THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 12 MIT 11, Gordon College 0
 
- Records: No. 12 MIT (2-0); Gordon (0-0)
 
- Location: Wenham, Mass. (Brigham Athletic Complex)
 
- The Lead: Nine different players recorded at least one point in No. 12 MIT's 11-0 non-conference field hockey victory over Gordon College on Saturday. Graduate student Paige Forester (Glencoe, Ill.) powered the Engineers with one goal and three assists while junior Eva Oppenheim (Tiburon, Calif.) generated the first hat trick of her career.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- MIT produced four goals in the first quarter. On back-to-back penalty corners in a span of three minutes, first year Sammi Blocher (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) earned assists on goals by first year Ingrid Tomovski (Bosch en Duin, Netherlands) and junior Ashley Lederman (Villanova, Pa.). The Engineers increased their advantage courtesy of goals by Oppenheim, both of which were set up by Forester.
 
- MIT's lead grew to 7-0 at the end of the second quarter. Graduate student Liberty Ladd (Cornelia, Ga.) redirected a feed from Forester in the 22^nd minute and then five minutes later first year Audrey Oh (Longmeadow, Mass.) connected on a pass from sophomore Marisa Montione (Charlotte, N.C.) during a penalty corner. Oppenheim completed the hat trick when she connected on a pass from Oh with 52 seconds remaining.
 
- Forester recorded an unassisted goal just over five minutes into the third quarter. Ladd then gave the Engineers a 9-0 lead courtesy of a feed from junior Anna Simmons (Wilmington, N.C.).
 
- MIT tacked on two more goals in the final frame. First year Jane Tortorella (Old Greenwich, Conn.) found the back of the cage in the 52^nd minute while Oh scored on a penalty corner that was set up by Simmons and Montione with 2:20 left to play.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- First year Maeve Zimmer (Rockville, Md.), junior Anna Duncan (St. Louis, Mo.), and first year Adowyn Byrne (Essex, Vt.) all made an appearance in net and did not face a shot.
 
- The Engineers led the way in shots (48-0), shots on goal (34-0), and penalty corners (27-0).
 
- Nine of MIT's 11 goals were assisted.
 
- The Engineers were one goal, one assist, and one point shy of tying the program records for each category, all of which were set against Lasell University in 2011.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will host Endicott College on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 6:00 p.m. on Jack Barry Field.
 
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