THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 1 MIT 6, No. 6 Springfield 0
 
- Records: MIT (19-1-1); Springfield (7-9-3)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Roberts Field at Steinbrenner Stadium)
 
- The Lead: For the fourth straight season, the No. 8 ranked MIT women's soccer team claimed the NEWMAC Women's Soccer Tournament Championship with a 6-0 victory over No. 6 seeded Springfield College on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Engineers earn the league's automatic berth in the upcoming NCAA Division III Tournament as MIT advances to the NCAA's for the 10th time in program history. In addition, MIT's Karenna Groff (Weston, Mass.) was named as the NEWMAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Just 1:36 into the game, MIT sophomore Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.) played the ball towards the goal and after a failed clearing attempt by the Pride, the ball bounced to Groff as she knocked it in to put the Engineers up 1-0.
 
- First-year Ashley English (Sheboygan, Wis.) added to the lead at the 13:51 mark as she ripped a shot from distance for the 2-0 edge. The final goal of the half came off the foot of junior Ceci Munoz (Maplewood, N.J.) as sophomore Isabella Struckman (Scottsdale, Ariz.) played the ball up the far sideline. Munoz caught up with the ball and beat Springfield keeper Amelia Harper for her fifth goal of the season.
 
- First-year Natalie Barnouw (Los Angeles, Calif.) scored from close range to extend the MIT advantage to 4-0, followed by a sliding shot by Rowlett that scooted past first-year goalie Taryn Ryan for the 5-0 score with 32:44 remaining.
 
- English tallied her second goal of the game at 69:06 as she collected a loose ball and turned and fired a shot into the upper corner to wrap up the 6-0 final.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Junior Lauren Castle (Ridgefield, Conn.) and junior Ava Gillikin (Flemington, N.J.) split time in goal for MIT and combined for three saves, while Springfield goalies Amelia Harper and Ryan combined for six stops.
 
- Five different players scored for MIT as the team was led by a two-goal, one-assist performance from English.
 
- The Engineers are now 19-11-9 all-time in NEWMAC Tournament games and have won their last seven tournament games.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will now await the 2021 NCAA Division III Tournament field announcement, which will take place at 1 p.m. on Monday, November 8th at www.ncaa.com.
 
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