Fitchburg, MA – Another six-goal performance from Lauren Vignola (Ringwood, NJ) and 13 total goals from the Chargers helped the Colby-Sawyer women's lacrosse team improve to 3-0 on the season. The Chargers played Fitchburg State University on Wednesday afternoon. 

Rapid Recap: 

• Rose Finlayson (Hopkinton, NH) assisted Vignola to give the Chargers an early 1-0 lead. The Falcons tied the game 1-1, as Noelle Kennedy assisted Jessica St. George. About two minutes later, Paige Marchand assisted Hannah Azzari to put the Falcons up 2-1. About a minute later, Nola Patty scored the third Falcon goal of the game. But the Chargers responded with three more goals before the end of the quarter. Vignola scored two of the three goals and Reese Holcomb (Essex Junction, VT) scored one of the goals. Finlayson recorded two of the assists, while Elena Bronson (Monkton, VT) assisted Vignola's last goal of the half. Vignola was on a hat trick before the end of the quarter, and the Chargers led 4-3 with three quarters to go. 

• Kiley McFadden assisted Samantha Azzari for a Falcon goal to tie the game 4-4. Bronson added a goal to the Chargers' scoreline and soon after assisted Vignola to give Colby-Sawyer a 6-4 lead. Samantha Azzari assisted Hannah Azzari for Fitchburg State. Finlayson and Cecilia Ponzini (Windham, NH) both scored goals to put the Chargers up 8-5 with 47 seconds left in the half. The Falcons scored the next goal as McFadden assisted Patty. With a second to go in the half, Bronson scored another goal to make it a 9-6 Charger lead going into the halftime break. 

• After a little more than 90 seconds into the second half, Ponzini assisted Grace Joly (Windham, ME) to put the Chargers up 10-6. Nevaeh Chiacchia scored two goals for the Falcons. Kennedy assisted the first goal, while St. George assisted the second goal. Vignola scored from a free position shot for the Chargers. Kennedy assisted Layne Thompson for a Falcon goal. The Chargers led 11-9 with one quarter to go. 

• Holcomb scored about six minutes into the quarter for the Chargers. Kennedy assisted Hannah Azzari to score the 10th goal of the game for Fitchburg State. Finlayson assisted Vignola with 4:10 left in the game. St. George scored for the Falcons for the last goal of the game. The Chargers won the game 13-11. 

Inside the Numbers: 

• Vignola led the Chargers with six goals. This was Vignola's second six-goal game of the season. 

• Bronson and Holcomb both ended the game on two goals. 

• Finlayson ended the game with four assists, one goal, four ground balls, and four draw controls. 

• Addison Glavin (Andover, MA) and Bethany Rose (Andover, MA) combined for three saves on Wednesday. 

• Hannah Azzari led the scoring for the Falcons with three goals. 

• The Chargers picked up 21 ground balls. 

Up Next: 

On Saturday, the Chargers will start conference play against Albertus Magnus in New Haven, Connecticut at 1pm.

WRITTEN BY ERIC DESCHNER