THE BASICS 

Score: No. 24 Tufts 3, Emerson 0

Records: Emerson Lions (0-3) ; No. 24 Tufts Jumbos (1-0)

Location: Boston, Mass. 

Date: September 6, 2023 

The Lead: The Emerson women's soccer team closed out their three-game home stand with a 3-0 setback at the hands of the No. 24 Tufts Jumbos on Wednesday night at Rotch Field. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Gina Lukoskie: two shots

Anna Swisher: two shots

Zoe Simmons: two shots

GOALIE

Amara Schaub (0-3): three goals allowed with seven saves on 10 shots faced through 90 minutes

TUFTS

Elsi Aires: one goal

Thalia Greenberg: one goal

Caroline O'Neill: one goal

GOALIE

Kianna Hill (1-0): zero goals allowed with six saves on six shots faced through 90 minutes

HOW IT HAPPENED 

22": Tufts made their way onto the board at the midway point of the first half behind a goal from O'Neill. A quick pass from Kelly from the right side made its way to O'Neill, who was just outside the left post. O'Neill quickly booted the ball from within the post and into the lower right side to give the Jumbos the 1-0 lead. 

23": Just over a minute later, the visitors struck again after the back line could not clear the ball after a shot as Aires took the deflected ball and put in the back of net past Schaub as Emerson now faced an early two-goal deficit.

26": Emerson surrendered its third goal three minutes after they fell to a two-goal margin when Greenberg slipped the Jumbos' third goal into the lower left corner past the dive of Schaub. 

-At the end of the first frame, the score sat at 3-0 as Tufts outshot Emerson, 13-2. 

-The second half saw Emerson gain more offensive pressure on Tufts and outshot the visitors, 9-5. 

-In the 65th minute, junior Dylan Parker sent a shot from near midfield when Hill was off her post, but the ball sailed into her hands. Another opportunity came in the 76th minutes when freshman Kailyn O'Meara's header just went past the left side of the post. 

-Emerson's last opportunity for a goal came with 28 seconds left in regulation when senior Simone Barragan-Shaw broke away from a defender, but her shot fell into the hands of Hill as the Lions fell, 3-0. 

UP NEXT

Emerson takes their first road trip of 2023 up to Maine to take on Bates at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 9th. 

FOLLOW THE LIONS 

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