Women’s Lacrosse Flies by Fitchburg State, 22-11

FITCHBURG, Mass. – Suffolk women's lacrosse poured it on in the second half as it turned its one-goal half-time lead into a 22-11 triumph over Fitchburg State Thursday night at Elliott Field. Seven Rams scored goals including hat tricks from Zoe Peckham, Julia Dickinson, Bridget O'Leary and Carley Ehwa to contribute to the highest offensive output in the program's history.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 22 | Fitchburg State 11
RECORDS: Suffolk (4-3) | Fitchburg State (2-3) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Suffolk found itself in a 4-1 hole with just under five minutes to play in the opening quarter. Jessie Le was responsible for the Rams first strike of the game, which came unassisted 2:40 into the contest. The blue-and-gold picked up the pace in the final 3:30 of the first frame as Charlotte Goodman converted a free position shot and O'Leary scored with no help to trim the margin to one, 4-3, at the end of the first 15 minutes. 
• The Falcons sandwiched goals around a Dickinson marker to hold onto a 6-4 edge with just over nine minutes to play in the half. The Rams controlled things from there as they went on a 4-1 run to take an 8-7 lead into the locker room. That rally featured markers from Le, Dickinson, and two from O'Leary. 
• Suffolk scored three unanswered to get the third underway thanks to Peckham, O'Leary and Dickinson and traded three more tallies to Fitchburg State's two to end the third quarter with a comfortable 14-9 cushion. 
• Déjà vu from the third got the fourth frame underway as three different blue-and-gold sticks put away goals in Ehwa, Pechkam and Dickinson to stretch the distance to 17-9. It was cruise control for the Rams from there as they outscored the Falcons, 6-2, over the final 7:30 for the 22-11 final.  

GOALIE GLANCE

• Charlotte Guiziejka registered six saves in the victory. 
• Caitlin Persson had 19 stops in the setback. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Peckham provided four goals, one assist, two ground balls and one caused turnover. 
• O'Learly produced 10 points on six goals and four assists to go along with four ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers.
• Dickinson registered five goals, two helpers, one ground ball and one caused turnover.
• Ehwa contributed three goals, one handout and two ground balls. 
• Goodman added one goal and three ground balls. 
• Carlson pitched in nine draw controls, two ground balls and one caused turnover.
• Lawlor logged 10 draw controls and one ground ball. 
• Stella MacLellan supplied one goal and one draw control. 
• Le notched two goals and one ground ball. 
• Woods compiled a one-assist, two-ground ball, one-draw control, one-caused turnover stat line. 

NOTEWORTHY

• The 22 goals scored are the most in a single-game in program history, displacing the previous mark of 20 achieved in a 20-16 triumph at Rhode Island College March 24, 2025. 
• The 11-goal margin of victory is the largest for the Rams since it bested Purchase, 19-1, March 1, 2025. 
• Suffolk defeated Fitchburg State for the first time in program history. 
• The Rams are now 1-1 all-time against the Falcons. 
• Suffolk competed at Fitchburg State for the first time. 
• Dickinson (27) has scored in all seven games this season. 
• Dickinson tallied her sixth straight hat trick.
• O'Leary, who had her second collegiate hat trick, tied a career-high six goals and set a personal-best in points (10) and assists (4). 
• O'Leary is the second-ever Ram to produce 10 points in a game, first since Ally Colburn accomplished the feat with a 10-goal performance versus Gordon April 12, 2025. 
• Peckham (2 games, 6 goals), Goodman (2 games, 3 goals), MacLellan (2 games, 2 goals), Le (3 games, 4 goals) and O'Leary (4 games, 15 goals) all extended their goal streaks. 
• Peckham, who had a personal-best four goals, had her third hat trick of the season. 
• Carlson (9) and Lawlor (10) collected career-highs in draw controls. 
• Goodman matched a personal-best three ground balls.
• MacLellan tied a career-high in goals (1) and draw controls (1).
• Ehwa had her third collegiate hat trick.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk returns to its Conference of New England (CNE) calendar Saturday, March 21 at Gordon at 12:00 p.m.