Box Score NORTHAMPTON, MASS. - The Smith College field hockey team fell 4-2 to No. 16 MIT in their NEWMAC opener on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers improve to 5-1 overall and 1-0 in the conference, while the Pioneers drop to 2-4 on the season and begin 0-1 in league action.

Scoring Summary

• 0:44 - SMI 0, MIT 1 - Bailey McIntyre, assisted by Erica Radler
• 8:39 - SMI 0, MIT 2 - Paige Forester, assisted by Jordan Dattero
• 24:34 - SMI 1, MIT 2 - Grace Moorhead (Cranston, R.I./The Wheeler School), assisted by Eva Kinnel (Newtown, Pa./George School)
• 36:20 - SMI 1, MIT 3 - Liberty Ladd
• 49:53 - SMI 2, MIT 3 - Annika Peterson (Forest Hill, Md./North Harford), assisted by Laura Dreher (Durham, N.H./Durham)
• 52:21 - SMI 2, MIT 4 - Eva Oppenheim

How it Happened

• The Engineers got on the board 44 seconds into the first quarter as McIntyre took a pass from Radler.
• Smith held MIT off for about eight minutes, where sophomore goalkeeper Rory Harper (Wayne, Penn./Radnor) recorded three saves.
• MIT posted a second goal as Dattero sent a pass to Forester to score the second goal of the afternoon.
• Smith's defense kept the Engineers out of the net for the remainder of the quarter as MIT was granted three corners but were unable to notch a shot on goal.
• The Pioneers started the second quarter off with a goal from Grace Moorhead (Cranston, R.I./The Wheeler School) after a pass from Eva Kinnel (Newtown, Penn./George School).
• Smith continued to keep the Engineers out of the net as Harper recorded two saves and Coco Cornell (Arlington, Texas/The Oakridge School) notched a defensive save.
• Six minutes into the third period MIT recorded their third goal of the afternoon as Ladd posted an unassisted tally
• Five minutes into the final quarter Smith cut the lead down to one as Laura Dreher (Durham, N.H./Durham) sent a pass to Annika Peterson (Forest Hill, MD/North Harford) to find the back of the goal.
• MIT responded with an unassisted goal by Oppenheim minutes later.

Notes

• Smith goalkeeper Rory Harper (Wayne, Penn./Radnor) made 13 saves in the loss
• The Pioneers attempted six shots in the circle and took four penalty corners

Up Next
Smith travels to Connecticut College on Tuesday, September 20 at 7:00pm.

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