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MIT MIT (0-2-1, 0-0-0)
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Winner Tufts TUFTS (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
MIT MIT
(0-2-1, 0-0-0)
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Final
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Tufts TUFTS
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
MIT MIT 1 0 1
Tufts TUFTS 0 4 4
Garrett Robinson dribbling the soccer ball
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Falls to No. 25 Tufts, 4-1

THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Tufts - 4, MIT - 1
 
- Records: MIT (0-2-1), No. 25 Tufts (1-0)
 
- Location: Medford, Mass. (Bello Field)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's soccer team took a 1-0 lead into the second half against No. 25 Tufts, however, the Jumbos scored four unanswered goals to take the 4-1 win on Wednesday night.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Senior Aidan Hallinan (Carlsbad, Calif.) sent a pass into graduate student Peter Novoa (Omaha, Neb.) who put a shot in the lower center of the net for the first score of the game at 7:41 in the first.
 
- Tufts responded with a goal from Woovin Shin at 45:50 and took a 2-1 lead ten minutes later when Daniel Yanez found the back of the net.
 
- The Jumbos tacked on two more goals, including one on a penalty kick score, to seal the 4-1 win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Tufts outshot MIT 23-10 and put eight shots on target. The Engineers put six shots on goal.
 
- The goal was the first of the season for Novoa who now has 15 in his career.
 
- Hallinan has recorded a point in all three games for MIT this year as he leads the team with two goals and five points.
 
- Senior Lukas Hanson-Puffer made three saves and fell to 0-1-1 on the season. For Tufts, Nikola Antic made five saves for the clean sheet win.
 
UP NEXT:
- The Engineers remain on the road as they will make the short trip to UMass Boston for a 1 p.m. match on Saturday, September 9th.
 
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Team Scoring Play
07:41
MIT Peter Novoa (1)
Assisted By: Aidan Hallinan
GOAL by MIT Novoa, Peter Assist by Hallinan, Aidan.
45:50
TUFTS Woovin Shin (1)
Assisted By: Ethan Jett
GOAL by TUFTS Shin, Woovin Assist by Jett, Ethan.
55:58
TUFTS Ethan Feigin (1)
Assisted By: Sean Traynor
GOAL by TUFTS Feigin, Ethan Assist by Traynor, Sean.
72:56
TUFTS Taylor Feinberg
TUFTS Taylor Feinberg PENALTY KICK GOAL.
85:24
TUFTS Henry Perkins (1)
Assisted By: Sean Traynor
GOAL by TUFTS Perkins, Henry Assist by Traynor, Sean.

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