MEDFORD, MA (November 12, 2025) – The Tufts University field hockey team tied the Division III record for goals scored in an NCAA Tournament game and also broke the school record for goals in a game with an 11-0 victory over Dean College in the first round on Wednesday night at Ounjian Field.
The Jumbos (15-3) move on to the NCAA "Sweet 16" on Saturday at Bates College where they will play NESCAC foe Williams College at 2:00 PM. The Ephs defeated Vassar College 4-0 in the first round tonight.
The Dean College team, making the school's first-ever NCAA appearance in any sport, finished the season with a 16-8 record.
Tufts scored four goals in the first 6:15 of the game and was off and running.
Five players scored multiple times tonight.
Hannah Biccard,
Sophie Brants,
Reagan Malo,
Lilly Ragusa and
Riley Schmidt each finished with two goals.
Hannah Murray added one for the Jumbos.
Also assisting goals along with their pair of strikes was Brants, Biccard and Ragusa to finish with five-point games.
Ainsley Allen dished out two assists, while
Eleanor Helm,
Eleanor Luft and
Katarina Villa had one each.
Bulldog goalkeeper Sara Gardner made 22 saves in the game, including nine in the opening quarter.
Dean attempted three shots, putting one on net. An Emily Yazzetti shot in the second quarter was kicked away by Tufts goalie
Isabel Ginns, who entered to replace starter
Lydia Eastburn at the start of the second quarter.
Eleven goals in an NCAA D3 Tournament game has happened two other times, by Skidmore versus Keene State in 2013 and by Shenandoah against Westfield State in 2024.
The previous Tufts school record that was broken tonight was 10 goals against Wesleyan in September 2008.
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