Women’s Lacrosse Earns Season Opener Victory Over Leopards

St George nets four goals for Green & Gold

BOSTON, Mass.. The Fitchburg State University women's lacrosse team used a dominant fourth quarter and a four-goal performance from Jessica St. George to secure a 12-8 victory over Wentworth Institute of Technology on Wednesday evening.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 12, WIT 8

Records: Fitchburg State 1-0 | WIT 0-1 

How It Happened.

The Falcons found themselves in a tight battle early. After first-quarter goals from Hannah Azzari and Paige Marchand gave Fitchburg a 2-1 edge, Wentworth responded with a pair of tallies to take a 3-2 advantage. The Falcons answered in the second period as Jessica St. George scored off a caused turnover and Samantha Azzari followed with a strike off a feed from Hannah Azzari to knot the contest at 4-4.

Fitchburg seized momentum midway through the second quarter. Nevaeh Chiacchia converted a free-position opportunity before adding a second goal off an assist from St. George, pushing the Falcons ahead 6-5 at the break.

After Wentworth evened the score at 7-7 late in the third, the Falcons erupted in the final frame. St. George opened the quarter with a man-up free-position goal, and Noelle Kennedy followed just seconds later with another player-advantage tally to make it 9-7. Samantha Azzari added a man-up marker midway through the period, extending the lead to 10-7.

St. George capped her standout performance with back-to-back goals, including an unassisted strike and a finish off a feed from Samantha Azzari.

Inside the Numbers

• St. George paced the Falcons with 4 goals and one assist. 
• Hannah and Samantha Azzari both chipped in with 2 goals and 2 assists
• Dakin Kovatch and Caitlin Persson split time in the net for the win. The duo had 5 saves.
• Paige Marchand and Nevaeh Chiacchia each scored their first collegiate goal

Up Next

The Falcons look to improve to 2-0, when they travel to the University of Saint Joseph (CT)  on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM.

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