THE BASICS:
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Score: MIT - 5, Mount Holyoke - 0
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Records: No. 18 MIT (7-1-1, 2-0-0 NEWMAC), Mount Holyoke (1-6-0, 0-2-0 NEWMAC)
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- Location: South Hadley, Mass. (MHC Soccer Field)
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- The Lead: The No. 18 MIT women's soccer team got goals from five different players as the Engineers took care of Mount Holyoke College, 5-0 on the road on Saturday afternoon.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
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- Sophomore
Ashley English (Sheboygan, Wis.) got the Engineers on the board at the 14:03 mark to make it a 1-0 game as her corner kick curled into the back of the net.
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- Sophomore
Nikki Elliott (Arlington, Heights, Ill.) set up senior
Brigette Wang (Clarksville, Md.) for her first goal of the year at 38:50 to put MIT up by two.
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- In the 53rd minute, junior
Lexi Spinetta (Austin, Texas) took a pass from graduate student
Karenna Groff (Weston, Mass.) and found the back of the net to increase the Engineers' lead to three.
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- MIT closed the game with goals in the final six minutes. First-year
Sean Luk (Bel Air, Md.) scored at 84:21, and a few minutes later, senior
Ceci Muñoz (Maplewood, N.J.) took a pass from first-year
Alice Vranka (Bronxville, N.Y.) to make it 5-0 at 86:24.
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
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- The MIT defense did not allow Mount Holyoke to register a shot while the offensive attack put up 32 shots with 15 on goal.
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- Corner kicks were 13-0 in favor of MIT.
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- Senior
Ava Gillikin (Flemington, N.J.) earned the victory in goal as she played the game's first 75:29 minutes. Junior
Morgan Everett (Danville, Pa.) played the final 14:31.
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- Luk is now tied for second on the team with four goals and ranks third with nine points.
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UP NEXT:
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- It will be a matchup of top-20 teams on Tuesday, September 27th as the Engineers will welcome No. 7 Tufts to Roberts Field for a 4 p.m. contest.
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