NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- MCLA's Kayla Baker scored a goal and assisted on another to lead the Trailblazers to a 3-1 win over Johnson State at Shewcraft Field.

 

Taconic graduate Lauren Mangiardi got the scoring started in the 6th minute of play. She tallied her fifth goal of the season off a nice feed from Baker for an early 1-0 lead. Baker got her first goal of 2018 in the 12th minute as she ripped a shot from just outside the 18-yard box to increase the lead to 2-0.

 

The Trailblazers (4-8) added another tally just before halftime when Caitlyn Maloney knocked home a cross from Cetera Moore giving the hosts a commanding 3-0 advantage heading into halftime. MCLA owned a decisive 16-2 lead in shots over the opening 45 minutes of play.

 

Neither team would tally until the final seconds when NVU-Johnson was awarded a penalty kick.  Kelsey Cauchon knocked it home with just 40 seconds remaining to slice the lead to 3-1, but it was too little too late for the Badgers.

 

MCLA ended with a sizable 28-4 shot advantage over the Badgers. Hoosac Valley graduate Megan Richardson earned the win in goal for the Trailblazers.

 

MCLA is back in action on Friday night when it hosts Fitchburg State at 6 p.m.

 

Volleyball

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The visiting Westfield State volleyball team received 40 assists from Ally Rega as she led the offensive attack for the Owls in a 3-1 MASCAC win in the Amsler Campus Center Gym.

 

The Owls (4-17, 3-1) had to work hard in the opening two sets as they pulled out 25-18 and 25-22 set wins. Westfield had a chance to sweep the sets, but MCLA (6-13, 0-4) rallied in the third set to earn a 27-25 win to force a fourth set.  The Owls got off to a fast start in the fourth set and never looked back as they took the match 25-10 to earn the win.

 

Rega collected a match best 40 assists and added 17 digs to complete the double double.

 

MCLA was led by Tessa Sestito's big night.  She recorded a season best 31 assists to go along with 20 digs to pace the Trailblazers. Lee High's Ahna Schlaefer ended with nine kills and nine digs for MCLA. Wahconah's Kelsey LaFreniere Sara LaFreniere each had double figure digs.

 

MCLA is off until Saturday when it heads to Bridgewater State to face the Bears in conference play.