By Liam Gambon
Staff Writer
On Saturday, Oct.8, the Framingham State Rams hosted Westfield State.
The Rams came into the matchup at 3-7 and were shutout in their last two games and also were in the midst of a five-game losing streak.
The Rams allowed a goal to Westfield State at the 41 second mark of the game o. the foot of Kate Matroni.
The Rams were outshot in the game 12-11 with four of their shots being on goal compared to
Westfield’s five.
The game consisted of 25 total fouls, 13 coming from the Rams and 12 from Westfield.
Both keepers recorded four saves but Framingham State keeper Keyonzia Gagne-Lamoureux allowed one goal to Westfield State keeper Natalia Falcone’s none.
The Rams were shutout for the third straight time and dropped to a six-game losing streak.
The Framingham State Rams finally ended their six-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory in the second overtime.
Senior Michaela Hyland got the Rams onto the board first with a score o. a Wentworth turnover in just the first 27 seconds of the game to take an early 1-0 lead.
At the 18:54 mark, Sophomore Hannah Kane put a shot on goal that was saved by Wentworth keeper Christie Fleming and then tapped in off a second attempt from senior Angela Pallotta to increase the Rams lead to 2-0.
At the 26:12 mark, Wentworth scored its first goal of the game off the foot of freshman Sidney Brogan.
In the 83rd minute, Wentworth seemed to have tied the game up but the goal was negated due to an offsides. With just 3:27 left in regulation, the Leopards scored again to even the score with the goal coming from sophomore Madyson Reno.
During the first overtime, the Leopards had a perfect scoring chance called back due to an offsides.
At the 102:12 mark, the Rams freshman Jill Smith sent a pass in to Almstrom who one-timed it inside the right post from the top of the box to score her second goal of the game and also the game-winning one in the second overtime.
Gagne-Lamoureux made 10 saves for Framingham State while Fleming made five stops for Wentworth. The Leopards outshot the Rams 21-15 though still came up short in the end.
The Rams will look to get familiar with the winning ways when they travel to Salem State for a matchup with the 3-9-1 Vikings on Sat. Oct.15.