GORHAM, Maine – Michael Claflin (Newton, Mass.) scored six goals to lead eight Beacons in scoring as The University of Massachusetts at Boston took down the Southern Maine Huskies 21-9 in Gorham on Tuesday afternoon.
When and Where: Tuesday, April 11 – University of Southern Maine – Hannaford Field
Score: UMass Boston 21, Southern Maine 9
History: This was the 21st matchup between the two teams. The Beacons now lead the series 15-6.
The Records: Southern Maine: 2-5, 0-3 LEC UMass Boston: 10-2, 4-0 LEC
The Goaltenders:
Southern Maine:
Nathan Plourde (Otisfield, ME/Oxford Hills): 16 saves, .471save percentage
Braeden Logue (Hampton, N.H.): three saves, .500 save percentage
UMass Boston:
Trevor Koppy (Attleboro, Mass.): nine saves, .500 save percentage
How It Happened/Inside the Box Score:
-The opening five minutes of the game were incredibly even as Darragh Fahey (Walpole, Mass.) scored for the Beacons, followed by back-to-back Huskies goals from Tuckner Nussinow (Winthrop, Maine/Kent Hills School) and Schuyler Wetmore (Cumberland Center, Maine/Greely).
-Down 2-1 early, the Beacons scored four straight goals in less than four minutes to reclaim a 6-2 lead. Wetmore and Claflin were both able to get one more in the net in the last minute of the first quarter, bringing the score to 7-3.
-Jacob Banks (Westminster, Mass.) and Wetmore each scored to open the second quarter in an even fashion, but the Beacons went on another mid-quarter run and brought their lead to 13-4 at the half.
-The Beacons out-scored the Huskies by just one in the third quarter, finding three goals from their offense to the Huskies two.
-Nick James (Portland, Maine/Deering) opened the fourth quarter with a goal, but the Huskies were out-scored five to three in the final quarter of play.
-The Beacons out-shot the Huskies 63-27, but the Huskies were able to win 17-of-31 faceoffs.
-Defensively, Robby Pini (Natick, Mass./Natick) led the Huskies with six ground balls and Chris Sourgiadakis (Littleton, N.H./St. Johnsbury Academy)
Up Next: The Huskies will travel to Danbury, Conn. on Saturday, April 16 for a conference game with Western Connecticut State at 12pm.
