MIT 2, WPI 1 

Worcester, MA --- Jenn Oleinik (Ellicott City, MD) and Ekavali Mishra (Washington, D.C.) each notched goals as MIT defeated WPI 2-1 in NEWMAC field hockey action on Tuesday evening. With the win, MIT improves to 4-7 and 1-2 in conference play while the home-standing Engineers dip to 5-7 overall and 0-3 in NEWMAC action.

MIT scored the first goal of the game at 15:51 on a penalty stroke fromMishra. The marker was the first of the season for Mirshra. Oleinik extended the lead to 2-0 at 42:05 when she successfully rebounded a shot from Christina Stefanescu (Needham, MA) for her tenth tally of the season.

WPI’s lone goal came at 47:06 on an unassisted tally by Stacey Mohr (Tyngsboro, MA). The goal came just following a penalty corner and was the first of the year for the senior tri-captain.

The match was tightly contested with WPI enjoying a 7-4 edge in shots while MIT held a 6-5 advantage in penalty corners.

MIT netminder Alexa Herman (Suffern, NY) made three stops on the night en route to being credited with the win. Mary Kate Toomey (Worcester, MA) notched one save for WPI.

Both teams will continue NEWMAC play on Saturday with 1pm matches. WPI will travel down Park Avenue to play city-rival Clark while MIT will host Springfield in Cambridge.

Story written by Athletics Intern Steven M. Miller, Jr.