Trailblazers Fall on Senior Day to Falcons

North Adams, MA - The MCLA lacrosse team wrapped up their home schedule in soggy conditions; as a heavy rain fell in the second half of a 19-7 loss to Fitchburg State.

The game was relatively close in the first half as a Rebecca Pike goal with seven minutes to go in the first half cut the Falcon lead to 4-3.

Fitchburg jumped out 2-0 on goals by Andrea Comeau and Ali Laferriere just four minutes into the game. The Trailblazers (4-8, 0-6) would respond as Natalie Caney and Pike scored back to back, the latter coming off a feed from Caney to a cutting Pike.

The Falcons would start to control the play at the end of the half and a Samantha Bontempo goal took Fitchburg into the break with a 7-4 lead.

The Falcons (13-3, 4-2) seemed to adjust to the tough conditions better, as they carried the play throughout the second half.  The Falcons scored the first five goals of the half before Kaitlyn Brown's second goal of the game momentarily stopped the bleeding. The Falcons put together another run and put the game out of reach midway through the half.

Brown would add another and Rachel Green would close out the scoring with a goal as the Trailblazers played a woman down. The final score was 19-7 in favor of the Falcons.

Nine different Falcons scored goals as Comeau, Laferriere and Lindsay White each scored three times.

Brown scored three and Pike added two for MCLA. MCLA goalie Alexandra David faced thirty shots and made eleven saves in defeat.

Elizabeth Darrigo had six stops in moving her record to 12-3.

MCLA celebrated four seniors who helped transition the lacrosse program from club status to it's first season at the varsity level this year.

Those seniors are Kaleigh Anderson, Erin Ferris, Leah Sullivan and Rebecca Pike.

MCLA will play its final game of the season Saturday night at Salem State beginning at 6:00 PM. The Falcons will be at home Friday night at 6:00 PM versus Mass. Maritime.