2020 Fitchburg State Women’s Lacrosse Schedule Announced

Falcons to open 2020 season on February 29th as they hosts Rivier University  

Fitchburg, Mass. – The Fitchburg State women's lacrosse team's 2020 season has been announced with the Falcons scheduled to play a total of 17 games, including ten non-conference contests.

This season, Fitchburg State is scheduled to play seven teams who won at least ten contests from a year ago, including four squads within the MASCAC.

Junior attack Madison Alves (Braintree, Mass.) and senior Tracy Long (Georgetown, Mass.) return as the Falcon top scoring threats after combining for 37 goals and 12 assists for a total of 49 points.

In the midfield, sophomore Julia Miele (South Hadley, Mass.) and seniors Nicole Kopacz (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Rebecca Fisher (Dracut, Mass.) provide leadership. Miele concluded the 2019 season 21 goals, eight assists, 17 ground balls, 17 draw controls and three cause turnovers, while Kopacz and Fisher combined for eight goals, seven helpers, 84 ground balls, 41 draw controls and 44 caused turnovers.

Newcomer Francesca Reyes (Malden, Mass.) will take the reigns as the Falcons goaltender, while veteran back Dominique Finlay (Plymouth, Mass.) anchors the Fitchburg State back line after starting 16 of 17 contests for the Green and Gold in addition to 29 ground balls, one draw control and 15 caused turnovers.

Some of the incoming freshmen who will make an impact this season for the Green and Gold are Brooke Johnson (Billerica, Mass.), Brooke Williams (South Dennis, Mass.), Eva Kozikowski (Portsmouth, N.H.) and Gabrielle Scibilia (Haverhill, Mass.), are coming off an impress start to the off-season.

"I am very excited for the upcoming season." "We have a strong senior class as well as ten solid incoming freshman." Said head coach, Rick Terrio. "We are expecting a good season even though we are young." Terrio continued.

"Moving Kopacz (Nicole) and Miele (Julia) to the midfield has made an immediate impact coming off a recent scrimmage with Southern Maine this past weekend in which we played very well." Terrio said.

"Attacker wise, we have a returning (Tracy) Long and (Madison) Alves in addition to a couple strong incoming freshman in (Eva) Kozikowski, (Gabrielle) Sciilia and (Brooke) Johnson, while defensively (Dominique) Finlay will provide a veteran leadership presence that will feature returner Jillian Whalen (South Hadley, Mass.) and (Brooke) Williams." Terrio concluded.

The Falcons open their 2020 slate on February 29th as they host Rivier University before hosting the Pride of Regis College on Thursday, March 5th

During spring break, Fitchburg State will travel to Sage College on Saturday, March 7th, while then taking on the Spartans of Castleton University the following day in Castleton, Vt. The Green and Gold continue its non-conference swing, visiting Colby-Sawyer (3/16) before returning to Elliot as they host Norwich (3/18) and New England College (3/21). The Falcons then hit the road as they visit UMass Dartmouth on March 25th.

Fitchburg State open Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) play on March 28th as travels to Massachusetts Maritime Academy visiting Clark University on Wednesday, April 1st.

The Falcons return home, hosting MCLA (4/3) and Eastern Connecticut State (4/8) then going back on the road for a pair of MASCAC rivalry games in Framingham State (4/11) and Salem State (4/14).

The Green and Gold head back to the confines of Elliot Field again on April 18th as they host the Bears of Bridgewater State before hosting Worcester State University on April 22nd in their final regular season home contest, while concluding the 2020 regular season on the road as they visit Westfield State on April 25th.

The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament starts on April 28th and runs through the championship game on May 2nd.

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