Fitchburg State Shuts Down Becker, 4-0

Santos nets two goals in Falcons first victory of the season

LEICESTER, Mass. (September 9, 2014) – Senior forward Sierra Santos (Lakeville, Mass.) registered two goals as Fitchburg State defeated Becker College, 4-0 in non-conference women's soccer action this evening at Alumni Field.

Santos got the scoring started for Fitchburg State in the tenth minute of action when she blasted a shot into the top right corner of the net on a feed from classmate Kayla Bridges (Foxboro, Mass.) for the 1-0 advantage.

The Falcons doubled their lead at the 24:42 mark as senior Kelsey Murphy (Maynard, Mass.) collected a loose ball that rebounded off of Becker goalie Katherine Cormier (San Diego, Calif.) and chipped the ball inside the far post for her first collegiate tally to make the score 2-0.

The Green and Gold upped its margin in the 34th minute of play when sophomore Carolyn Ciccatelli (Rochester, Mass.) converted a breakaway attempt into her first goal on the season for the 3-0 lead going into the break.

Following intermission, Fitchburg State capped the scoring at the 60:48 mark as freshman Whitney Mansfield (Lunenburg, Mass.) crossed the ball over to Santos, who proceeded to blast a shot into the back of the net for her second score of the match, resulting in the 4-0 final to give Falcons' first year head coach Patti McColl her first career collegiate victory.

Throughout the contest, Fitchburg State out shot Becker 19-4, while also holding a slim 5-3 margin in corner kicks. Between the pipes, senior Kelsey Ford (Franconia, N.H.) posted one save in the complete game shutout victory for the Falcons, while Cormier registered 12 stops for Becker in 45 minutes of action.

Fitchburg State (1-2-0, 0-0-0 MASCAC) will be back in action on Saturday as it hosts the Engineers of WPI at 2 p.m. Becker College (2-3-0, 0-0-0 NECC) will travel to Fisher College on Thursday at 4 p.m.