EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's soccer saw four different Rams pour in five goals and Sophia Barker stopped both shots she faced in net to push the Rams to their fourth straight win, a 5-0 shutout over Fitchburg State Tuesday night at East Boston Memorial Park's James A. Sartori Stadium.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Fitchburg State 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (4-0-0) | Fitchburg State (0-4-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk's first goal of the evening came less than four minutes in when Makena Columbus used help from Angelina Giovanni and Mackenzie Metka to put the blue-and-gold on the board at the 3:46 mark.  

Twelve minutes later the sophomore struck again, this time on a feed from Avery Porter to extend the margin to a pair. 

Porter scored her own in the 30th minute to pad the distance to 3-0, where the score stayed at intermission. 

Madelyn Murray etched her name on the scoresheet with a goal in the 62nd minute thanks to help from Charli Adams. 

The Rams' final goal of the night came with less than seven minutes left when Lily Goldmann put away an unassisted marker for the lopsided 5-0 decision.  

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Barker had two saves in the shutout. 
• Madison Dawkins had six saves in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Columbus was responsible for two goals. 
• Porter had one goal and one assist. 
• Murray and Goldmann potted one goal each. 
• Giovanni, Metka, and Adams logged one assist apiece. 
• Suffolk outshot Fitchburg State, 17-7. 
• The Rams edged the Falcons in corners, 3-2.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk ran its win streak to four games, the most since stringing four together Sept. 9-20, 2023.
• The Rams have shutout four straight foes, the most cleansheets in a row since Sept. 9-20, 2023.
• The five goals scored are the most since Suffolk potted eight in an 8-1 triumph over Nichols Oct. 7, 2023. 
• The Rams moved to 2-1-0 all-time against the Falcons. 
• Suffolk has won back-to-back meetings against Fitchburg State. 
• Suffolk bested Fitchburg in Boston for the first time. 
• The Rams are now 1-1-0 as the home team versus the Falcons. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten 2-0-0 against Fitchburg State in the Ellie McDougall era. 
• The shutout is the first in the Suffolk, Fitchburg State series. 
• The five goals scored are the most for the Rams in the all-time series versus the Falcons. 
• Columbus set a career-high in goals (2) and points (4). 
• Barker had her first shutout of the season, seventh of her collegiate career. 
• Metka recorded her first collegiate point with one assist. 
• Murray potted her first collegiate goal. 
• Porter poured in her third goal of the season. She has netted one goal in back-to-back games for the first time in her collegiate career. She scored and had one assist in the same game for the first time in program history.
• Adams handed out her third assist of the year, third of her collegiate career.
• Giovanni notched her first collegiate point with one assist. 
• Goldmann put away her first goal of the season, fifth of her collegiate career.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk caps off a four-game homestand Saturday, Sept. 14 against Framingham State at 12:00 p.m.