BOSTON, Mass. – Gavin Admirand racked up 11 points from seven goals and four assists to lead an explosive UMass Boston offense to a 25-9 win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in Little East Conference men's lacrosse action on Tuesday night at James Cotter Field. Senior Omar Contreras (Portland, Maine/Deering) paced Southern Maine's offense with four goals.
 
When and Where: April 11, 2023 – Boston, Mass. – James Cotter Field
 
The Records: UMass Boston: 9-4, 4-0 LEC, Southern Maine: 2-9, 0-3 LEC
 
The Goalies: 
UMB: Trevor Koppy: 7-4, seven saves, seven goals allowed, .500 save percentage
UMB: Otto Kirleis: one save, two goals allowed, .333 save percentage
USM: Addison Dietz (Waterbury Center, Vt./Harwood Union): 0-6, 28 saves, 15 goals allowed, .651 save percentage
USM: Tanner Nussinow (Portland, Maine/Casco Bay): six saves, 10 goals allowed, .375 save percentage.
 
How It Happened:

• UMass Boston got off to a dominant start with six unanswered goals before Nolan Brennan (Windham, Maine) and Contreras each scored in the closing minutes of the first quarter.
• The two goals gave the Huskies some life and Aman Zusner (Lyman, Maine/Massabesic) and James each scored goals to make the score 6-4 with less than 10 minutes left in the half.
• The Beacons widened the gap with four goals in less than a minute on their way to a 12-5 halftime lead. They then put the game out of reach with nine goals in the third and cruised to a 25-9 conference win.

 
Inside The Stats:

• 16 different players for UMass Boston recorded points with nine logging multiple and 13 Beacons netting goals.
• Jacob Banks (four goals and one assist) and Connor Smith (two goals and three assists) each had five points.
• James had three points for Southern Maine off of a goal and two assists. He now is two goals away from tying Tristan Dundas' program record of 110 career goals.
• The Beacons dominated the face offs and only lost two out of the 38. Jason McNeany went 17-of-18 on face offs, Matt Lucozzi was 15-for-16 and Jack DiFalco-Wheeler won all four face offs he took.
• UMass Boston accumulated 89 shots in the game with 59 being on goal.
• Dietz made 28 saves for the Huskies, the second-most in a game in program history behind Jeff Lamoureux's 31 against Eastern Connecticut State in 2006.
• Nussinow added six saves to give the Huskies a program record 34 saves in the game.
• Nussinow recorded his first career assists.

Up Next: The Huskies will host Western Connecticut State on Saturday at 1PM.