WATERVILLE, Maine – Senior Aman Zunser (Lyman, Maine/ Massabesic) scored the game-winning goal in overtime to cap off a 9-8 come-from-behind win for the University of Southern Maine Huskies over the Thomas College Terriers on Saturday. The Huskies scored five unanswered goals after going down 8-4 with 7:24 left in the fourth quarter. Two of those goals came in the final minute with sophomore Pat O'Driscoll (Biddeford, Maine) scoring a man-down goal with 54 seconds left and a strike from sophomore Adam Coley (Valencia, Cail./Cheshire) tying the game with 17 seconds remaining in regulation.
 
Sophomore Owen Gaulrapp (Windham, Maine) had a hat trick for Southern Maine while Thomas' Timothy Worster led all players in goals with four and points with six. Coley also had two assists in the game and Zunser logged an assist as well.
 
Sophomore Brycen Wolfahrt (Biddeford, Maine) earned the win in goal, his first as a Husky, with six saves after entering the game in the second half.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 1-0
Thomas: 0-1
 
Series History:
Today was the 10th game between Southern Maine and Thomas. The Huskies are now 10-0 in the series.
 
The Goaltenders:
Southern Maine: Addison Dietz, 30:00, five goals allowed, three saves
Southern Maine: Brycen Wolfahrt (1-0), 31:51, three goals allowed, six saves
Thomas: Daniel Guarino (0-1), 61:51, nine goals allowed, 17 saves
 
How It Happened:

• Each team scored twice in the first quarter. Worster had both Thomas goals with freshman Rodrigo Araujo (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston) and Gaulrapp scoring for the Huskies in between. The goal is the first of Araujo's career.
• Thomas outscored Southern Maine 3-0 in the second quarter to take a 5-2 lead at the half.
• The Huskies managed to cut the lead to 6-4 entering the fourth quarter thanks to goals by junior Rhys Bridges (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) and sophomore Kaden Manning (Alfred, Maine/Massabesic). Coley assisted on Bridges' first goal as a Husky. Manning's goal was a man-up goal.
• Thomas opened the fourth quarter with a pair of goals to extend their lead to 8-4 but Gaulrapp closed the gap to 8-6 with two goals of his own. A man-down goal by O'Driscoll with 54 seconds left made the score 8-7 and Coley tied the game with just 17 seconds left in regulation.
• Senior captain Duncan Hayes (Augusta, Maine/Cony) broke up a pass while the Terriers were pressuring in overtime and this allowed Zunser to scoop up the ground ball and charge into the offensive side of the field to set up the Southern Maine offense. Following a Husky timeout, Zunser took the ball on the restart, brushed off his defender, and fired the game-winning goal.

 
Inside The Stats:

• The Huskies led 40-34 in total shots and 12-9 in faceoffs.
• Sophomore Nick Shevchenko (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) went 9-for-16 on faceoffs with three ground balls.
• Southern Maine went 20-for-22 on clears and Thomas was 23-for-26.
• Each team went 2-for-3 on extra-man opportunities.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies return home to host another in-state rival in Husson University on Wednesday at 4:00 pm.