Falcons Drop MASCAC Clash with Bucs

Fitchburg, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University women's lacrosse team fell 15-11  to the Buccaneers of Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference action on Friday night at Elliot Field

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 11, Mass. Maritime  15
Records: Fitchburg State (5-5, 0-1 MASCAC) | Mass. Maritime (7-2, 1-0 MASCAC)

How It Happened

The Falcon opened with goals from freshman Abaigeal Gilman (Clinton, Mass.) and senior Julia Miele (South Hadley, Mass.) to take a quick 2-1 lead. The Bucs countered with scores from senior Alyssa DiScipio (Braintree, Mass.) and sophomore Cassie Llewellyn (Fairfield, Conn.) to forge ahead 3-2. Miele notched her second of the game to knot the score at 3-3, however, MMA closed out the first quarter on a 3-1 run to take a 6-4 lead.

Trailing 8-5, junior Eva Kozikowski (Portsmouth, NH) found an open Nicole Orlowski (Ellington, Conn.) to cut the deficit to 8-6. Senior Nora McLaughlin (Quincy, Mass.) potted a pair to push the Bucs to a 10-6 advantage at halftime.

Fitchburg State outscored the visitors 3-2 in the third quarter. Kozikowski notched a pair of man-down goals and Miele added her 27th goal of the season for the Falcons while McLaughin and DiScipio scored for the Blue and Gold for a 12-9 advantage.

Goals by Orlowski and junior Cali Laakso (Fitchburg, Mass.) made it a 13-11 game with just over five minutes to play but it was too little too late as Massachusetts Maritime added a pair of insurance goals for the 15-11

Inside the Numbers

• Kozikowski finished with seven points (3 goals, 4 assists), while Miele added 4 goals

• Orlowski added two goals and two assists with 2 groundballs and a caused turnover for the Falcons

• McLaughlin and DiScipio each had five goals for the Buccaneers

• DiScipio notched her 100th career goal on her first score of the game

• MMA held the advantage in shots (43-25) and ground balls (23-18). Each team had 14 draw controls

• Junior netminder Aviva Beringhause (Providence, RI) posted 13 saves for the win

• Freshman Alyson Cote (South Hadley, Mass.) stopped 17 shots in 40 minutes of  relief effort

Up Next

The Falcons will host the Warriors of Eastern Connecticut State on Wednesday at 4:00 PM.