THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 16 MIT - 6, Sarah Lawrence - 0
 
- Records: MIT (15-5-2), Sarah Lawrence (14-4-3)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Roberts Field)
 
- The Lead: The 16th-ranked MIT women's soccer team exploded for four second-half goals en route to a 6-0 victory over Sarah Lawrence in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- MIT got on the board quickly as graduate student Karenna Groff (Weston, Mass.) sent a pass into the front of the cage, where junior Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.) tipped it in for the goal at 6:07.
 
- Groff had an excellent chance for a goal as she went one-on-one with Gryphons' keeper Bridgett Lee. Lee came out of the cage to contest the Groff shot, but a Sarah Lawrence defender came over and cleared the ball away from the vacant goal.
 
- Rowlett made it 2-0 Engineers at 19:08 as she dribbled down the far side and fired a shot that went off the hands of Lee and into the back of the goal at 19:08.
 
- Lee made a point-blank save on a shot from sophomore Ashley English (Sheboygan, Wis. ) in the 60th minute to keep it a 2-0 match.
 
- The NEWMAC Co-Defensive Athlete of the year, junior Julia Chen (La Jolla, Calif.) scored her first goal of the year in the 74th minute off a corner kick from graduate student Gillian Schiffer (Arlington, Va.).
 
- Junior Lexi Spinetta (Austin, Texas) made it a 4-0 MIT lead off a pass from senior Ceci Muñoz (Maplewood, NJ) in the 77th minute.  
 
- MIT got goal number five at 80:20 when Schiffer came down the middle of the field and put the pass from first-year Sean Luk (Bel Air, Md.) into the goal.
 
- Luk wrapped up the scoring for the Engineers at 87:26 as she went down the near side of the field and put a shot that went off of Lee's fingers and into the goal.  
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- With her two goals, Rowlett now has a team-leading 12 and also leads the team with 28 points.
 
- Luk is now fourth on the team with five goals and 11 points.

- With her assist, Groff moved into sole possession of second for career points with 128. 
 
- Seniors Lauren Castle (Ridgefield, Conn.) and Ava Gillikin (Flemington, N.J.) split time in goal for MIT as Castle got the start and improved to 10-2-1. Neither keeper was forced to make a save in the game as the MIT defense allowed just two total shots.
 
- Lee made nine saves in the match and ends the year with a 9-3-2 record.
 
- MIT took 28 shots in the match with 15 on goal. The Engineers had 13 corners and did not allow one for Sarah Lawrence.
 
- This marked the fifth-straight season MIT has won its opening-round game in the NCAA Tournament.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will take on Williams tomorrow, Sunday, November 13 at 1:00 p.m. with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line.
 
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