Seniors Lead Women’s Soccer Past Fitchburg State 4-0

Framingham, Mass. – The Framingham State University women's soccer team received two goals apiece from seniors Isabela DeSouza (Framingham, Mass.) and Marisa Parent (Revere, Mass.) as the Rams defeated Fitchburg State University 4-0 this afternoon in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action at Maple Street Field.   

Framingham State improves to 9-5 on the year and 4-1 in the conference, while the Falcons fall to 3-11-1 overall and 0-4-1 in the MASCAC.

Parent tallied a pair of goals in the first half to put the Rams up 2-0.  She stuck first in the 4^th minute as she and DeSouza executed a perfect give and go.  Parent fed DeSouza a pass on the wing then broke towards the goal. DeSouza hit Parent with a well-placed pass and Parent lifted a shot over the goalkeeper.  Then in the 30^th minute Parent converted a breakaway pulling the Falcon keeper off the line and placing a shot in the corner for her 13^th of the season.

The Rams added two more in the second half both by DeSouza to reach the final margin.  First she scored off a feed from Parent just over 12 minutes into the frame.  On her second marker of the half, she knocked home a corner kick off the foot of sophomore Marissa Miele (Middleton, Mass.).

The Rams outshot the Falcons 17-5 in the game and held a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks.  Junior Sarah Sullivan (Quincy, Mass.) recorded the shutout victory making two stops, while senior Kelsey Ford (Franconia, NH) made four saves in a losing effort for the Falcons.

The Rams are off until next Saturday when the travel to Mass. Maritime at 12 p.m., while the Falcons host UMass Dartmouth on Wednesday at 7 p.m.