Women’s Lacrosse Clipped By Beacons In Non-Conference Tilt

S. Azzari nets one goal and two assists for Green & Gold 

Newton, MA – The Fitchburg State Women's Lacrosse team dropped a tough 9-7 decision to the Beacons of UMass Boston this afternoon in non-conference action from Alumni Field.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 7, UMass Boston 9

Records: Fitchburg State 2-5, 0-0 MASCAC) | UMass Boston (3-7, 0-0 LEC)

How It Happened

Fitchburg State opened the contest with a 1-0 lead as junior Samantha Azzari (Haverhill, MA) found the back of the net for her sixth tally on the season before UMass Boston knotted the score at 1-1 with Rae Alexander netting a marker. The Falcons regained the advantage (2-1) when newcomer Nevaeh Chiacchia (Monson, MA) registered her eighth goal of the 2026 campaign.

In the second quarter of play, the Beacons retied the contest (2-2) as Morgan Holohan connected on free position tally before taking a 4-2 lead into the break with Angelina Mazzone and Ava Duffy picking up scores.

Following the intermission, Fitchburg State cut the deficit to 4-3 to open the third quarter when junior Noelle Kennedy (West Roxbury, MA) notching her sixth goal of the season before UMass Boston answered back as Teresa Sheedy and Duffy notched goals for the 6-3 lead. The Green and Gold trimmed the lead to 6-5 however when newcomer Meredith Rogers (West Topsham, VT) and junior Mykaela Correia (Dracut, MA) netted goals.

In the final period of play, the Beacons pushed the lead to 7-5 as Mazzone collected her second tally of the contest before the Green and Gold responded when senior Jessica St. George (Dracut, MA) connected on her team leading 13th goal on the season. UMass Boston upped the advantage to 9-6 though with Kaitlyn Ondrick and Samantha DeMarco found the back of the net. The Falcons closed out the scoring late in the contest when newcomer Layne Thomason (Hudson, MA) picked up her fourth marker on the season, resulting in the 9-7 final.

Inside the Numbers

• S. Azzari led the way for the Falcons with three points on one goal and two assists as well as two groundballs
• Chiacchia added one goal, two ground balls, two draw controls and three caused turnovers
• For the Beacons, Duffy finished with three points on two goal and an assist in addition to one groundball and one caused turnover
• Sophomore Dakin Kovatch (White River Junction, VT) made 12 saves for Fitchburg State
• Elizabeth Crowley stopped seven shots for UMass Boston

Up Next

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

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