JOHNSON, Vt. (April 3, 2010) – Visiting Husson University scored the game's first three goals and the Eagles didn't look back as they remained unbeaten in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play by defeating host Johnson State College 8-6 in men's lacrosse action at Minaert Field on Saturday.  With the loss the Badgers fall to 0-2 overall and 0-2 in the NAC while Husson moves to 4-4 overall and 3-0 in the NAC.

The Eagles' Nick Brown (Sabattus, Maine) started the scoring in the opening minute of play with an unassisted goal and then saw Ben Landry (Lewiston, Maine) and Anthony Diaz (Brunswick, Maine) tack on additional goals for a quick 3-0 Husson lead.

Johnson would get goals from Erik Tillberg (Randolph, Vt.) and Mike Murphy (Woodstock, Vt.) near the end of the first period to close the gap to 3-2 and then would knot the score at three each  when Billy Noyes (Boston, Mass.) tallied an unassisted goal with 9:24 remaining in the first half.

The tie would last all of :24 seconds when Landry connected on his second goal of the afternoon and sparked Husson back into the lead for good.  After taking a 5-3 advantage into halftime, Diaz and Alex Ryan (Northfield, N.H.) would give the Eagles their largest lead of the day at 7-3 with 7:56 left in the third period.

Despite back-to-back goals from Isaac Williams (Cambridge, Mass.) and Alex Petti (East Greenwich, R.I.) Johnson State could not muster enough offense on the day as the Badgers were outshot 38-33 for the afternoon. 

Diaz would tally his third goal of the day and JSC's Justin Nelson (Lakeville, Mass.) would match him with 3:50 to play to conclude the scoring in the game as the Eagles took home the big road victory.

Johnson's Branden Sawyer (East Greenwich, R.I.) was strong in the cage all day finishing with 16 saves while Alex Behzad (Stamford, Conn) relieved John Hooper (Wakefield, R.I.) and made 12 stops to give the Husson keeper combination 14 for the day.

Husson will face off against Norwich University at 5 pm on Tuesday, April 6, at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland, Maine.