Kirouac Earns MASCAC Player of the Week Honor
Fitchburg State freshman Jillian Kirouac (Leominster, Mass./Leominster) was named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women’s Soccer Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday morning.
Leominster, Mass. native collects first career weekly honor
JILLIAN KIROUAC |
FITCHBURG, Mass. (September 20, 2010) – Fitchburg State freshman Jillian Kirouac (Leominster, Mass./Leominster) was named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women’s Soccer Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday morning.
The rookie net-minder collects her first career weekly honor after leading Fitchburg State to a 1-1 week and brining the Falcons to the top of the MASCAC leader board. Throughout the week, Kirouac tallied nine saves, including four stops in a 1-0 overtime shutout vs. Salem State University and five saves in a 4-0 setback to #16 Eastern Connecticut State University.
This season, Kirouac has been a great addition to the Falcons squad, seeing action in all five contests as a true freshman. Between the pipes, she has registered a 3-1-0 record with 25 saves over 386 minutes of work. Currently, Kirouac ranks fourth among all MASCAC goaltenders with a 1.40 goals against average, while ranking fourth overall with a .806 save percentage.
The Fitchburg State women’s soccer team (3-2-0, 0-0-0 MASCAC) will be back in tomorrow as it travels to UMass Boston for a non-conference match starting at 3:30 p.m.