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Field Hockey Soars Past Rams In MASCAC Action
Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Field Hockey Soars Past Rams In MASCAC Action

Box Score
Scoring Summary
2nd - 17:01 - Kendall O'Brien (Fitchburg St.)
2nd - 19:17 - Leah Cavanagh (Fitchburg St.)
2nd - 22:27 - Chloe Moynihan (Framingham St.)
2nd - 28:15 - Leah Cavanagh (Fitchburg St.)
2nd - 29:46 - Kendall O'Brien (Fitchburg St.)
4th - 47:18 - Leah Cavanagh (Fitchburg St.)
4th - 53:02 - Samantha Yates (Fitchburg St.)
4th - 53:57 - Samantha Yates (Fitchburg St.)
4th - 56:21 - Madison Butler (Fitchburg St.)
Game Leaders
Framingham St.
G: Chloe Moynihan - 1
A: N/A
Sh: 2 Players (#4, #6) - 3
Sv: Kaitlyn Tello - 11
Fitchburg St.
G: Leah Cavanagh - 3
A: 5 Players (#3, #6, #9, #17, #24) - 1
Sh: Olivia Narkevicius - 11
Sv: Isabella Corcoran - 7
Team Stats
Full stats

Cavanagh nets first collegiate hat trick Green & Gold

Fitchburg, MA. – The Fitchburg State field hockey team defeated the Rams of Framingham State University, 8-1 in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action this evening from Elliot Field.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 8, Framingham State 1

Records: Fitchburg State (8-5, 5-3 MASCAC) | Framingham State (2-11, 1-7 MASCAC)

How It Happened

Fitchburg State opened the scoring at the 17:01 as sophomore Kendall O'Brien (Townsend, MA) fired a shot into the left side of the cage for her fourth tally on the season for the 1-0 edge. The Falcons doubled the lead two minutes later when sophomore Leah Cavanagh (Leominster, MA) settled a feed from senior Samantha Yates (Woodstock, VT) and deposited a shot inside the far post for her second marker on the season for the 2-0 advantage.

Framingham State cut the deficit to 2-1 in the 23rd minutes of action with freshman Chloe Moynihan (Holyoke, MA) found the back of the cage for her fourth score on the 2025-26 campaign. The Green and Gold pushed the lead to 3-1 with two minutes remaining in regulation as Cavanagh collected a pass from O'Brien and tucked a shot into the lower left corner for her second tally of the contest. Fitchburg State upped the margin one minute later with O'Brien fired a shot into the back of the cage to make the score 4-1 going into the break.

Following the break, Fitchburg State extended the margin at the 47:18 when Cavanagh completed the hat trick for her third score of the contest for 5-1 lead. The Green and Gold secured the victory, closing out the contest with a pair of scores by Yates and one off the stick of sophomore Madison Butler (Carver, MA), resulting in the 8-1 final.

Inside the Numbers

  • Fitchburg State held a 33-11 advantage in shots
  • Both teams finished with eight penalty corners
  • Sophomore Isabella Corcoran (Braintree, MA) stopped seven shots for the Falcons
  • Junior Kaitlyn Tello (Nashua, NH) made 11 saves for the Rams

Up Next

Falcons return to action on Saturday as they host the Lancers of Worcester State for a MASCAC clash, starting at 11:00AM.

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