Box Score DARTMOUTH, Mass. – In the first game contested on the new Cressy Field turf surface, the UMass Dartmouth offense continued its explosive start, as five different Corsairs found the back of the net to earn a 5-0 victory over visiting Fitchburg State on Wednesday night.
The Basics
Score: UMass Dartmouth 5, Fitchburg State 0
Records: UMass Dartmouth 3-0-0 | Fitchburg State 0-2-0
How it Happened
UMass Dartmouth came out on fire from the opening whistle. Sophomore John Correia (Peabody, Mass.) found the back of the net just 60 seconds into the match. The Corsairs kept the pedal on the gas, when junior Austin Dias (Smithfield, R.I.) scored his third goal of the season off a redirection.
Senior Stephan Teixeira (Brockton, Mass.) would then extend the lead to 3-0 in the eighth minute of play as he received the feed from junior Haden Cordeiro (Dartmouth, Mass.), quickly putting the game out of reach.
The Corsairs held strong after the break. Less than 10 minutes into the second period, sophomore Junior Monteiro (Santiago, Cape Verde) slipped the throw in to junior Fabio Araujo (Brockton, Mass.) who rifled the ball into the bottom right corner of the net, making it 4-0.
Cordeiro would get his goal on the evening in the 66th minute when he was freed up by a through-ball from senior Matt Vidal (New Bedford, Mass.) and chipped it over the Falcons' keeper.
Inside the Numbers
- Senior Luis Carranza (New Bedford, Mass.) picked up his third victory on the young season, making a pair of saves. Wednesday marks Carranza's fourth collegiate shutout.
- Fitchburg State junior goalkeeper Alex Al-Zaibak (Hingham, Mass.) allowed five goals on seven shots and took the loss.
- The Corsairs outshot the Falcons 20-5, and possessed a 9-1 advantage on corner kicks.
- UMass Dartmouth is 3-0 for the first time since 2012, when the Corsairs won the first five matches of the season.
- On the season, the Corsairs have scored 14 goals, already half of their goal total from the entirety of last season.
- UMass Dartmouth has now put up 11 goals in back-to-back games for the first time since October 2013, when the program secured a 5-0 victory against Southern Maine followed by a 6-0 shutout of Mass. Maritime.
Up Next
The Corsairs will continue their home stand, hosting Endicott College on Saturday with kickoff slated for 1:30 p.m.
