Kim Moynihan, Women's Basketball
With the women's basketball team on the verge of letting its critical NESCAC matchup against Wesleyan get out of hand Friday night, senior co-captain Kim Moynihan responded with the best performance of her college career.
The starting guard scored 14 consecutive points on 6-of-6 shooting between the final minutes of the first half and the opening ticks of the second to dig the Jumbos out of a 10-point hole against the Cardinals and give her team a lead it would not relinquish. The run was the highlight of a night in which Moynihan tallied a career-high 26 points and grabbed six offensive rebounds, as the Jumbos came through with a come-from-behind 75-63 victory, moving them into first place in the conference.
Moynihan was also stellar on the defensive end, holding senior guard Ali Fourney, who led the NESCAC with 19.2 points per game prior to this weekend's action, to a meager 33 percent from the field.
The next day, in Tufts' blowout win over Conn. College, Moynihan again made an impact despite playing only 17 minutes. The West Hartford, Conn. native scored 14 points, capping a weekend in which she shot 14-of-27 from the floor over the two contests and 5-of-9 from beyond the arc.
Jared Engelking, Men's Track & Field
The Jumbos' goal at this week's Tufts Pentathlon, held Friday in the Gantcher Center, was to qualify some team members for the New England Championships, but junior Jared Engelking far surpassed that goal, amassing 3,400 points to win the meet and provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships.
The pentathlon, in its first year added to the NCAA indoor roster, is a series of five events, including the 55-meter hurdles, the long jump, the shot put, the high jump and the 1,000-meter run. Engelking, who qualified nationally in the decathlon as a freshman, distanced himself from runner-up senior Joe Krasinskas, one of five captains for WPI, early in the meet, surging to a 271-point lead through the first three events and holding on despite a late rally by Krasinskas.
Engelking hit the provisional mark exactly, winning the 55-meter hurdles in 7.94 seconds and finishing second in both the long jump (19'10 1/4") and the shot put (39'8").
During the 2007 outdoor season, Engelking hit the national qualifier in the pentathlon during the year but was unable to compete in last year's campaign due to an injury. A standout player since his debut season, it's not the first time Engelking has been recognized for his athleticism, being named to the All-NESCAC team as a freshman for his performance in the 110-meter hurdles.
