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Jackie D'Alleva 10822
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Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN (3-6, 1-5)
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Winner Amherst AMHERST (8-2, 5-2)
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN
(3-6, 1-5)
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Final
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Amherst AMHERST
(8-2, 5-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 0 1 0 0 1
Amherst AMHERST 0 2 0 1 3

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

#7 Mammoths capture Little 3 Title with 3-1 win over Wesleyan

AMHERST, Mass. -- Junior Muffie Mazambani scored for the third consecutive game while senior Jackie D'Alleva and junior Sam Maynard also tallied Saturday as the #7-ranked Amherst College field hockey team defeated NESCAC foe Wesleyan University, 3-1, on Hill Field.

Amherst improved to 8-2 overall, 5-2 in conference play. The Mammoths also claimed the 2022 Little 3 Championship with the victory. Wesleyan fell to 3-6 on the year and 1-5 in the NESCAC. Amherst hosts Bowdoin Sunday at Noon on Hill Field for Senior Day.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst took a 1-0 lead 6:12 into the second quarter when Justine Liguori sent a sharp pass across the Wesleyan circle that found the stick of D'Alleva. The senior sniper fired a shot that beat the Cardinal keeper on the short side for her eighth goal of the season. 

* Wesleyan tied the score with just over a minute to go before halftime. But only 15.5 seconds later, Mazambani scored a beautiful goal set up by junior Gwen Allen. Allen stole a pass off the stick of a Cardinal defender in the Wesleyan zone. She worked her way down to the baseline and then creatively dribbled her way past two Cardinal defenders along the baseline before she was able to slide a pass out to the front of the goal. Sam Maynard got a stick on the pass and the ball popped up into the air, Mazambani one-touched the ball to herself, then backhanded it out of mid-air and into the net to regain the lead for Mammoths. 

* Maynard added an insurance goal in the final quarter. She received an in-bounds pass on the left side of the field and stick handled down to the baseline, maneuvering her way around two defenders and then deking the goalie before sliding a nicely paced shot into the empty goal. It was her third goal of the season. 



BY THE NUMBERS:

* Amherst out shot Wesleyan, 15-5, with 12 shots on goal compared to four for the Cardinals. The Mammoths created 13 penalty corner opportunities and Wesleyan four. 

* Sara Nidus made one save for the Mammoths. Kate Smith and Sage Geyer each had a defensive save for the Mammoths. 




 
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