CARA CADIGAN, WOMEN'S SOCCER
In Martha Whiting's 100th win as coach of the women's soccer team, midfielder Cara Cadigan notched a milestone of her own.
The sophomore, playing in her first season of collegiate soccer, scored her 15th and 16th goals of the year in yesterday's game against Conn. College, breaking a 26-year-old program record for goals in a single season. Lisa Raffin (LA '85) set the previous mark of 15 in 1981.
Cadigan's efforts lifted the Jumbos to a 6-0 win over the Camels in the first round of the NESCAC Tournament. The Nahant, Mass. native put Tufts ahead 1-0 in the 12th minute off a cross from freshman defenseman Sarah Nolet. It was Cadigan's 10th game-winner of the season.
Cadigan added a tally in the 68th minute, putting the Jumbos up 6-0 and giving her 37 points for the season. The sophomore is now just four away from tying Raffin's program mark for points in a season.
Cadigan also added a goal and an assist on Saturday, when the Jumbos clinched the No. 2 seed in the NESCAC Tournament with a 3-2 win over the Camels. Tufts is now 12-0 in games in which Cadigan scores.
MATT RUSSO, FOOTBALL
After a tough 34-13 loss to Williams last week, quarterback Matt Russo and the football team responded in a big way Saturday.
The senior threw for three touchdowns and 205 yards in the football team's 29-10 victory over Amherst Saturday, earning himself NESCAC Player of the Week honors and helping the squad keep pace with the Middlebury Panthers for first place in the NESCAC.
One week after completing a career-high 30 passes in the loss to the Ephs, Russo went 20 for 26 on Saturday in easily his most efficient performance of the season. Down 3-0 in the first quarter, Russo engineered an 11-play, 68-yard drive on Tufts' second possession, culminating in a four-yard touchdown pass to senior tri-captain Kevin Gleason to put the Jumbos ahead for good. On the drive, Russo was a perfect 5 for 5 for 57 yards.
On the team's next drive, Russo came up with several big plays to put the game out of reach. The Longmeadow, Mass. native hit junior wide receiver David Halas on a third-and-15 early in the drive to put the Jumbos in Amherst territory. Thirteen plays later, on a fourth-and-goal from the Jeffs' one, Russo dove into the end zone to put Tufts ahead by 10. The run capped a 15-play, 63-yard drive that took 8:05 off the clock.
Russo added a 20-yard touchdown pass to junior tight end Max Cassidy in the third quarter to blow the game wide open.
