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Alice Zehner looking upfield
Gil Talbot
1
WPI WPI (12-7)
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Winner MIT MIT (13-3)
WPI WPI
(12-7)
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Final
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MIT MIT
(13-3)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
WPI WPI 0 0 0 1 1
MIT MIT 0 1 0 1 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

No. 17 Field Hockey Holds On to Defeat WPI, 2-1, in NEWMAC Semifinals

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Despite a goal by No. 3 seeded WPI early in the fourth quarter, No. 2 seeded and nationally ranked No. 17 MIT held on for a 2-1 victory in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Field Hockey Championship on Thursday night at Jack Barry Field. Junior Bailey McIntyre (Concord, Mass.) and senior Eva Oppenheim (Tiburon, Calif.) scored for MIT while graduate student Samantha Robison (Wrentham, Mass.) provided the lone marker for WPI.
 
THE BASICS:
  • Score: No. 17 MIT 2, WPI 1
  • Records: No. 17 MIT (14-4 Overall); WPI (12-7 Overall)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • MIT controlled the action in the first half as it generated seven shots on goal and was awarded 11 penalty corners before getting on the scoreboard with 6:34 left in the second quarter. During its seventh penalty corner of the frame, McIntyre sent a blast from the top of the arc that was set up by senior Alice Zehner (Gladwyne, Pa.).
  • WPI's first chances to tie the score came on shots by fifth-year Lauren Meinhold (Boxboro, Mass.) and graduate student Emily Sollecito (Bedford, Mass.) during penalty corners in the 41st minute, however, sophomore goalie Maeve Zimmer (Rockville, Md.) stopped both attempts.
  • MIT increased its advantage to 2-0 just 53 seconds into the fourth quarter. A pass from junior Marisa Montione (Charlotte, N.C.) from outside the circle made its way through traffic and deflected off Oppenheim's stick to the far post.
  • WPI ended the shutout less than two minutes later. During a penalty corner that saw a blocked shot and a save by Zimmer, first-year Emma Barton (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) collected the rebound sent a pass towards the far post where Robison quickly hit it to the near post.
  • Following a pair of penalty corners by MIT, WPI registered three penalty corners and three shots (one on goal, two blocked) but the visitors could not tally the equalizer.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
  • Zimmer finished with four saves while senior Ella Moreau (Huntington, Mass.) collected eight saves.
  • MIT led the way in shots (17-8), shots on goal (10-5), and penalty corners (16-6).
  • This was the third year in a row and the fourth in five years MIT and WPI have met in the NEWMAC semifinals.
  • This is the eighth straight season MIT has advanced to the NEWMAC title game.
UP NEXT:
  • MIT will travel to top-seeded and nationally ranked No. 7 Babson College for the NEWMAC Championship on Saturday, November 9 at 12:00 PM. This will be the seventh time in eight seasons both squads will battle for the conference title. The Engineers won in 2017 and 2019 while the Beavers were victorious in 2016, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
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