For Immediate Release
WOMEN’S LACROSSE RESULTS–3.24.04
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
TUFTS EDGES WELLESLEY 7-5 IN SEASON OPENER
Boxscore
BOSTON, MASS. – Dena Miller (Denver,
Colorado) scored four goals to lead Tufts past Wellesley 7-5 in
a non-conference lacrosse game, Thursday at Nickerson Field on the
campus of Boston University. It was the season opener for both teams.
Tufts (1-0) scored the game’s first three goals as sophomore
Meredith Harris (Ridgewood, N.J.) put the Jumbos on the scoreboard
five minutes into the game. Harris then assisted on Willow Hagge’s
(Portland, Maine) lone goal of the game less than a minute later
for a 2-0 Tufts lead.
Scoring would take a break until Miller scored the first of her
game-high four goals to give the Jumbos a 3-0 cushion with less
than five minutes remaining in the half. Wellesley’s Laura
Bender (Mattapoisset, Mass.) would cut the lead to two with an unassisted
tally with 3:18 remaining in the half, but Tufts would respond with
back to back goals from Miller to take a commanding 5-1 lead at
the break.
In the second half, Wellesley (0-1) would roar back with three
unanswered goals to bring the deficit to one at 5-4. Maxine Brownstein
(Roseland, N.J.) started the second-half scoring surge for Wellesley
netting her first collegiate goal 10 minutes into the second half.
Sophomore Abby Baird (Gloucester, Mass.) would follow with a goal
of her own on a Bender assist with 15:29 left in the game. Bender
would then score her second goal of the game with 14:21 remaining
to cut the Tufts lead to one at 5-4.
It was as close as the Blue would get the rest of the way however,
as Tufts’ Lauren Murphy (Hingham, Mass.) and Miller each tallied
goals in the final 11 minutes of action to put the game out of reach.
NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN’S LACROSSE: Tufts 7, Wellesley
5
1
2
Final
Tufts (1-0)
5
2
7
Wellesley (0-1)
1
4
5
Goals:
Tufts (7) – D. Miller 4, M. Harris, L. Murphy, W. Hagge
Wellesley (5) – Laura Bender 2, Casey Logan, Abby Baird, Maxine
Brownstein
Assists:
Tufts (1) – M. Harris
Wellesley (1) – Bender
Goalkeepers:
Tufts – Jaimie Hartman- Boyce, 7 saves
Wellesley – Alissa Gordon, 11 saves
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