GAME OVERVIEW: 

Cambridge, Mass.-- The No. 13 MIT women's soccer team defeated Lesley 5-1 in non-conference action on Wednesday afternoon.  This was the Lynx first loss of the season after winning their first two matches. MIT improves to 2-1-1 on the year.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

• MIT opened up the scoring in the 2^nd minute of play when Junior Emily Berzolla found Sophia Struckman driving towards the net and shot the ball into the lower left corner for an early lead.
• The engineers were able to net one more goal in the half when Grace Xiong blasted a shot from the 20-yard line. 
• Despite the Lynx earning two corner kick opportunities they were only able to get one shot off in the half to MIT's six.
• MIT opened the second half scoring two goals just 26 seconds apart in the 53^rd minute for the 4-0 lead.  In the 70^th minute the Engineers tacked on their fifth and final goal of the game.
• The Lynx were able to get 4 shots off in the second half and took advantage of an Engineer foul in the box that forced a Lesley penalty kick.  Samantha Bessey executed the free kick in the 76^th minute to net Lesley's lone goal of the night, and bring the final score to 5-1.
• Lynx goalkeeper Jill Narby recorded 6 saves on 11 shots in net in the loss.

UP NEXT:

Lesley next travels to UT Dallas for two non-conference games against Redlands and Texas-Dallas this upcoming weekend.