Box Score Castine, Maine -- Attacker Ben Landry (Lewiston, ME) collected a
career high nine goals and two assists on the afternoon as the
Eagles from Husson University defeated the Maine Maritime Academy
Mariners 13-7 in a North Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse
game played Tuesday afternoon at Ritchie Field.
Husson (3-4 overall) jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first
quarter behind four Landry goals over the span of seven minutes.
The Mariners (0-3) got their offensive attack in gear in the second
quarter scoring four of the next five goals to close the gap to
5-4. Andrew DiSalvo (Glastonbury, CT) had two goals in that time
frame followed by a Wade Mondoux (No. Berwick, ME) and Dennis St.
Pierre (So. Berwick, ME) tally. Husson quickly responded to though,
scoring the last two goals of the half, when Landry scored his
5th and 6th goals of the day giving the
Eagles the 7-4 halftime lead.
Anthony Diaz (Brunswick, ME) pushed the lead to 8-4 just 17
seconds into the third quarter off of a pass from Landry.
MMA's Todd Murphy (Middlesex, VT) pulled the Mariners to
within three with a goal at the 9:40 mark of the third but it was
all Husson after that scoring the next three goals putting the game
away. Landry scored his 7th and 8th goals
sandwiched around a Mitch Heaps (York, PA) tally giving the
visitors the 11-5 advantage.
Both teams scored two more times in the last eight minutes
despite MMA taking a 20-8 shot advantage in the fourth stanza.
Landry finished the day with 11 points while Alex Ryan
(Northfield, NH) tallied four points on four assists. Anthony Diaz
and Nick Brown (Sabattus, ME) each had two points on the day. John
Hopper (Wakefield, RI) got the win for Husson making five saves in
26 minutes. Alex Behzad (Stamford, CT) played well making eight
saves in 34 minutes for the visitors.
Andrew DiSalvo and Chris Keiley (Holliston, MA) each had
three points while Wade Mondoux scored twice on the afternoon.
Kevin Boucher (Gorham, ME) took the loss for MMA making 6 saves
while giving up eight goals. Erik Milles (Bangor, ME) played 27
minutes, giving up five goals while making three saves.
