Sports Hotline
860-465-5756
Thursday, April 10, 2008
M-LACROSSE STAYS UNBEATEN IN LITTLE EAST WITH 16-2 VICTORY
Warriors keep UMass Dartmouth off board for first 41 minutes; Savage scores seven
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- Men’s lacrosse held the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth scoreless on its first 20 shots over the first 41 minutes of play in rolling up a 16-2 Little East Conference victory Thursday at Thomas Nevers Field.
The win is the seventh straight for Eastern (7-4, 4-0 little east) after an 0-4 start and keeps the Warriors unbeaten and atop the conference and unbeaten at Nevers Field in eight years of conference competion.. The Warriors are now 12-0 against UMass Dartmouth (7-2, 1-2 little east) in this series.. The Corsairs are 2-2 after a 5-0 start, with their previous conference loss coming at the hands of defending champion Keene State College, 10-8.
UMass was unable to solve Eastern junior goalie Kyle Savage (Southington) on its first 20 shots, with Savage making eight saves. Down 12-0, the Corsairs broke through with 3:58 left in the third period.
Junior attack Matthew Savage (Southington) – twin brother of Kyle -- took seven shots and scored a career-high seven goals – four coming in the team’s six-goal third period that build its lead to 14-1 entering the final period.. The goal total equals the third-most in a game and is just one shy of the match record, set by all-time goal leader Eddie Sheehan against Trinity College April 29, 1999 and equaled last May 3 by Tommy Laverty against Western Connecticut. Savage becomes the third player to score seven goals in a match in the program’s 13-year history.
Nine different players combined for the team’s nine assists in the game and 23 players contributed at least one ground ball. Freshman faceoff man Eric Vasil (Southington) won five of six faceoffs. In his fourth game, freshman Lee Mascolo (West Hartford) recorded his first career goal with 28 seconds left.
Eastern visits Rochester Tech Saturday at noon.
Eastern Conn. 16, Massachusetts Dartmouth 2
UMass Dartmouth (7-2, 1-2 little east) 0 0 1 1 -- 2
Eastern Conn. (7-4, 4-0 little east) 2 6 6 2 -- 16
Goals: MD-Andrew Foster, Matt Leary; E-Matthew Savage 7, Brendan Hoppey 2, Pete Hamilton, Maxim Fantl, Tyler Prescott, DJ Simmons, Eric Vasil, Zach Malouf, Lee Mascolo.
Assists: MD-Tim Walsh; E-Mike Silvestrini, Ben Raccio, Jon Snedeker, Hoppey, Hamilton, M. Savage, Fantl, Prescott, Simmons.
Shots: MD-25, E-41; Saves: MD-Steve Chase 13, E-Kyle Savage 9 (2 goals allowed, 49:32), Stephen Goomrigian 2 (0, 10:28).
