Fitchburg State Falls To Bridgewater State, 3-0
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Bridgewater St. (11-2-1, 5-0 MASCAC) | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Fitchburg St. (5-8, 1-4 MASCAC) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al-Zaibak registers five saves for Falcons in MASCAC setback
FITCHBURG, Mass. – Senior forward Conor Murtagh registered a pair of goals as the Bears of Bridgewater State defeated Fitchburg State University, 3-0 in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) men's soccer action at this afternoon at Elliot Field.
With his two goals and four points Murtagh moved into a tied for seventh place on the Bears all-time career points list with 58, while senior keeper Colin Jepson earned his fourth straight shutout and eighth shutout of the season for Bridgewater State. Jepson now has 15 career clean sheets to his credit.
After a scoreless first-half of soccer, the visiting Bears took ahold of the lead 52 minutes into play when senior Justin Kachadoorian fired a shot 25 yards out past the outstretched gloves of Falcon keeper Alex Al-Zaibak and finding the net for his first goal of the season, giving Bridgewater State the 1-0 advantage.
Bridgewater State doubled their lead (2-0) seven minutes later with Murtagh's first finish of the contest. The senior forward received a corner from newoomer Diego DelasCasa and sent it home for his 11th marker of the year.
In the 63rd minute Murtagh struck for his second tally of the contest and 12th of the season, depositing the ball into the lower right corner of the net off an assist from classmate Colin Campbell, resulting in the 3-0 final.
Throughout the match, Bridgewater State finished with a 22-12 advantage in shots, while also holding a 10-4 margin in corner kicks. In goal, junior Alex Al-Zaibak made five saves for the Falcons in the complete game effort, while Jepson turned away five shots for the Bears in 90 minutes of action.
Fitchburg State (5-8-0, 1-4-0 MASCAC) will be back in action on Wednesday as it travels to WPI to battle the Engineers at 7 p.m. Bridgewater State (11-2-1, 5-0-0 MASCAC) will host the Corsairs of UMass Dartmouth on Tuesday for a contest starting at 7 p.m.
Release Courtesy Of Fithcburg State Student Journalist Kyle Pruhomme