March 25, 2022

Falcons Soar Past Pride

Regis (Mass.)

1-6

Fitchburg St.

4-4

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Regis (Mass.) (1-6)	1	0	3	3	7
Fitchburg St. (4-4)	8	7	4	2	21

Game Leaders

Regis (Mass.)

G: Kylee Marley - 4

A: Abbie Doheny - 1

Sv: Grace Heffernan - 8

GB: Abbie Doheny - 3

Fitchburg St.

G: Julia Miele - 4

A: Eva Kozikowski - 5

Sv: 2 Players (#20, #30) - 8

GB: Julia Miele - 6

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Regis (Mass.)	Fitchburg St.
Shots	26	33
Ground Balls	11	24
Saves	8	16
Clears	7-13	14-13
Turnovers	19	16
Draw Controls	16	12
Free Position Shots	2-8	2-2

Full stats

Fitchburg, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University women's lacrosse team posted a 21-7 victory over the Pride of Regis College on Friday night at Elliot Field.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 21, Regis College 7
Records: Fitchburg State (4-4) | Regis (1-6)

How It Happened

Regis notched the first goal of the game less than a minute in off the stick of junior Morgan Pero (Hartford, VT). The Falcons would control play the rest of the frame outscoring the Pride 8-0. Junior Brooke Johnson (Billerica, Mass.) knotted the score at 1-1 for her 14^th goal of the season and first-year Abaigeal Gilman (Clinton, Mass.) put the Green and Gold ahead for good at 10:14. Freshman Nicole Orlowski (Ellington, Conn.) notched a natural hat trick while senior Julia Miele (South Hadley, Mass.) also potted three goals in the frame.

The Falcons continued to dominate as junior Cali Laakso (Fitchburg, Mass.) found the back of the net for a hat trick in the second. Classmate Eva Kozikowski (Portsmouth, NH) also had a trio of goals giving the hosts a 15-1 lead at intermission.

The Pride opened the third quarter with a goal from freshman Abbie Doheny (Quincy, Mass.). Freshman Alexis Raymond (Tewksbury, Mass.) added a score for the Falcons while classmate Kendra Peretzman (Randolph, Mass.) tipped the twine for her first collegiate goal.

In the fourth quarter, junior Brooke Williams (South Dennis, Mass.) also added her first collegiate tally resulting in the 21-7 final.

Inside the Numbers

Fitchburg State junior Francesca Reyes (Malden, Mass.) posted 8 saves in the first 30 minutes while Alyson Cote (South Hadley, Mass.) stopped 8 shots in the second half.
Fitchburg held the advantage in shots (33-25) and ground balls (24-11)
Miele finished the night with seven points (4 goals, 3 assists) and 6 ground balls, Kozikowski led both teams with five assists.
Sophomore Grace Heffernan (Winchester, Mass.) made 8 saves for Regis in the loss

Up Next

Falcons will host the Spartans of Castleton on Tuesday evening at 5:00 PM