CASTLETON, Vt. – Cam Frankenhoff scored four goals, dished out an assist, and recorded six ground balls for the Vermont State University Castleton Spartans on Saturday afternoon in a 12-4 Little East Conference win against the University of Southern Maine Huskies. Sophomore Adam Coley (Valencia, Cail./Cheshire) accounted for three of Southern Maine's four goals for his third hat trick of the season. Coley is now second on the team in goals this season with 13.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 2-11 (0-5 LEC)
VTSU Castleton 3-8 (2-2 LEC)
 
Series History:
The Spartans hold a 9-2 lead in the series.
 
The Goaltenders:
Southern Maine: Brycen Wolfahrt (2-11), 30:00, seven goals allowed, nine saves
Southern Maine: Addison Dietz, 30:00, five goals allowed, 10 saves
VTSU Castleton: Zac Smith (3-7), 57:50, four goal allowed, five saves
VTSU Castleton: Finn Maniaci, 2:10, zero goals allowed, zero saves
 
How It Happened:

• Sophomore Nick Shevchenko (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) won the opening faceoff to set up Coley's first goal just six second into the contest. However, the Frankenhoff brothers sparked a 4-0 run by the Spartans with Cam netting three goals and Carter scoring the other.
• Castleton added on to their lead by outscoring the Huskies 3-1 in the second quarter. The Spartan goals came from four different players as Preston Kozlowski, Liam Evarts and Jordan Damske all scored. Coley recorded the Huskies' goal.
• Coley scored a man-up goal early in the third quarter with junior Rhys Bridges (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) providing the assist before the Spartans ripped off another 4-0 run. Evarts, Kozlowski, Cam Frankenhoff and Braydon Goddard scored the goals. Goddard also assisted on Frankenhoff's goal while Jordan Damske had assists on the goals by Evarts and Goddard.
• Dietz replaced Wolfahrt in the second half and made seven saves in the third quarter. The Spartans also rang the post four times during the quarter.
• Each side scored one goal in the final quarter. Freshman Zach Smith (Waterbury, Vt./Harwood Union) scored the Huskies' goal with senior Andrew James (Portland, Maine/Deering) feeding him the pass and Goddard had the Castleton goal.

 
Inside The Stats:

• Shevchenko led the Huskies with five ground balls and went 7-for-15 on faceoffs. Hollis Jones went 12-for-20 for the Spartans with seven ground balls.
• Sophomore Lucas Rego (Dracut, Mass./Lowell Catholic) had a game-leading three caused turnovers and tied with sophomore Owen Gaulrapp (Windham, Maine) for second on the team in ground balls with three.
• Castleton led 31-9 in shots on goal and 42-27 in ground balls.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies play at UMass Boston on Wednesday at 4:00 pm.