Alec Bialosky, Men's Lacrosse
With the top spot in the NESCAC standings up for grabs, senior quad-captain Alec Bialosky came up huge for No. 1 Tufts in the team's 18-10 rout over No. 14 Trinity on Saturday in Hartford, Conn.
The longstick midfielder was expectedly dominant on the defensive end, where he won a team-leading five groundballs. But Bialosky was equally impressive on the offensive end, finishing with four goals and an assist. Three of his four goals were unassisted.
With the Jumbos up 5-3 following a goal from junior Sean Kirwan, which Bialosky assisted, Bialosky notched his first score of the game with just 1:06 remaining in the first quarter. He followed that up with another unassisted goal in the second quarter, which gave Tufts a comfortable 9-5 lead. Two more fourth-quarter goals by the senior helped break open a two-goal game as the Jumbos held the Bantams scoreless in the final period, aided in no small part by Bialosky's team-high offensive output.
Bialosky, who was named to the All-NESCAC First Team in 2010 after averaging 3.29 ground balls per game, has already reached his junior year goals total with eight thus far in 2011. He is also one assist away from matching his tally from 2010. Bialosky is also averaging a whopping 4.22 ground balls per contest, placing him in the top 10 in the NESCAC for that category.
Gabby Horner, Women's Lacrosse
Despite No. 12 Tufts' narrow 9-8 loss to No. 4 Trinity on Bello Field on Saturday, one of the Jumbos' offensive bright spots came from freshman attackman Gabby Horner, who scored a team-high three goals in the top-25 matchup. Horner now has 15 goals, good enough for fourth on the team, to go along with three assists.
Horner, who debuted for the Jumbos with a five-goal outburst in the season opener against Amherst, nearly brought Tufts back from a three-goal deficit late in the second half. With 5:10 remaining, Horner cut the Bantam lead to 9-7 and added another score at the 2:42 mark. Both tallies were off free-position shots. Her first goal came with 1:35 left in the first half on a feed from classmate Kate Applegate.
This is Horner's fifth multi-goal game on the season and her highest offensive output since the March 12 matchup against the Lord Jeffs. The Allentown, N.J., native has been an integral part of a deep and balanced Jumbos attack that, before the Trinity game, had scored double-digit goals in eight consecutive contests and is now averaging 12.44 goals per game, fourth-best in the NESCAC. Horner is also tied for fourth in the conference with two game-winning goals.
