Fitchburg State Shuts Down Mass. Maritime, 3-0
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Fitchburg St. (3-13-1, 1-4-1 MASCAC) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Medina registers first collegiate tally for Falcons in MASCAC victory
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. - Junior Sammi Zina netted a goal and an assist to lead Fitchburg State to a 3-0 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer victory over Massachusetts Maritime Tuesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium.
Sophomore Sioban O'Connell gave the visiting Falcons (3-13-1, 1-4-1 MASCAC) the only goal they would need in the 30th minute of play when her header off a Zina corner found the back left side of the net for her second tally of the season for the 1-0 lead going into the break.
Following halftime, Fitchburg State extended that margin to 2-0 just 32 seconds into the second stanza when freshman Maddie Medina converted a rebound of junior Victoria Floeck's shot for her first collegiate marker.
The Green and Gold capped the scoring in the 77th minute as Zina took a feed from sophomore Amanda Gage and broke in from the left side for her second goal of the year that accounted for the 3-0 final.
Junior Morgan Steele picked up her third win of the season in goal by making a pair of saves over 86-plus minutes of play for Fitchburg State, while senior Katie Levesque made 13 stops in the setback for the host Buccaneers (4-10, 0-6 MASCAC). The Falcons outshot Massachusetts Maritime by a 21-4 margin overall (16-2 on goal) and held a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks for the contest.
Massachusetts Maritime closes out its regular season slate on Saturday evening by heading to Westfield, Mass. to take on Westfield State in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference outing beginning at 6:00 p.m., while Fitchburg State travels to Salem, Mass. on Friday evening to square off with Salem State in its MASCAC regular season finale that also begins at 6:00 p.m.