CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 3 MIT women's soccer team defended its NEWMAC Tournament Championship as the Engineers defeated seventh-seed WPI 3-0 in the final to claim the program's eighth NEWMAC Championship and ninth conference championship overall. MIT earned the NEWMAC's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
Junior
Sean Luk (Bel Air, Md.) was named the NEWMAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
THE BASICS
- Score: No. 3 MIT 3, WPI 0
- Records: MIT (20-1-1 Overall), WPI (10-7-4 Overall)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Luk put a pass across the front of the goal to sophomore Arianna Doss (Houston, Texas) where Doss collected the ball, spun around her defender, and laced a shot into the corner of the goal at 26:02.
- Senior Natalie Barnouw (Los Angeles, Calif.) controlled a throw-in and flicked the ball over the goaltender from 15-yards out to give MIT a 2-0 advantage at 31:53.
- Luk made it a 3-0 lead when she took a pass from senior Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.), spun around her defender, and put the ball past a diving Lili Hellerman (Ashland, Mass.) at 68:21.
- Senior Mia Gilmore (Canton, Mass.) had a chance to put WPI on the board late in the match but her shot sailed wide of the net.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- MIT has won six of the last seven NEWMAC Tournaments. The Engineers will be making their 13th NCAA appearance and eighth straight.
- The Engineers outscored their opponents 6-1 in three games.
- Luk recorded her eighth goal and eighth assist of the season.
- Barnouw set a new career-best with her 11th goal of the season.
- Doss collected her seventh goal of the season.
- First year Maddy Noll (Northbrook, Ill.) improved to 12-0 on the season as she made one save in the game. Hellerman fell to 10-7-3 with six saves.
UP NEXT:
- MIT will await its NCAA berth when the selections are announced on Monday, November 11 at 2:00 PM live on NCAA.com.
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