Southern Maine Athletics

GORHAM, Maine – The University of Southern Maine Huskies' men's lacrosse team closed out the 2026 season on Friday with a 20-5 loss to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buccaneers on Senior Day. Sophomore Rodrigo Rego-Araujo (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston) scored twice for the Huskies, while senior James Kastrinakis (Pittsfield, Mass./Taconic), junior Lucas Rego (Dracut, Mass./Lowell Catholic) and sophomore Zach Smith (Waterbury, Vt./Harwood Union) also scored goals.
 
Junior Owen Gaulrapp (Windham, Maine) and senior Rhys Bridges (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) each recorded an assist for the Huskies. Junior Brycen Wolfahrt (Biddeford, Maine) made 11 saves and took the loss for Southern Maine.
 
Prior to the game, the Huskies honored their seven seniors: Nolan Brennan (Windham, Maine), Rhys Bridges (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee), Herb Bryant (Portland, Maine), Ryan Cummings (Bangor, Maine/John Bapst), Addison Dietz (Waterbury Center, Vt./ Harwood Union), James Kastrinakis (Pittsfield, Mass./Taconic), and Jacob Sharp (North Yarmouth, Maine/Greely).

Teddy Lynch led the Buccaneers with four goals, while Aiden Bengtson, James Sullivan and Sawyer McCutchen each scored twice.
 
 The Records:
Mass. Maritime: 13-2 (7-1 LEC)
Southern Maine: 3-12 (0-8 LEC)
 
Series History:
The Buccaneers lead the series 6-0.
 
The Goaltenders:
Mass. Maritime: Nicholas Hall (11-1), 10:39, zero goals allowed, three saves
Mass. Maritime: Jonathan Visser, 19:21, two goals allowed, two saves
Mass. Maritime: Sam Freedman, 15:00, one goals allowed, three saves
Mass. Maritime: Lydon O'Brien, 15:00, two goals allowed, three saves
Southern Maine: Brycen Wolfahrt (2-11), 30:00, 13 goals allowed, 11 saves
Southern Maine: Nick Pastusak, 15:00, four goals allowed, four saves
Southern Maine: Dax Morin, 15:00, three goals allowed, three saves
 
How It Happened:

• The Buccaneers opened the game on a 7-0 run in the first quarter before Rego scored with 11 second left on the clock. Six different players scored for the Buccaneers with Sullivan scoring twice.
• Mass. Maritime outscored the Huskies 6-1 in the second quarter. Rego-Araujo had the lone USM goal, his first of the season, which was assisted by Gaulrapp.
• The visitors had both an up goal by Lynch and down goal by Bengtson as part of 4-1 third quarter. Kastrinakis scored the Huskies' goal after collecting a rebound in front of the net and beating the Mass. Maritime goalie.
• Smith and Rego-Araujo scored back-to-back goals in the span of 57 seconds before the Buccaneers closed out the game on a 3-0 run.

 
Inside The Stats:

• The Buccaneers led 38-16 in shots on goal, 22-6 in faceoff wins and 47-23 in ground balls.
• Junior Nick Shevchenko (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) led the Huskies in ground balls with five and won five faceoffs. He now has 144 career ground balls and ranks 15th in program history.
• Gaulrapp recorded four ground balls and two caused turnovers. He finished the season as the team's leader in goals (23) and points (32).
• Junior Colby Chavarie (Belgrade, Maine/ Messalonskee) caused a team-leading four turnovers.

 
Up Next:
Today's game concludes the 2026 season for Southern Maine.