Falcons Soar Past Trailblazers In MASCAC Matchup

Vaudo and Goff combine for clean sheet

North Adams, Mass. – The Fitchburg State women's soccer team defeated the Trailblazers of MCLA, 3-0 this evening in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action from Shewcraft Field.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 3, MCLA 0

Records: Fitchburg State (7-4-2, 4-0-1 MASCAC) | MCLA (2-8-2, 0-4-1 MASCAC)

How It Happened

Fitchburg State opened the scoring at the 10:20 mark as junior Maddie Hippert (Worcester, Mass.) deposited a shot inside the near post for her fourth tally on the year as classmate Ashley Porter (Upton, Mass.) assisted on the play.

Following the intermission, MCLA threatened in the 70th minute of action when senior Sarah Tomczyk (Plainville, Conn.) fired a shot on frame, but Falcon keeper Skyla Vaudo (Burlington, Mass.) turned the shot aside.

The Falcons upped their lead at the 69:52 mark with junior Elizabeth Read (Fitchburg, Mass.) collecting a feed from freshman Adrianna Westcott (Sayreville, N.J.) and buried a shot into the right side of net to make the score 2-0.

The Green and Gold secured the victory minutes later as the visitors notched an own goal, resulting in the 3-0 final.

Inside the Numbers

This evening's contest marked the 28th meeting between the Falcons and the Trailblazers on the pitch with Fitchburg State 12-13-3 all-time when taking on MCLA

Fitchburg State held a 21-7 edge in shots, while also holding a 6-2 edge in corner kicks

Vaudo stopped four shots for the Falcons in one half of action

Senior Jillian Currier (Troy, N.Y.) made eight saves for the Trailblazers

Up Next

Falcons return to action on Monday as they travel to Roger Williams to take on the Hawks for a non-conference tilt, starting at 7:00 PM.