: Oppenheim sent a cross from the near post to Ladd on the far side of the arc, who quickly put the ball past Flanagan.
 
- 58^th Minute (57:29): MIT 6, RWU 4: On a penalty corner, Oppenheim passed the ball to Forester in front of the goal, who then spun around and slipped the ball into the net.
 
- 59^th Minute (58:07): MIT 7, RWU 4: Oppenheim deflected a pass from Ladd in midair to the near post.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- MIT had the upper hand in shots (23-8), shots on goal (9-7), and penalty corners (20-6). However, in the first half, the Engineers had an 8-6 edge in shots and an 8-4 margin in penalty corners while the Hawks had a 6-3 advantage in shots on goal.
 
- Smiga-McManus made three saves in the first half as senior Juliana Strother (Mequon, Wis.) allowed one goal but did not make any saves during the second half.
 
- Flanagan finished with two saves for RWU.
 
- Forester became the eighth player in program history to record 100 career points.
 
- This is the first meeting between both programs.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- Both teams will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 16 with home games against conference opponents. MIT will take on NEWMAC foe Wellesley College at 12:00 p.m. while Roger Williams will square off with Gordon College at 3:00 p.m. in a Commonwealth Coast Conference tilt.
 
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