WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors defeated the University of Southern Maine Huskies 17-3 on Saturday in Little East Conference men's lacrosse action. Landon Mabb recorded eight points for the Warriors with four goals and four assists. Tanner Drobish assisted on five goals. Sophomores Owen Gaulrapp (Windham, Maine) and Adam Coley (Valencia, Cail./Cheshire) and freshman Zach Smith (Waterbury, Vt./Harwood Union) scored for Southern Maine.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 2-13 (0-7 LEC)
Eastern Connecticut State: 5-7 (2-5 LEC)
 
Series History:
The Warriors are now 25-0 against the Huskies.
 
The Goaltenders:
Southern Maine: Addison Dietz, (0-2) 44:00, 14 goals allowed, 18 saves
Southern Maine: Nick Pastusak, 16:00, three goals allowed, zero saves
Eastern Connecticut State: Gregory Hilinski (5-5), 45:00, two goals allowed, eight saves
Eastern Connecticut State: Ryder Casady, 7:36, one goal allowed, one save
Eastern Connecticut State: Luke Solari, 1:34, zero goals allowed, zero saves
Eastern Connecticut State: Keane Stanton, 5:50, zero goals allowed, zero saves
 
How It Happened:

• The Warriors opened the game on a 5-0 run over the first five minutes. Mabb accounted for three of those goals and assisted on another. Those goals were the only ones of the first quarter.
• Connor Chirico made the lead 6-0 the first couple of minutes of the second quarter. Gaulrapp ended the shutout with 3:10 left in the half before Devin Greene scored for the Warriors 57 seconds later.
• Eastern Connecticut added seven more goals in the third quarter while Smith scored for the Huskies with junior Rhys Bridges (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee).
• The Warriors outscored the Huskies 3-1 in the final quarter with Coley accounting for the Huskies' goal from freshman Rodrigo Araujo (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston).

 
Inside The Stats:

• The Warriors led 35-12 in shots on goal and 43-20 in ground balls. Logan Pych led all players with six ground balls. Sophomore Nick Shevchenko (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) led the Huskies with five and won seven faceoffs.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies will celebrate Senior Day on Tuesday prior to their 4:00 pm home game against Plymouth State University.