NEW LONDON, Conn. — Division III No. 5-ranked the Massachusetts Institute of Technology exploited 5-1 scoring advantages in the first and second quarters prior to outscoring Penn State Behrend 8-2 and 8-3 in the third and fourth quarters to overwhelm the Lions, 21-7, on the final day of Connecticut College’s Camel Round-Up.
Victor Perez (Fr., Key Biscayne, Fla./Ransom Everglades) led the Engineers with five goals, while Matthew Pryce (Fr., Johannesburg, South Africa/St. John’s College) and Kush Khamesra (So., Portland, Ore./Westview) added pairs to accompany four strikes by Adam Ivatorov (So., Rockaway, N.Y./Staten Island Technical). William Ewald (Fr., Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick), Kunal Rajadhyax (Fr., Vernon Hills, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson), Andras Beleznay (Fr., Delray Beach, Fla./Saint Andrew’s School), David Keller (So., Long Beach, Calif./Robert A. Millikan), Jackson Kay (Fr., Palo Alto, Calif./Menlo School), Jack King (Jr., Los Altos, Calif./Menlo School), Richard Yun (Jr., Irvine, Calif./Arnold O. Beckman) and Bo Tignal (Gr., Antwerp, Belgium/ACS Egham International School) putting away solo markers as 12 Engineers found the back twine during the contest.
MIT never trailed in the game as the Engineers jumped out to a 3-0 margin by the 4:50 mark of the first quarter and built its margin to 4-1 and 5-1 by the conclusion of the opening eight minutes.
Trailing 7-1 with 6:38 left in the second quarter, Penn State Behrend chipped its deficit back to five to claw within 7-2 with 5:34 on the clock. However, MIT closed out the first half with a 3-0 push to lead 10-2 at intermission.
The margin continued to expand in the opening moments of the third quarter as MIT lined in shots at 7:07, 6:17 and 4:33 to acquire a 13-2 lead. Penn State Behrend outscored the Engineers over the remainder of the third quarter with tallies at 4:03 and 2:15 to inch within nine at 13-4 with eight minutes of regulation left to play.
MIT (7:30) and Penn State Behrend (7:03) exchanged scores in the first minute of the fourth quarter prior to the Lions moving within eight at 14-6 with 6:12 remaining in the contest. The teams exchanged goals with MIT (553) and Penn State Behrend (5:22) both arching in shots to keep the difference at eight (15-7), but the Engineers went back to their archetype and lobbed in shots at 4:26, 3:53, 3:08, 2:54, 1:54 and 1:15 to account for a 6-0 run to the final horn in a 14-goal victory.
