DANBURY, Conn. – Julian Duque (Mastic, NY) scored eight goals to lead seven Western Connecticut athletes in scoring as Western Connecticut State took down the University of Southern Maine Huskies 19-4 on Saturday afternoon in Danbury. With the win, Western Connecticut State moves to 11-1 overall and 4-0 in the Little East Conference, while Southern Maine falls to 2-6, and 0-4 in the LEC with the loss.
When and Where: Saturday, April 16 – Western Connecticut State University – The WAC
Score: Western Connecticut 19, Southern Maine 4
History: This was the 19th matchup between the two teams. Western Connecticut State now leads the series 13-6.
The Records: Southern Maine: 2-6, 0-4 LEC Western Connecticut: 11-1, 4-0 LEC
The Goaltenders:
Southern Maine:
Nathan Plourde (Otisfield, ME/Oxford Hills): 13 saves, .406 save percentage
Western Connecticut:
Brandon Grove (Cheshire, Conn.): 14 saves, .778 save percentage
Justin Tarsi (Danbury, Conn.): 0 saves
How It Happened/Inside the Box Score:
-The Huskies got out to an early lead as Nick James (Portland, Maine/Deering) scored his 31st goal of the season just under three minutes into play.
-The rest of the first quarter went in Western Connecticut's favor as they scored eight straight to close out the quarter.
-The Huskies cut their deficit to just six as early in the second quarter, Omar Contreras (Portland, Maine/Deering) and Jacob Lang (West Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills) scored to bring the score to 9-3.
-Aman Zusner (Lyman, Maine/Massabesic) scored the Huskies' final goal of the game early in the fourth quarter.
-Western Connecticut State's Trey Aronow (Holbrook, N.Y.) scored five goals and added an assist, while teammate Benjamin Hawthorne (Maronville, N.Y.) had five assists on the day.
-Robby Pini (Natick, Mass./Natick) picked up six ground balls and caused two turnovers, while Xpistos Sourgiadakis (Littleton, N.H./St. Johnsbury Academy) won 8-of-14 face-offs.
-Western Connecticut State out-shot Southern Maine 52-28 and picked up 41 ground balls to the Huskies' 22.
Up Next: The Huskies will travel to Salem, Mass. on Wednesday, April 20 for a conference game with Salem State at 4pm.
