THE BASICS:
- Score: No. 8 MIT – 4, Maine Maritime - 0

- Records: MIT (20-1-1), Maine Maritime (11-7)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Roberts Field)

- The Lead: The no. 8 MIT women's soccer team tied the program record with 20 victories in a season as the Engineers took down Maine Maritime 4-0 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday morning. With the win, MIT advances to the second round for the third straight season.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- MIT put the pressure on from the beginning hoping to breakthrough, but the Engineers couldn't get past the Mariners defense until the 37:24 mark when first-year Natalie Barnouw (Los Angeles, Calif.) took control of a loose ball in front of the cage and fired it past Bess MacArthur for the score.

- Senior Karenna Groff (Weston, Mass.) made it a two-score game at 50:39 when she took a pass from sophomore Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.) coming down the field and hooked the ball into the corner of the net for her 11^th goal of the season.

- Just a few minutes later at 56:56 Rowlett took a crossing pass from first-year Ashley English (Sheboygan, Wisc.) and poked it into the corner of the net to extend the MIT lead to 3-0.

- Junior Stephanie Howe (Geneva, Ill.) sent in a beautiful corner kick to first-year Emiko Pope (St. Louis, Mo.) at 73:41 that Pope put into the net for her first-career goal as an Engineer to put the home team up 4-0.

- As it has all season, the MIT defense held strong and did not allow the visitors to get much pressure in the MIT end as the Engineers secured the 4-0 win to advance to the second round of the tournament.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Rowlett extends her team lead with 14 goals and 33 points while Groff's goal gives her 30 points on the year.
 
- Barnouw now has seven goals and 24 points on the season.
 
- Juniors Lauren Castle (Ridgefield, Conn.), Ava Gillikin (Flemington, N.J.) and sophomore Morgan Everett (Danville, Pa.) all saw time in goal for the Engineers.
 
- The Engineers outshot Maine Maritime 19-0 in the match.

UP NEXT:

- MIT will play Brandeis tomorrow, Sunday November 14 at 1 p.m. for a trip to the Sweet 16 on Roberts Field.

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