Springfield, Mass. - September 27, 2014 - Despite a late goal from junior forward Nicole Fowler (Maynard, Mass.), the Springfield College women's soccer team fell to MIT, 2-1, in a rematch of last season's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship on Saturday afternoon at Brock-Affleck Field. 

With the loss, the Pride fall to 4-2-1 on the season and 1-1 in conference play. However, the Engineers improve to 5-3-2 overall, and 1-0-1 in the NEWMAC. MIT held a 14-9 shot advantage, while Springfield finished with four corner kicks, to MIT's two.

Senior goalkeeper Lucy Gillett (Rockville Center, N.Y.) finished the contest with five saves, while her counterpart, Lauren Ullman (Princeton, N.J.) finished with three saves and the victory for the Engineers. 

With just under 25 minutes remaining in the contest, MIT junior forward forward Morgan Moroi (New Albany, Ohio) drilled a pass up the field to the freshman forward Olivia Struckman (Scottsdale, Ariz.) who was in a foot race with Springfield goalkeeper, Lucy Gillett (Rockville Center, N.Y.) to get to the ball first. Struckman beat Gillett to the ball and touched the ball to her right and fired a shot into the back of the net to give the Engineers a 1-0 advantage.

Just 7:20 later, Zara Perumal (Poway, Calif.) sent a pass up field to Moroi, who then placed a shot just out of the reach of Gillett and into the bottom left corner of the net to push the Engineers' lead to two. 

With 7:58 left in the game, junior forward Jessica Miller (Southbury, Conn.) broke down the right side of the field with the ball and after beating her defender to the ball, sent a high-lofting cross to Fowler waiting on the back side of the net to head the ball into the net, cutting the Pride's deficit in half. 

Up next, the Pride will host No. 21 Williams College on Wednesday, October 1, back on Brock-Affleck Field at 7 p.m