MEDFORD, Mass. (courtesy Tufts Univ. sports information) --
Brandeis University senior forward Tzlil Castel (Boston, Mass.)
scored three goals in less than six-and-a-half minutes in the first
half, but the host Tufts University women's soccer team got the
game's last goal with 100 seconds left on the clock to give the
host Jumbos a 4-3 non-conference victory. Tufts entered the game
ranked No. 17 in the nation.
Tufts (7-1) set the tone for the first half when senior Lauren
Fedore (East Lansing, Mich.) scored just 28 seconds into the match,
chipping a low cross from sophomore Whitney Hardy (Truckee, Calif.)
over the goalie. The hosts extended their lead to 2-0 less than
five minutes later on sophomore Cara Cadigan’s (Nahant,
Mass.) goal from Ali Maxwell (Exeter, N.H.).
Brandeis (6-3-1) stormed back with authority, as Castel and
first-year Tiffany Pacheco (Rehoboth, Mass.) combined on three
straight goals in less than seven minutes. Castel scored all three
and was assisted by Pacheco on each, including a header by Castel
off a cross from the left side in the 23rd minute that put the
Judges in the lead at 3-2.
Cadigan struck again, her ninth goal of the season, in the 31st
minute when she kicked in a rebound off the post. The game went to
halftime tied at 3-3.
Tufts had a definite advantage in the second half, finishing with a
15-4 margin in shots and 5-0 on corners. Minutes before her
game-winning goal, Furtek had a great opportunity that was saved by
Brandeis keeper Hilary Rosenzweig (Boca Raton, Fla.). However, with
1:40 on the clock, Furtek placed a shot from outside the 18 inside
the left post to win it for the Jumbos.
First-year goalkeeper Hannah Jacobs (Mill Valley, Calif.) earned
the win for the Jumbos, entering in the second half and not
allowing a goal while making three saves. Rosenzweig finished with
eight stops for the Judges.