Tufts remains unbeaten with 5-0 win over Gulls
October 1, 2009
Box Score
MEDFORD, Mass. – Tufts University junior Tamara Brown (Annandale, Va.) figured in every Tufts’ goal on Thursday as the Jumbo field hockey team remained undefeated with a 5-0 non-conference victory over Endicott College at Bello Field.
Brown scored two goals and added three assists for a career-high seven points to lead the Jumbos, who improved to 6-0 overall. The win extends the Jumbos’ winning-streak to 26 regular season games. Senior co-captain Amanda Russo (Garden City, N.Y.) added two goals for the hosts.
The visiting Gulls did a good job limiting Tufts' scoring chances for most of the first half. However, Brown assisted two goals by Russo 4:10 apart at 28:31 and 32:41 to put the Jumbos at a 2-0 advantage. On both occasions, Brown drew attention with the ball in the goal mouth and tapped passes to a wide-open Russo for the tallies.
Tufts junior Katie Hyder (Winston-Salem, N.C.) got her first start of the season in goal and kicked out the first shot she saw by Endicott's \#Joanne Reid\# (Clarksville, Md.) during a penalty corner opportunity. The Jumbos had a 14-1 advantage in shots for the first 35 minutes and 6-1 in corners.
Tufts turned it on early in the second half, scoring three times in a six-minute stretch. Brown scored her first of the game after taking a pass in close from sophomore Lindsay Griffith (Wilmington, Del.) at 43:20. Senior Michelle Kelly (Downingtown, Pa.) converted a pass from Brown at 45:55, and then Brown finished the scoring with a nice tap in of a pass by freshman Lia Sagerman (LaJolla, Cali.) at 49:28.
Endicott had a good scoring chance late in the second half on a penalty corner. Sophomore \#Alexandra Parese\# (Wilton, Conn.) was positioned right in front of Hyder, who saved Parese's redirect to preserve the shutout.
Tufts finished with a 23-7 margin in shots, including 13-2 on goal. The penalty corners count was tilted 14-3 in favor of the Jumbos. Hyder had the two saves, while Gulls freshman \#Taylor Teixeira\# (Exeter, NH) stopped seven Jumbo shots.
Brown is closing in on two Tufts career scoring records. With seven goals and 18 points this season, she has 40 goals and 90 points overall. The program records are 44 goals and 97 points by Aryn Landau from 1987-90.
Tufts returns to NESCAC play on Saturday at Bates with a noon start. The Gulls host The Commonwealth Coast Conference for Anna Maria on Saturday at 1:00.
Release Courtesy of Tufts Sports Information
MEDFORD, Mass. – Tufts University junior Tamara Brown (Annandale, Va.) figured in every Tufts’ goal on Thursday as the Jumbo field hockey team remained undefeated with a 5-0 non-conference victory over Endicott College at Bello Field.
Brown scored two goals and added three assists for a career-high seven points to lead the Jumbos, who improved to 6-0 overall. The win extends the Jumbos’ winning-streak to 26 regular season games. Senior co-captain Amanda Russo (Garden City, N.Y.) added two goals for the hosts.
The visiting Gulls did a good job limiting Tufts' scoring chances for most of the first half. However, Brown assisted two goals by Russo 4:10 apart at 28:31 and 32:41 to put the Jumbos at a 2-0 advantage. On both occasions, Brown drew attention with the ball in the goal mouth and tapped passes to a wide-open Russo for the tallies.
Tufts junior Katie Hyder (Winston-Salem, N.C.) got her first start of the season in goal and kicked out the first shot she saw by Endicott's \#Joanne Reid\# (Clarksville, Md.) during a penalty corner opportunity. The Jumbos had a 14-1 advantage in shots for the first 35 minutes and 6-1 in corners.
Tufts turned it on early in the second half, scoring three times in a six-minute stretch. Brown scored her first of the game after taking a pass in close from sophomore Lindsay Griffith (Wilmington, Del.) at 43:20. Senior Michelle Kelly (Downingtown, Pa.) converted a pass from Brown at 45:55, and then Brown finished the scoring with a nice tap in of a pass by freshman Lia Sagerman (LaJolla, Cali.) at 49:28.
Endicott had a good scoring chance late in the second half on a penalty corner. Sophomore \#Alexandra Parese\# (Wilton, Conn.) was positioned right in front of Hyder, who saved Parese's redirect to preserve the shutout.
Tufts finished with a 23-7 margin in shots, including 13-2 on goal. The penalty corners count was tilted 14-3 in favor of the Jumbos. Hyder had the two saves, while Gulls freshman \#Taylor Teixeira\# (Exeter, NH) stopped seven Jumbo shots.
Brown is closing in on two Tufts career scoring records. With seven goals and 18 points this season, she has 40 goals and 90 points overall. The program records are 44 goals and 97 points by Aryn Landau from 1987-90.
Tufts returns to NESCAC play on Saturday at Bates with a noon start. The Gulls host The Commonwealth Coast Conference for Anna Maria on Saturday at 1:00.
Release Courtesy of Tufts Sports Information