Men's Soccer Edged By Blazers In 2025 Season Opener

Badger nets first collegiate goal for Green & Gold

Chicopee, MA– The Fitchburg State Men's Soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to the Blazers of Elms College this afternoon in non-conference action from Leary Field as the Falcons opened their 2025 campaign.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 1, Elms 2

Records: Fitchburg State (0-1-0, 0-0-0 MASCAC), Elms (1-0-0. 0-0-0 GNAC)

How It Happened

Following a scoreless first half of play, Elms grabbed a 1-0 edge at the 48:14 mark  as junior Dru Fairthorne (Ludlow, MA) found the back of the net for his first tally on the season.

Fitchburg State knotted the score at 1-1 roughly one minute later when sophomore William Badger (Attleboro, MA) deposited a ball inside the far post for his first collegiate marker.

The Blazers regained the advantage in the 61st minute with senior Jacob Molina Ferrer (Valencia, Spain) settling a feed from classmate Wai Kyaw (West Springfield, MA) and firing a shot into the upper left corner for his first score of the 2025 campaign to make the score 2-1.

Inside the Numbers

• Fitchburg State finished with a 20-5 advantage in shots
• The Falcons held a 7-2 margin in corner kicks
• Sophomore Malcolm Edwards (Salem, MA) stopped one  shot for the Falcons
• Sophomore Jack Bousquet (Clinton, CT) made six saves for the Blazers
• Sophomore William Badger collected his first collegiate tally for the Green and Gold

Up Next

Falcons return to action on Wednesday as they travel to Rivier University to take on the Raiders in non-conference action, starting at 7:00PM.

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