Fitchburg State Upends Curry, 3-1
The Fitchburg State women’s soccer team collected a 3-1 victory over Curry College in non-conference action at Katz Athletic Field this evening.
Landry and Hayward lead Falcons with first collegiate goals
MILTON, Mass. (September 2, 2008) - The Fitchburg State women's soccer team collected a 3-1 victory over Curry College in non-conference action at Katz Athletic Field this evening.
Sophomores Ali Landry (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham) and Katie Hayward (Townsend, Mass./North Middlesex) led the Fitchburg State offensive attack with one goal and one assist. This marks the first collegiate goal for both sophomores. Junior Ashley Dutcher (Littleton, Mass./Littleton) added a goal in the win for the Falcons.
Fitchburg State scored the lone goal of the first half at the 31:30 mark as Landry connected for her first goal of the season off a helper from Hayward on a sideline corner.
Curry evened the score at 1-1 early in the second half as senior captain Mandy Hibbard (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) registered her first score of the season just 6:45 in to the half. Fitchburg responded less than three minutes later as Hayward tallied the game-winning score on a Falcon penalty kick. The Falcons secured the victory late in the half as Dutcher deposited a Hayward assist for her first goal of the season.
Fitchburg outshot Curry 23-13. Junior goalkeeper Emily Swan (Franklin, Mass./Franklin) started the first half for Fitchburg, collecting five saves in 45 minutes of work, while classmate Kyla Batchelder (Stoughton, Mass./Stoughton) notched one save in the second half. Freshman goalkeeper Julia Tinetti (New Haven, Conn./New Haven) totaled 11 saves in net for the Colonels.
Fitchburg State (2-0, 0-0 MASCAC) is back in action on Saturday as it hosts UMass Dartmouth at 2 pm. Curry College (0-1, 0-0 CCC) will travel to Emmanuel College on Thursday at 7 pm.
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Fitchburg State 3, Curry 1
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Fitchburg State (2-0, 0-0 MASCAC) |
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Curry College (0-1, 0-0 CCC) |
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Scoring:
First Half: FSC: Ali Landry (Katie Hayward), 31:30
Second Half: CC: Mandy Hibbard, 51:45; FSC:
Hayward, 54:02; FSC: Ashley Dutcher (Landry), 76:47;
Goaltending: FSC: Emily Swan (45:00), five saves, Kyla
Batchelder (45:00), one save. CC: Julia Tinetti (90:00),
11 saves
Shots On Goal: FSC: 23; CC: 13;