THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT - 6, Wheaton - 0
 
- Records: No. 14 MIT (8-1-1, 4-0-0 NEWMAC), Wheaton (3-7-1, 1-4 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Roberts Field)
 
- The Lead: The No. 14 MIT women's soccer team used four first-half goals, including two from senior Julia Chen (San Diego, Calif.), to cruise by NEWMAC foe Wheaton College, 6-0 on Wednesday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- Wheaton came out strong offensively as the Lyons controlled the opening moments of the first half. Kate Wickenheisser put a shot on goal that senior Morgan Everett (Danville, Pa.) turned away.
 
- The Engineers then took over offensively as sophomore Sean Luk (Bel Air, Md.) sent in a corner kick that found Chen for the header in at 7:41 to give MIT the 1-0 lead.
 
- Just over three minutes later, senior Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.) took advantage of a
 misplay on the ball by Wheaton and rifled a shot into the corner of the goal to put MIT up 2-0.
 
- MIT increased its lead to 3-0 when junior Natalie Barnouw (Los Angeles, Calif.) gathered the ball off a throw-in and got a shot past Patricia Bandrup at 20:43.
 
- Chen scored her second goal off a corner by Barnouw at 28:14 to give the Engineers a four-goal lead.
 
- Luk sent a pass to senior Lexi Spinetta (Austin, Texas) who found the ball in front of the goal and put a shot into the back of the cage at 59:34 to increase the MIT lead to five.
 
- Rowlett set up first year Macy Lehrer (Danville, Calif.) for her second goal of the year at 82:18 as Rowlett sent the ball right to the foot of Lehrer who tapped the ball into the net.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- MIT held a 22-6 advantage in shots and an 18-4 advantage in shots on goal. The Engineers also held a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks.
 
- Everett and sophomore Ava Muffoletto (Kings Park, N.Y.) each played a half in goal with two saves each. Everett got the start to improve to 6-1-1.
 
- Bandrup turned away 12 shots for Wheaton.

- Rowlett leads MIT in assists (5) and points (13) and Barnouw now leads the team in goals (5) and is second in points (12).
 
- The goals were the first two for Chen this season while Luk is now second on the team with four assists.
 
UP NEXT:

- MIT remains at home as the Engineers will host Springfield in a key NEWMAC contest on Saturday, October 7th at 4 p.m.
 
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