Football Soars Past Worcester

WORCESTER, MA: The Fitchburg State football team defeated the Lancers of Worcester State this afternoon in MASCAC action, 21-6.  

THE BASICS:

- Date: 10/11/25

- Score: Fitchburg 21, Worcester 6

- Records: Fitchburg (3-2, 2-2 MASCAC), Worcester (1-4, 1-3 MASCAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- The Falcons found paydirt on their first drive of the game after going 12 plays for 68 yards. Rocky Marchitelli (Gunnison, CO) connected with Jacey Ham (Quincy, MA) for a 14-yard touchdown pass. The Falcons scored again on their next drive after a bad snap on a punt and a penalty gave them the ball on the Worcester four-yard line. This time, Marchitelli scored with his legs, rushing for two yards to make it 14-0.

- Worcester would get on the board late in the first quarter with a one-yard touchdown run for Jermaine Norfleet.  

- The scoring ended in the last seconds of the second quarter when the Lancer quarterback threw a hail mary into the end zone that found the hand of Elijah Zaire McKnight (Tracy, CA), who is very dangerous with the football in hand. He returned the interception 85 yards before being run down, but he looked to his right and saw teammate Jan Valls (Worcester, MA), who ran the remaining 15 yards for the touchdown.

- Aiden Tomaszewski (Sterling, MA) led the defensive leaderboard with a game-high 13 tackles. He also recorded 2.5 sacks for a loss of 19 yards. Nathan Winco led the Lancers' defense with 12 tackles.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

-  Passing Yards: Worcester 133, Fitchburg 49

-  Rushing Yards: Fitchburg 222, Worcester 81

-  Top rusher Oriowokite Fatoke (Worcester, MA) 117 yards, average 6.9 per carry, long of 40 yards.

UP NEXT:

- Fitchburg State

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