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Saturday, March 29, 2008
M-LACROSSE WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT, EVENS RECORD
Warriors keep Southern Maine off board for 38 minutes in LEC opener, 11-2
PORTLAND, Maine – Men’s lacrosse kept the University of Southern Maine from scoring a goal for over 38 consecutive minutes and opened its Little East Conference season with an 11-2 victory at Fitzpatrick Stadium Saturday afternoon.
After Southern Maine (1-4, 0-1 little east) sophomore attack Alex Pleau tied the match at 1-1 with 6:45 left in the first period, the Huskies were not able to score again until Pleau broke the spell 1:25 into the fourth period. In-between, Eastern (4-4, 1-0 little east) scored nine times to move out to a comfortable 10-1 advantage en route to its 40th regular-season conference win in 42 decisions.
Since dropping its first four matches, Eastern has bounced back to win four in a row. The Warriors remain undefeated in seven meetings with Southern Maine in this series which dates back to 2001.
Junior goalie Kyle Savage (Southington) stopped 12 of the 14 shots that he faced before giving way to freshman Stephen Goomrigian (Norwalk) in the final minutes. The Huskies took 17 shots without scoring in the middle two periods, but the Warriors kept the pressure on with 29 of their 49 shots that resulted in five goals.
Freshman Sean Leary (West Hartford) made his first career start, at long stick midfield, in place of injured close defenseman Mike Silvestrini (Guilford). Leary and close defensemen Jon Snedeker (Southington), Steve Lane (Groton) and Douglas Hackenyos (West Suffield) combined for 11 ground balls and were instrumental in the Warriors shutting down the Huskies' offense.
Senior midfielder Pete Hamilton (Rutland, VT) was among four multiple-goal scorers for Eastern with three goals. Senior attack Tyler Prescott (Norwalk), junior attack Matthew Savage (Southington) and freshman midfielder Eric Vasil (Southington) all had two goals.
Eastern hosts Western Connecticut State University in Little East Conference play Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Eastern Conn. 11, U. of Southern Maine 2
Eastern Conn. (4-4, 1-0 little east) 4 4 1 2 -- 11
Southern Maine (1-4, 0-1 little east0 1 0 0 1 -- 2
Goals: E-Pete Hamilton 3, Matthew Savage 2, Tyler Prescott 2, Eric Vasil 2, Pat Gority, Jeremy Cogliano; S-Alex Pleau 2.
Assists: E-Brendan Hoppey, Jon Snedeker, Hamilton; S-Shane Billings, Lee Gauthier.
Shots: E-49, S-24; Saves: E-Kyle Savage 12 (57:27 min., 2 goals allowed), Stephen Goomrigian 0 (2:33, 0); S-James Suriyodorn 22.
