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Annica Nassiry
The Panthers huddle during a contest earlier this fall.
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Middlebury MIDD (8-2, 5-1)
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Winner Tufts TUFTS (11-0, 7-0)
Middlebury MIDD
(8-2, 5-1)
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Final
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Tufts TUFTS
(11-0, 7-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Middlebury MIDD 0 0 0 0 0
Tufts TUFTS 0 0 1 1 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

#2 Field Hockey Drops Saturday Showdown Against #1 Tufts

The #2 Middlebury field hockey team battled with top-ranked Tufts on Saturday in Massachusetts, but the Jumbos scored late in the third quarter and added an insurance goal early in the fourth for a 2-0 victory.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Panthers looked to strike 1:36 into the first quarter. Emma McNealy sent a shot toward the cage that Jumbo goalkeeper Isabel Ginns saved.
  • Tufts had a quality chance five minutes later when Elenaor Helm fired a bid that Middlebury goalie Izzy Redzic kicked aside.
  • With 1:08 elapsed in the second stanza, a blocked shot landed near the stick of Hadley Crowther. The Panther roped her attempt toward the post, but Ginns denied the look.
  • The Jumbos produced a trio of chances over the final three minutes of the frame. The best bid came in the waning seconds after a penalty corner, as Redzic thwarted an Eleanor Luft attempt to keep the contest scoreless.
  • With 6:10 expired in the second session, Emma McCann lofted a reverse sweep from the right side that Ginns turned away with her blocker.
  • In the final minute of the stanza, Madeline DiLemme got a piece of a rising bid from Luft that later caromed off the left post.
  • Helm put the hosts ahead seconds later, sweeping in a pass that found netting for a 1-0 lead with 15 ticks remaining.
  • Addie Chandler looked to equalize, dribbling past her defender and ripping a shot that whistled just wide of the cage with 1:28 gone in the last quarter.
  • Tufts extended its lead with 3:12 expired. Scarlett Carpenter muscled her way along the end line, cutting toward the middle before firing the ball past a charging DiLemme for a 2-0 edge.
  • Middlebury responded with pressure in the offensive end, earning three penalty corners in quick succession. Megan Fuqua found the left post on the first chance before McMichael had a close-range look denied by Ginns and a Fuqua blast was stopped by the goalie's pads.
  • The Panthers pulled DiLemme with 5:54 left in favor of an extra field player. Anne Leydon mustered a bid with 2:00 remaining that Ginns stopped. 
  • Middlebury had one last opportunity, but Ginns tipped McMichael's reverse sweep over the crossbar with 49 seconds left for the final 2-0 tally. 
NOTES
  • The programs played in the 37th installment with the Panthers holding a 25-12 advantage in the all-time series.
Middlebury returns to action on Sunday with a 12:00 p.m. road tilt against #12 Wesleyan.
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