Falcons Fall at Colby-Sawyer

New London, NH. – The Fitchburg State University women's lacrosse team dropped a 15-12 decision to the Chargers of Colby-Sawyer College in non-conference action this afternoon at Sally Shaw Veitch Field.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 12, Colby-Sawyer 15
Records: Fitchburg State (2-2) | Colby-Sawyer (3-0)

How It Happened

Trailing 1-0, first-year Delaney Ponder (East Bridgewater, Mass.) notched a pair of goals, sandwiched around a tally from senior Julia Miele (South Hadley, Mass.) to push the Falcons to a 3-2 lead. Colby-Sawyer countered with two goals from Hannah Marquis to forge ahead 6-3.

Junior Cali Laakso (Fitchburg, Mass.) notched an 8-meter goal, then Miele and Abaigeal Gilman (Clinton, Mass.) scored back-to-back to cut the deficit to 8-6 heading into intermission.

Ponder completed the hat-trick in the third quarter with a goal at the seven-minute mark, however, Colby-Sawyer answered with four unanswered goals. Miele closed out the frame with her second of the game to make it a 13-8 ballgame.

The Green and Gold mounted a strong fourth quarter with four straight goals capped by junior Eva Kozikowski's (Portsmouth, NH) second of the game to trail 14-12 with three minutes to play, Colby-Sawyer added an insurance goal from Heather Hanson, resulting in the 15-10 final.

Inside the Numbers

• Fitchburg State junior Francesca Reyes (Malden, Mass.) posted 17 saves in the loss.
• Colby-Sawyer held the advantage in shots (38-25) and ground balls (44-34)
• Miele finished with a team-high six points (4 goals, 2 assist) with 3 groundballs and 2 caused turnovers
• Freshman Alexis Raymond (Tewksbury, Mass.) added three helpers, 4 groundballs, and a caused turnover
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Up Next

Falcons will complete their spring break trip at New England College on Monday afternoon; first draw is slated for 3:00PM