THE BASICS:

- Score: MIT - 6, Springfield - 1

- Records: No. 14 MIT (18-3-1), Springfield (8-5-6)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Roberts Field)

- The Lead: The No. 14 MIT women's soccer team will be making its 10th NEWMAC Tournament Championship appearance in search of its seventh title as the Engineers defeated Springfield 6-1 in semifinal action on Thursday night.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- MIT took a 1-0 lead on an own goal off a corner from junior Natalie Barnouw (Los Angeles, Calif.) at 8:11. Barnouw then gave the Engineers a 2-0 lead on her 10th goal of the season at 17:22 when she got the rebound off a shot from senior Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.) and put it past a diving Taryn Ryan.

- A scrum around midfield saw sophomore Alice Vranka (Bronxville, N.Y.) come out with the ball and send a pass to classmate Macy Lehrer (Danville, Calif.) who put the ball in the back left corner at 42:20.

- Off a shot off the crossbar, senior Julia Chen (San Diego, Calif.) was able to head the ball into the goal at 50:32. Eight minutes later junior Mia Sedgwick (Wilmette, Ill.) took a Rowlett pass and skirted the ball into the corner of the goal to put MIT up 5-0.

- The Pride got on the board at 61:51 when Kaitlyn Suller took a Meredith Healy pass and got the ball into the back of the net.

- Sophomore Sean Luk (Bel Air, Md.) got past the Springfield defense and placed a shot from outside the box into the goal for her third goal of the season at 74:56 to put the Engineers up 6-1.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Barnow joins Rowlett in double-digit goals as she has 10 on the season while Rowlett has 13. The pair are the first teammates since Rowlett and Karenna Groff in 2021 to score at least 10 goals in a season. 

- With her two assists, Rowlett recorded 100 points in her career, becoming just the sixth player in program history to achieve the milestone. 

- Sedgwick, Chen, and Luk recorded their third goals of the season.
 
- Senior Morgan Everett (Danville, Pa.) made four saves in goal for her 16th win of the season while Ryan turned away 10 Engineer shots.

- MIT held a 21-11 advantage in shots and a 16-5 advantage in shots on goal. The Engineers also earned seven corners to the Pride's two.

UP NEXT:

- MIT will play for the program's seventh NEWMAC Tournament Championship on Saturday, November 4th. The Engineers will host Babson at 1 p.m. on Roberts Field.

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