September 27, 2022

Kassel Tricks Bears, Falcons Notch LEC Victory

Fitchburg St.

4-4, 2-2

Bridgewater St.

1-7, 0-3

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Fitchburg St. (4-4, 2-2)	1	2	2	0	5
Bridgewater St. (1-7, 0-3)	0	0	0	1	1

Scoring Summary

1st - 4:28 - Lena Kassel (Fitchburg St.)

2nd - 24:56 - Lena Kassel (Fitchburg St.)

2nd - 25:49 - Lena Kassel (Fitchburg St.)

3rd - 33:45 - Sophia Yates (Fitchburg St.)

3rd - 40:24 - Olivia Narkevicius (Fitchburg St.)

4th - 59:17 - Bailey Turner (Bridgewater St.)

Game Leaders

Fitchburg St.

G: Lena Kassel - 3

A: N/A

Sh: Lena Kassel - 6

Sv: N/A

Bridgewater St.

G: Bailey Turner - 1

A: Jordyn Perry - 1

Sh: 2 Players (#1, #9) - 1

Sv: Ashley Hamelin - 4

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Fitchburg St.	Bridgewater St.
Shots (on goal)	20 (12)	2 (1)
Saves	0	4
Fouls	0	0
Penalty Corners	20	3

Full stats

Bridgewater, Mass. –Forward Lena Kassel (Stuttgart, Germany) notched her third hat trick of the season to lead the Fitchburg State field hockey team to a 5-1 win over the Bears of Bridgewater State in Little East Conference action on Tuesday evening.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 5, Bridgewater State 1
Records: Fitchburg State (4-4, 2-2 LEC) |Bridgewater State (1-7, 0-3 LEC)

How It Happened

The Falcons exchange student did all her damage in the first half of the game, scoring all three goals off penalty corners. Just two minutes into the game, senior forward Sarah Craig (Ashburnham, Mass.) fed a pass to Kassel at the top of the circle, who sent a vigorous backhand directly to the back of the net.

Kassel tallied her second goal of the day in the second quarter again off a penalty corner. Senior forward Grace Kerr (Holliston, Mass.) found a wide-open Kassel on a give-and-go play about ten yards in front of the net, and the newcomer lifted the ball into the back of the cage. Just 53 seconds later, Fitchburg ran the exact same play off a penalty corner. Kerr again found Kassel in front of the net for an almost identical goal. The strike marked Kassel's team-leading 15th of the season.

The Green and Gold extended the lead (5-0) in the third quarter. Craig collected her second assist of the night when she found Sophia Yates (Woodstock, VT) open in front of the net for her third goal of the season. Freshman Olivia Narkevicius (Phillipson, Mass.) closed out the scoring for the Falcons with an unassisted tally.

Bridgewater State broke up the shutout with just under a minute to play with a goal from Bailey Turner,

Inside the Numbers

Fitchburg State held a 20-2 margin in shots while also finishing with a 20-3 edge in penalty corners.
Jenna Morse (Leominster, Mass.) earned the victory with 45 minutes of shutout play.
Ashley Hamelin made four saves in the setback for the Bears.
Kassel leads NCAA Division III in Goals Per Game (2.00) and is third in Points Per Game (4.17)

Up Next

Falcons will travel to Rivier on Friday night for a non-conference game starting at 7:00 PM.