Allie Fitzsimmons of West Springfield leads AIC women's soccer to 11th straight win.
One Hall of Famer watched a likely future Hall of Famer break her record Saturday, and the Westfield State University women’s soccer team remained unbeaten with a 6-1 Homecoming Day victory over Framingham State.
With Ludlow native Sandy (Pinto) Graham in attendance, senior Kayley Miller, also of Ludlow, scored two goals to pass Pinto Graham as the school's career scoring leader.
Miller now has 118 career points. Pinto Graham, who was inducted into the Westfield State Athletics Hall of Fame Friday night, recorded 116 points and held the record for 15 years. She presented Miller with the game ball Saturday.
Miller tied the record with a beautiful crossing shot from 23 yards just inside the far post to give the Owls a 4-1 lead. With 19 minutes remaining in the match, she added her record-breaking goal score from short range.
Meanwhile, another Ludlow native is closing in on a record. Senior forward Brittanie McGregor assisted on two goals within a 25-second span to help jump start the Owls into a 2-0 lead. She now has 13 assists for the year, two shy of the school’s single-season mark.
McGregor also outraced the Framingham goalkeeper to a loose ball to score a goal in the 53rd minute.
With the victory, Westfield lifted its record to 15-0-1, 6-0 MASCAC.
AIC 1, SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 – Speedster Allie Fitzsimmons of West Springfield scored in the 39th minute for the only goal of the match to enable the Yellow Jackets (11-2-2, 10-1-2) to extend their unbeaten string to 11 matches in a key Northeast-10 road win over the Penmen (9-4-3, 7-4-3).
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 3, CURRY 0 – Emma Norden, Taylor Mazurski, and Chelsea Kuzio scored for the Golden Bears (8-9-1).
LESLEY 4, ELMS 0 – Lesley (12-2, 7-0-0) remained perfect in New England Collegiate Conference play with the win over Elms (6-9-1. 5-1-1) at Chicopee.
SPRINGFIELD 4, MOUNT HOLYOKE 2 – Junior Nina Vital of Ludlow scored three goals as the Pride improved to 10-4-1, 7-1-0 NEWMAC).
Hannah Yee and Ashleigh Hartsock scored for the Lyons (2-11-2, 1-7).
CLARK 2, SMITH 1 – Lizzy Jarrett scored for the Pioneers (6-8).
MEN’S SOCCER
AIC 1, SAINT ANSELM 0 – Junior goalkeeper Jason Ryan made six saves and Frazer Cronin scored the goal for the visiting Yellow Jackets (5-9-2, 5-5-2 NE-10).
SPRINGFIELD 0, BABSON 0 – The Pride (5-9-2, 2-2-1) is 3-1-1 in its last five matches after the draw in a rematch of last year’s NEWMAC championship contest.
LESLEY 1 , ELMS 0 (OT) – Elms freshman goalkeeper Christian Kosta made 10 saves in the second half, but Ryan Richardson scored 3:17 into the overtime period to lift Lesley (9-4-2, 6-0-0 NECC). The Blazers slipped to .500 at 6-6-2, 2-2-1.
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 3, CURRY 2 – Colin McDonald scored the winner for the Golden Bears (8-7-3).
FRAMINGHAM STATE 3, WESTFIELD STATE 1 – Dom Cavallini of Springfield set up the first goal of the match, and Kris Carrington of Agawam made seven saves, but the Owls (5-9-1, 4-2-0 MASCAC) fell on the road to the Rams (8-5-2, 5-1-0).
FOOTBALL
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 23, PLYMOUTH STATE 3 – Tucker Schumitz scored on a double reverse for the go-ahead score in the third quarter as the Golden Bears scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to move to 5-3, 3-2 NEFC Boyd.
FRAMINGHAM STATE 30, WESTFIELD STATE 16 – Junior running back Melikke Van Alystyne rushed for a school record 294 yards on 36 carries to pace Framingham (7-1, 5-0 Bogan), which also set another school mark with its seventh consecutive victory.
The Owls (2-6, 1-4), hoping to post a Homecoming Day upset, had taken advantage of Ram turnovers to take a 16-13 lead midway through the third quarter. But the Owls ended up with seven turnovers of their own with four interceptions and three fumbles.
SPRINGFIELD 33, ST. LAWRENCE 20 – Quarterback Jonathan Marrero ran for two touchdowns, one for 63 yards, and Andrew Alty had a 67-yard scamp for a TD for the visiting Pride (5-3, 3-2 Liberty League) in the victory at winless St. Lawrence (0-7, 0-4).
AMHERST 17, WESLEYAN 9 – James Durham scored on a 64-yard screen pass, and the Jeffs’ defense came up with two big interceptions in the fourth quarter. Amherst improved to 4-1, and denied the host Cardinals (4-1) the chance to become 5-0 for the first time since 1993.
WILLIAMS 25, TUFTS 7 – It’s been a slow start for Williams (2-3), but the Ephs got better with the romp at Somerville over Tufts (0-5).
FIELD HOCKEY
SPRINGFIELD 3, MOUNT HOLYOKE 2 – Meghan McHugh scored 50 seconds into overtime as the Pride (7-8) moved to 5-2 in the NEWMAC wit the win at South Hadley.
The goal spoiled a tremendous comeback by Mount Holyoke (6-8, 2-5) with Kirsten Kilburn scoring twice in the last two minutes of regulation to force the extra session.
WHEELOCK 5, BAY PATH 1 – At Boston, junior Stephanie Belsen of Windsor Locks, Conn. scored the goal, and freshman goalkeeper Anna Meyer made 12 saves for Bay Path.
UMASS-LOWELL 4, AIC 0 – Kori Huffman made 16 saves for the Yellow Jackets, but potent Lowell (15-3, 8-2) were too much with a 26-7 shot advantage.
NICHOLS 5, WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 1 – Shelby Van Huysen had the lone score for WNE (5-12).
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL HALL OF FAME INVITATIONAL – Springfield College defeated Williams and Middlebury each in five sets to improve to 25-5. It’s the fifth straight season SC has reached the 25-win plateau.
Smith College also defeated Westfield State in five sets.