THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT 10, Husson University 1
 
- Records: MIT (3-1); Husson (0-1)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Jack Barry Field)
 
- The Lead: Led by a three-goal, two-assist performer from junior Paige Forester (Glencoe, Ill.), the No. 16 ranked MIT field hockey team defeated Husson University by a 10-1 final on Saturday afternoon in non-conference play.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- It was the Eagles that got on the board first as they converted their first shot of the game into a goal by Adelle Foss as her backhanded shot gave Husson the 1-0 edge.
 
- Forester tied the game at the 8:02 mark and gave the Engineers the lead early in the second with a goal off a penalty corner as the game headed into halftime at 2-1 in favor of MIT.
 
- First-year Lydia Patterson (Houston, Texas) began the third-quarter scoring for the Engineers as she had a pair of goals sandwiched between the fifth goal of the year from junior Liberty Ladd (Falmouth, Maine) to make it 5-1 after three.
 
- In the fourth, two goals from first-year Eva Oppenheim (Larkspur, Calif.) within a span of less than two minutes put the game out of reach. Forester then completed the hat trick with a goal off a rebound, followed by the team-leading sixth goal of the year for the Ladd and the first goal of the season for junior Erica Radler (Wayne, N.J.) with 1:36 left on the clock.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Oppenheim, Ladd and Patterson each posted two goals, while senior Laura Chen (Califon, N.J.) finished with a pair of assists.
 
- MIT outshot the Eagles by a 40-2 margin and held a 15-5 advantage in penalty corners.
 
- Senior Juliana Strother (Mequon, Wis.) earned the win in net for MIT, while senior Kiely Smiga-McManus (Etna, N.H.) made on save as she played the fourth quarter. Kimmie Goddard faced 28 shots on goals and made 18 saves in the season opener for the Eagles.
 
- Today's game was the first regular-season meeting between the two schools. MIT now leads the all-time series by a 2-0 margin as the Engineers also defeated the Eagles in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT hits the road on Tuesday, September 14th as the Engineers travel to No. 4 Tufts University for a 7 p.m. start in Medford, Mass.
 
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