Fitchburg State Drops New England College, 4-1
Fitchburg State continued to score in bunches, netting four unanswered goals to defeat New England College, 4-1 in non-conference action this evening.
Fitchburg State Drops New England College, 4-1
Leiser stops a career-best 52 saves in Falcons non-conference victory
HENNIKER, N.H. (January 12, 2010) - Fitchburg State continued to score in bunches, netting four unanswered goals to defeat New England College, 4-1 in non-conference action this evening.
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The Pilgrims would get on the board early as Trevor Turner (Westbank, B.C.) would rebound in a shot assisted by Mark Ehl (N. Vancouver, B.C.) and Emil Alengard (Likoping, Sweden) just 6:49 into the game. Freshman Trevor Lawler (Fitchburg, Mass./New England Jr. Huskies) would send the game into the first intermission knotted at 1-1 as the rookie forward fired a shot over the shoulder of NEC goalie Conner Sampson (Whitby, Ontario) at the 15:14 mark.
In the second, the Falcons struck early as freshman as Chris Costigan (Salem, N.H./Northern Cyclones) netted his fourth goal of the season just 1:49 into the period off sophomore Thomas McAleer's (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) assist. The Pilgrims would have plenty of second period opportunities, outshooting the Falcons 17-9, but New England College came up short heading into the final period trailing 2-1.
Fitchburg State padded its lead just five minutes into the third period as junior Andrew Jones (Franklin, Mass./Walpole Express) registered his first marker of the season off a Costigan and McAleer helper. The Falcons added an empty netter late in the period to clinch the 4-1 victory.
New England College outshot Fitchburg State 53-25 in the contest, but sophomore goaltender Bobby Leiser (Monroe, N.Y./New York Applecore) earned the victory, totaling a career-best 52 saves in net. Sampson finished the night with 21 saves for the Pilgrims.
Fitchburg State (7-3-1, 4-2-0 MASCAC) will be back in action on Thursday as it hosts Salve Regina University at 7 p.m. New England College (6-6-1, 2-4-1 ECAC East) will be in action on Friday as it travels to Norwich University at 7 p.m.
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Fitchburg State 4, New England 1
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Scoring
First Period: NEC: Trevor Turner (Mark Ehl, Emil
Alengard), 6:49; FIT: Trevor Lawler (Billy Pescosolido, Kevin
McCready), 15:14;
Second Period: FIT: Chris Costigan (Thomas
McAleer), 1:49;
Third Period: FIT: Andrew Jones (Costigan,
McAleer), 5:45; FIT: Tucker Callen (Curtis Nikitas), 19:32;
Goaltending: FIT: Bobby Leiser (60:00), 52 saves;
NEC: Connor Sampson (59:29), 21 saves;
Shots: FIT: 25; NEC: 53