Dery Scores Twice In Loss To Fitchburg State

Final	1	2	T
Becker (1-4-0, 0-0-0 NECC)	2	0	2
Fitchburg St. (1-3-0, 0-0-0 MASCAC)	3	2	5

Scoring Summary
1st - 18:31	Alycia Dery (Becker)
1st - 25:47	Sierra Santos (Fitchburg St.)
1st - 26:50	Alycia Dery (Becker)
1st - 29:37	Kayla Bridges (Fitchburg St.)
1st - 40:50	Sierra Santos (Fitchburg St.)
2nd - 71:56	Kayla Bridges (Fitchburg St.)
2nd - 89:02	Brittany Skelly (Fitchburg St.)

Becker	Fitchburg St.
G: Alycia Dery - 2 A: 2 Players (#17, #21 - 1) Sh: Alycia Dery - 3 Sv: Katherine Cormier - 18	G: 2 Players (#13, #21 - 2) A: Nicole Stone - 2 Sh: Sierra Santos - 7 Sv: N/A

TEAM STATISTICS	Becker	Fitchburg St.
Shots (on goal)	5 (2)	34 (23)
Saves	18	0
Fouls	2	6
Corner Kicks	0	6
Offsides	0	5

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FITCHBURG, Mass. – Junior forward Sierra Santos  registered five points on two goals and one assist to lift the Fitchburg State women's soccer team to a 5-2 victory over Becker College in non-conference action this evening at Elliot Field.

Becker opened the scoring in the 19th minute of play as junior Alycia Dery (Millville, Mass./Blackstone-Millville) received a through ball from freshman Erika Galdamez (Concord, Calif./Concord) and fired a shot into the upper left corner of the net for the 1-0 advantage. The Falcons responded at the 25:47 mark when senior forward Nicole Stone (Webster, Mass. Bartlett) slid a pass over to Santos, who beat Becker goalkeeper Katherine Cormier (San Diego, Calif./Westview) to the near post to knot the score 1-1.

The Hawks (2-1) quickly regained the lead less than two minutes late as sophomore Jesley Teixeira (New Bedford, Mass./New Bedford) intercepted a pass and fed Dery, who deposited the ball into the back of the net for her second tally of the contest.

The back and forth affair continued at the 29:37 mark as the Green and Gold retied the game (2-2) when junior Kayla Bridges (Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro) blasted a shot to the near side for her first score of the season. The Falcons grabbed their first lead of the match in the 41st minute as Santos collected a feed from Stone and fired a shot inside the left post for the 3-2 lead going into the break.

In the second half, the upped their lead (4-2) at the 71:56 mark when Bridges tucked the ball inside the right post for her second goal of the night, using an assist from freshman Racheal Provencher (Templeton, Mass./Narragansett Regional) before freshman Brittany Skelly (Medway, Mass./Tri-County Regional) capped the scoring with her first collegiate score, resulting in the 5-2 final.

Throughout the contest, Fitchburg State controlled the offensive end, outshooting the Hawks 34-5, while also holding a 6-0 margin in corner kicks. In net, senior Jillian Kirouac (Leominster, Mass./Leominster) picked up the victory in 77 minutes of action for the Falcons, while Cormier turned aside 18 shots in the complete game effort for Becker.