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Leah Faria
2 Leah Faria
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Hometown:
    Acushnet, MA
  • Position:
    D
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Fairhaven
  • Major:
    Elementary Education
  • gp
    17
  • p
    0
  • g
    0
  • a
    0

Bio

Accolades: MASCAC Winter Spring All-Academic Team: 2022/23, 2023/24, 

2025: Saw action in 17 games for the Green and Gold with 17 starts, totaling 40 groundballs and 18 caused turnovers. Collected five groundballs and five caused turnovers in a 14-6 setback to Keene State (3/19), while adding four groundballs and two caused turnovers in a 14-13 overtime setback to UMass Dartmouth (4/1). Click here for season statistics.

2024: Played in 16 games for Fitchburg State with 14 starts from the backline. Registered a team-best 40 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers. Tallied seven groundballs and three caused turnovers in a 10-6 setback to Colby-Sawyer (3/6), while adding three groundballs and four caused turnovers in a 17-9 triumph against Gordon (4/10). Click here for season statistics.

2023: Played in 12 contests for the Falcons with six games started, totaling 12 ground balls and three caused turnovers. Registered a sesaon best three ground balls in an 18-5 triumph over MCLA (4/19), while adding two ground balls and a caused turnover in an 18-4 setback to Worcester State (4/29). Click here for season statistics.

2022: Appeared in 11 games for the Green and Gold during her rookie campaign, posting two points on one goal and one assist as well as six ground balls, one draw control and two caused turnovers. Notched her first collegiate tally in addition to an assist and five ground balls in a 22-12 setback to Eastern Connecticut State (4/6). Click here for season statistics.

High School: 2021 graduate of Fairhaven High School. Member of the field hockey and lacrosse teams.

Personal: Daughter of Paula and Joe Faria. Majoirng in Early Childhood Education at the University.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 14 Johnson & Wales (RI)
Apr 16 at Clark University L, 13-8
Apr 18 Westfield St. L, 19-7
Apr 24 Salem St. L, 12-9
Apr 26 at Worcester St. L, 20-7
Apr 29 at Framingham St. L, 21-6
  Overall Conf
Games 17 6
Points 0 0
Goals 0 0
Assists 0 0
Shots 0 0
Shooting percentage - -
Shots on goal 0 0
Shots on goal percentage - -
Free position goals-shots 0-0 0-0
Ground balls 40 15
Draw controls 0 0
Turnovers 18 6
Caused turnovers 17 3
Fouls 4 0
Yellow cards 5 3
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 0 0
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Feb 26 at Lasell L, 13-8 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Feb 28 UMass Boston L, 11-7 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 2 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 5 at Colby-Sawyer L, 16-11 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 0
Mar 10 vs. Canton L, 13-11 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 0
Mar 11 vs. Vassar L, 16-2 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 19 Keene St. L, 14-6 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 1 5 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 22 at Suffolk W, 16-11 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 1 2 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 27 at Plymouth St. L, 22-5 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 2 - 0 0
Mar 29 Framingham St. L, 18-8 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 1 at Mass.-Dartmouth L, 14-13 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 1 2 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 4 at Mass. Maritime W, 18-10 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 1 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 14 Bridgewater St. L, 21-10 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 14 Johnson & Wales (RI)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 16 at Clark University L, 13-8 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 18 Westfield St. L, 19-7 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 24 Salem St. L, 12-9 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 26 at Worcester St. L, 20-7 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 3 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 29 at Framingham St. L, 21-6 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo yc rc gc pen
2021-22 11 1 1 1 2 1-1 6 1 0 2 8 12.5 6 75.0 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 12 6 0 0 0 0-0 12 0 6 3 1 0.0 1 100.0 8 1 0 0 0
2023-24 16 14 0 0 0 0-0 40 0 18 21 0 - 0 - 15 4 0 0 0
2024-25 17 17 0 0 0 0-0 40 0 18 17 0 - 0 - 4 5 0 0 0
Total 56 38 1 1 2 1-1 98 1 42 43 9 11.1 7 77.8 27 10 0 0 0
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo yc rc gc pen
Event Total 17 17 0 0 0 0-0 40 0 18 17 0 - 0 - 4 5 0 0 0
Conference 6 6 0 0 0 0-0 15 0 6 3 0 - 0 - 0 3 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - -
Location Home 6 6 0 0 0 0-0 15 0 5 8 0 - 0 - 0 2 0 0 0
Away 9 9 0 0 0 0-0 22 0 11 8 0 - 0 - 3 3 0 0 0
Neutral 2 2 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 2 1 0 - 0 - 1 0 0 0 0
Result Wins 2 2 0 0 0 0-0 6 0 2 3 0 - 0 - 0 2 0 0 0
Losses 15 15 0 0 0 0-0 34 0 16 14 0 - 0 - 4 3 0 0 0
Month February 2 2 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 2 2 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 0 0
March 7 7 0 0 0 0-0 12 0 6 9 0 - 0 - 4 3 0 0 0
April 8 8 0 0 0 0-0 24 0 10 6 0 - 0 - 0 2 0 0 0

News Mentions

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Women' Lacrosse Falls to Vikings on Senior Night

FITCHBURG, MA: The Fitchburg State women’s lacrosse team fell to the Vikings of Salem State this evening in MASCAC action, 12-9.

April 24, 2025

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