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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA -- Tufts University scored the
first five goals of the game and never looked back Saturday,
rolling to a 17-7 conference win over Williams at Renzie Lamb
Field.
The Jumbos improved to 3-2 on the season, 1-2 in the NESCAC,
while Williams slipped to 2-2 overall and 1-2 in the conference.
The Ephs play at Catholic Tuesday at 4 p.m. Tufts hosts Bates on
March 31.
Tufts senior Jenna Abelli scored six goals and added one assist
in the victory over Williams, while Lara Kozin, Emily Johnson and
Steph Perez each scored twice.
The Ephs received one goal and one assist each from Kaitlin
Ellis, Anne Marie Burke and Tina Nawrocki. Julila Schreiber made 10
saves in net for Williams.
Perez sparked the Tufts early outburst with a goal just 2:31
into the contest, flicking a pass from Kozin by Schreiber. Less
than a minute later, Johnson deked her way around a pair of Eph
defenders and beat Schreiber to the top right side of the goal for
a 2-0 Tufts lead. Goals by Albelli and Kozin followed soon after,
forcing Williams head coach Chris Mason to take a timeout.
The break did nothing to slow the Jumbos initially as Perez came
out of the timeout and batted home a rebound shot from the
left-side of the goal for a 5-0 lead with 18 minutes left in the
first half. Burke slowed the tide momentariliy with a nice goal,
but Tufts responded with four straight goals to build a 9-1 lead
with 5:53 left in the half.
The Ephs showed signs of life by scoring the final three goals
of the half, the last a hard-earned tally by Sam Weinstein from out
of crowd in front of the Jumbo net with just 10.6 seconds left in
the half.
It appeared Williams might be able to make a game of it after
all when Meera Sivalingam scored off a pass from Nawrocki just 39
seconds into the second half to make it a 9-5 game, but Tufts put
together another splendid response, scoring four straight goals,
the first three of which came on free position opportunities.
Tufts outshot Williams 31-14 in the game and won the groundball
battle, 26-23. Williams did not help itself by turning the ball
over 26 times, compared to 14 for Tufts.
