November 2, 2024

Falcons Crowned Regular Season Champions with Win Over Bridgewater

FITCHBURG, MA: Fitchburg State field hockey clinched the top seed and regular season championship with a win over Bridgewater State this afternoon in MASCAC action.

Bridgewater St.

8-9, 4-5

Fitchburg St.

9-8-0, 7-2

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Bridgewater St. (8-9, 4-5)	0	0	1	1	2
Fitchburg St. (9-8-0, 7-2)	1	2	0	1	4

Scoring Summary

1st - 10:09 - Samantha Jones (Fitchburg St.)

2nd - 17:46 - Sophia Yates (Fitchburg St.)

2nd - 20:11 - Samantha Yates (Fitchburg St.)

3rd - 43:29 - Taylor Carter (Bridgewater St.)

4th - 50:09 - Abbie Zuber (Bridgewater St.)

4th - 57:29 - Jessica Morse (Fitchburg St.)

Game Leaders

Bridgewater St.

G: 2 Players (#9, #15) - 1

A: N/A

Sh: 2 Players (#9, #19) - 2

Sv: Catherine Daoulas - 8

Fitchburg St.

G: 4 Players (#4, #6, #8, #24) - 1

A: Riley O'Brien - 1

Sh: Sophia Yates - 8

Sv: Jenna Morse - 4

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Bridgewater St.	Fitchburg St.
Shots (on goal)	7 (6)	24 (19)
Saves	15	4
Fouls	31	39
Penalty Corners	5	8

Full stats

FITCHBURG, MA: Fitchburg State field hockey clinched the top seed and regular season championship with a win over Bridgewater State this afternoon in MASCAC action.

THE BASICS:

- Date: 11/2/24

- Score: Fitchburg 4, Bridgewater 2

- Records: Fitchburg (10-8, 8-2 MASCAC), Bridgewater (8-10, 4-6 MASCAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- The Falcons struck first in the 10^th minute. Samantha Jones (Uxbridge, MA) redirected a great pass from teammate Riley O'Brien (Townsend, MA) off a penalty corner.

- Fitchburg would add on in the second quarter in the 17^th minute. Sophia Yates (Woodstock, VT) would score off of her own rebound just in front of the cage for her 16^th goal of the season. The Falcons would continue their success on penalty corners. Their third tally would come off the stick of Samantha Yates (Woodstock, VT), who was in the right spot after a defender tried to play the ball out. She gathered it and let it fly into the bottom right of the net.

- The second half saw the Bears get on the board in the 43^rd minute. Taylor Carter found the back of the net off a through ball from Abbie Zuber. Bridgewater would add a second in the 50^th minute, cutting the Falcons lead to just one. This time, Zuber scored the goal off a pass from Carter in the middle of the arc.

- Fitchburg would answer back with their first of the half in the 57^th minute on another rebounded shot. This time, it was Jessica Morse (Leominster, MA) who was in the right spot at the right time to put the Falcons back up by two at 4-2.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Jenna Morse (Leominster, MA) gets the win (8-6-1) after making 4 saves on just 2 goals allowed.

- Brianna Gagnon is tagged with the loss (7-10) after making 7 saves and allowing the 3 goals.

- Shots: Fitchburg 24, Bridgewater 7

UP NEXT:

- Fitchburg State field hockey will return Thursday after getting a bye for the MASCAC Quarterfinals. They will host the lowest remaining seed on Thursday at 6 PM.

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