COLLEGE FIELD
HOCKEY FINAL SCORE
Tufts 2, Amherst 0
At Medford, MA
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Game
Box Score
MEDFORD -- Junior Tess Guttadauro (Carlisle,
MA) scored a goal in each half as the third-ranked Tufts
University field hockey team posted a 2-0 NESCAC victory over #16
Amherst College on Saturday afternoon at Bello Field.
The victory improves Tufts to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the
conference. It was their 23rd regular-season victory in a row.
Amherst, which was looking to pair an upset of 2008 NCAA runner-up
Tufts with their victory against defending NCAA champion Bowdoin on
September 12, fell to 2-1 and 1-1 in the league.
The Jumbos had their first of two goals disallowed in the game
early in the first half. Amherst keeper Emily Vitale (Cheshire, CT)
later kicked away a good chance by Tufts junior Jess Perkins (Barrington, RI). The hosts got on the scoreboard
with 15:18 remaining during a penalty-corner opportunity.
Guttadauro was in the right place when the ball deflected to her
near the right post and she knocked it in for her first goal of the
season. The Tufts defense limited the Lord Jeffs to just one shot
in the first half and it was 1-0 Jumbos at the break.
The Lord Jeffs put some pressure on the Tufts cage early in the
second half, but to no avail. Vitale turned away four Tufts shots
during a flurry in the middle of the period. When the Jumbos got
one past her at 5:20, it was ruled too high and no goal. However,
at the 2:27 mark junior Melissa Burke (Walpole,
MA) fed a beautiful pass through traffic to Guttadauro at
the right post again during a corner attack. Her goal gave the
Jumbos some breathing room at 2-0.
Tufts finished with a 27-6 advantage in shots and 12-4 in
penalty corners. Vitale stopped 11 shots for the visitors. Amherst
did not have a serious scoring opportunity, with Tufts sophomore
keeper Marianna Zak (Concord, MA) making two
saves. The shutout was her first of the season.
The Jumbos remain at home to play UMass Dartmouth on Wednesday
(Sept. 23) at 4 pm. Amherst gets right back at it, hosting Bates
tomorrow at noon.
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