THE BASICS:
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- Score: No. 22 MIT 5, Wellesley College 0
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- Records: No. 22 MIT (8-3, 4-0 NEWMAC); Wellesley College (7-4, 3-1 NEWMAC)
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- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Jack Barry Field)
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- The Lead: Led by a pair of goals from graduate student
Paige Forester (Glencoe, Ill.), the No. 22 ranked MIT field hockey team powered to a 5-0 home win over Wellesley College on Tuesday night. The win marked the fifth shutout of the season for the Engineers and their second straight in NEWMAC play.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
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- Junior
Eva Oppenheim (Tiburon, Calif.) put the Engineers on the board with 10:05 left in the first quarter when she picked off a crossing pass and maneuvered around the goalie for her seventh goal of the year and the 1-0 edge. Sophomore
Bailey McIntyre (Concord, Mass.) added to the lead on a shot through traffic from just inside the circle for the 2-0 advantage heading into the half.
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- Just 3:46 into the third, first-year
Ingrid Tomovski (Bosch en Duin, Netherlands) took a pass from junior
Alice Zehner (Gladwyne, Pa.) off the penalty corner and blasted home the shot for her 10th goal of the year and a 3-0 margin.
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- In the fourth, the Engineers had seven penalty corners and put constant pressure on the Blue with 12 shots overall. Forester scored her two goals within a span of 8:18 in the period, scoring the first on a pass from the goal line and the final goal amidst a scramble in front of the net.
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
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- First-year
Maeve Zimmer (Rockville, Md.) made four saves in the opening 30 minutes to pick up the victory for MIT, while junior
Anna Duncan (St. Louis, Mo.) did not face a shot over the final two quarters.
Kyra Deehr-Lewis turned aside 12 shots for the Blue and
Cassidy Novello put three good scoring chances on goal for Wellesley early in the game.
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UP NEXT:
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- MIT is back in action on Saturday, October 7th as the Engineers travel to WPI for a NEWMAC matchup beginning at 11 a.m.
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