BOX SCORE
BABSON PARK, Mass. – Nationally-ranked Tufts University
scored a pair of goals in the first half on its way to a
hard-fought 2-1 victory over host Babson College in a
non-conference field hockey contest at MacDowell Field on Tuesday
night. With the win, the Jumbos, ranked third in the country in the
most recent Kookaburra/NFHCA Division III National Coaches Poll,
improved to 2-0 on the season. Meanwhile, the Beavers saw their
record dip to 2-2 following their second straight loss to a top-10
opponent.
Tufts jumped in front early, as sophomore Kayla Murphy
(Pawcatuk, Conn.) intercepted an attempted clear on the right side
and backhanded a shot through a crowd and in at 6:30. The Jumbos
then made it 2-0 on a penalty corner in the latter stages of the
half, as senior Tess Guttadauro (Carlisle, Mass.) took a pass from
junior Sarah Cannon (Atkinson, N.H.) on the left side and blasted
it home at 26:36.
Babson cut its deficit in half with just over four minutes
remaining in the game, beginning when senior captain
Colleen Kelly (Milton, Mass.) sent a pass toward
the right side of the circle. There, sophomore Kelly Walsh
(Gardner, Mass.) received the pass, turned, and ripped a
shot inside the right post at 65:59. However, that would prove to
be the Beavers' final shot on net in the contest as Tufts
came away with the 2-1 victory.
Junior goalkeeper Jess Pashos (Winchester,
Mass.) made 10 saves in defeat for Babson, while
first-year Marianna Zak (Concord, Mass.) stopped one shot in net
for Tufts.
