October 13, 2012

Western Connecticut Clips Fitchburg State, 3-1

Junior Shelly Davies tallied the game-winning marker in the 49th minute of play as Western Connecticut State University defeated Fitchburg State, 2-1 in Little East Conference field hockey action this afternoon.

Fitchburg St.

5-8, 2-6 LEC

Western Conn. St.

5-8, 3-5 LEC

Final	1	2	T
Fitchburg St. (5-8, 2-6 LEC)	1	0	1
Western Conn. St. (5-8, 3-5 LEC)	1	2	3

Scoring Summary

1st - 3:28 - Victoria Vitale (Western Conn. St.)

1st - 13:05 - Erin Morrissey (Fitchburg St.)

2nd - 48:35 - Shelly Davies (Western Conn. St.)

2nd - 64:16 - Kim Gigante (Western Conn. St.)

Game Leaders

Fitchburg St.

G: Erin Morrissey - 1

A: N/A

Sh: 2 Players (#1, #11) - 2

Sv: Lucy Holewa - 8

Western Conn. St.

G: 3 Players (#1, #10, #17) - 1

A: Deanne Mastrocola - 2

Sh: 2 Players (#18, #23) - 3

Sv: Courtney Hearn - 5

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Fitchburg St.	Western Conn. St.
Shots (on goal)	9 (7)	14 (11)
Saves	8	6
Fouls	36	45
Penalty Corners	5	6

Full stats

Holewa collects eight saves in Falcons LEC setback

DANBURY, Conn. (October 13, 2012) – Junior Shelly Davies tallied the game-winning marker in the 49th minute of play as Western Connecticut State University defeated Fitchburg State, 2-1 in Little East Conference field hockey action this afternoon.

Western Connecticut State opened up an early lead, scoring just 3:28 into the first half as senior Victoria Vitale (West Milford, N.J./West Milford) notched her seventh goal of the season off an assist from senior Deanna Mastrocola (Goshen, Conn./Wamogo Regional) for the 1-0 margin.

Fitchburg State evened the score (1-1) in the 14th minute of action when freshman Erin Morrissey (Hubbardston, Mass./Quabbin Regional) deflected a shot off the stick off senior Jamie Kelley (Pepperell, Mass./North Middlesex) into the back of the cage.

In the second stanza, the Colonials broke a 1-1 deadlock at the 48:35 mark as Davies connected for her first score of the season. The junior forward drove the ball inside the arc, slipped past a defender and tucked the ball inside the right post for the 2-1 advantage. Before Mastrocola tacked on an insurance goal (3-1) with just under six minutes remaining in regulation to secure the victory for the hosts.

Throughout the match, Western Connecticut State out shot Fitchburg State 14-9, while holding a slim 6-5 advantage in penalty corners. In the cage sophomore Lucy Holewa (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) made eight stops for the Falcons in the complete game effort, while junior Courtney Hearn (New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield) registered six saves for Western Connecticut State..

Fitchburg State (5-8, 2-6 LEC) will be back in action on Wednesday as it hosts UMass Dartmouth at 7 p.m. Western Connecticut State (5-8, 3-5 LEC) will host Eastern Connecticut State on Wednesday for a match starting at 7 p.m.