Falcon Cruise Past Spartans in Non-Conference Action

Falcon Cruise Past Spartans in Non-Conference Action

Fitchburg, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University women's lacrosse team posted a 13-7 win over the Spartans of Castleton University on a cold and windy Tuesday afternoon at Elliot Field
The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 13, Castleton 7
Records: Fitchburg State (5-4) | Castleton (1-5)

How It Happened

Fitchburg State notched the first goal of the game with a free position shot off the stick of junior Brooke Williams (South Dennis, Mass.). The Spartans pushed the score to 3-1 with a pair of goals from sophomore Kimberly McCarthy (West Sayville, NY).

The Green and Gold potted three goals in the second quarter. Senior Julia Miele (South Hadley, Mass.) dished out a pair of helpers to first-year Delaney Ponder (East Bridgewater, Mass.) and junior Eva Kozikowski (Portsmouth, NH) to even the match. Junior Cali Laakso (Fitchburg, Mass.) broke the stalemate with her 12^th goal of the season with two minutes left in the first half.

Ahead 5-3 the Falcons notched a pair of goals just 14 seconds apart from Laakso and Kozikowski to hold a 7-3 advantage. Castleton outscored the Falcons 2-1 down the stretch of the third quarter with tallies from Deena Jacunski (Colchester, Vt.) and Lacey Greenamyre (Middlebury, Vt.).

The Spartans opened the fourth with a pair of goals from McCarty, but the hosts answered with a man-up goal from Laakso to maintain a two-goal lead (9-7) with ten minutes to play. Fitchburg would pour on four more goals including a nifty goal from freshman Abaigeal Gilman (Clinton, Mass.)  resulting in the 13-7 final.

Inside the Numbers

• Fitchburg State junior Francesca Reyes (Malden, Mass.) posted 9 saves in the first half, while Alyson Cote (South Hadley, Mass.) stopped 7 shots in the second half
• Fitchburg held the advantage in shots (38-29) and ground balls (41-31)
• Kozikowski finished with five points (4 goals, 1 assist), while Laakso added a hat trick, a helper, 5 groundballs, and a caused turnover.

 Up Next

The Falcons will start MASCAC conference play on Friday night when they host Massachusetts Maritime Academy at 7:00 PM