THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 Page 13 Saugus girls’ soccer team makes postseason tourney W By Greg Phipps hat turned out to be a very up-and-down regular season for the Saugus High School girls’ soccer team culminated in a postseason bid. The Sachems captured the 33rd position in a field of 44 teams in the statewide Div. 3 tournament. Saugus ended the regular season with an overall 10-8 record (6-4 in the Northeastern Conference). It was a rollercoaster ride, as the team got off to a torrid 5-1 start before going 5-7 the rest of the way. Despite losing three of their final four regular season games, the Sachems showed an ability to hang with the better teams during that stretch. They lost a competitive 3-1 affair at highly ranked Danvers back on Oct. 18 and fell short in tight, low-scoring losses to playoff teams Marblehead (2-0) and Peabody (1-0) to close out their 18-game schedule. In general, Saugus was dominant in its 10 victories, outscoring the opposition by a 47-8 margin in those contests. The Sachems made the long trip to Cape Cod on Thursday (after press deadline) to take on the No. 32 Sandwich Blue Knights. Sandwich finished with an overall mark of 7-5-4. The winner of Thursday's game Saugus’s Carlie Salvo looked to shore up the defensive end as the Sachems took on Sandwich in the preliminary round of the Div. 3 playoffs on Thursday. (Advocate photos by Greg Phipps) Fitzgerald joins The Savings Bank as VP – Commercial Lender W AKEFIELD – Ed Fitzgerald has joined The Savings Bank (TSB) as Vice President – Commercial Lender. His new appointment marks his return to TSB, having served in the same capacity from 2008 to 2012. Fitzgerald brings nearly 20 years of commercial lending experience in a relationship management role to TSB. Most recently, he worked for another community bank, where he was responsible for developing and managing the expansion of the bank’s commercial portfolio and managing intake and cross-departmental coordination of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. Over the years, Fitzgerald has been involved with financing investment real estate – mixed-use, multifamiSenior forward Jordan Morris was hoping to provide offensive spark in Thursday’s preliminary round contest at Sandwich. moved on to face top-seed Norwell in the opening round of the field of 32. That game was scheduled for Saturday. Boys miss playoffs The Saugus boys’ soccer team finished its season 5-13 overall and came up short of a postseason spot in Div. 3. The Sachems were 54th in the state power rankings, 10 positions shy of a tournament bid. ing, primarily in northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. In addition to his commercial lending role, Fitzgerald’s prior work assignments have included wealth management roles. Fitzgerald received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Isenberg School of Management and his MBA, Management and Finance from Northeastern University. He and his wife, Gabriella, reside in North Andover. “The Savings Bank is pleased Ed Fitzgerald ly and commercial – and construction and development, as well as small business lendthat Ed has re-joined us as a Vice President and as a member of the Commercial Lending Department,” said TSB President/CEO Robert DiBella. “We look forward to having Ed on the TSB team again and wish him every success in this new position.”
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