Kents Hill, ME – Husson men's lacrosse fell to North Atlantic Conference rival the University of Maine at Farmington on Friday afternoon, at John Huard Field. 

UMaine-Farmington improved their record to 3-6 overall, 3-4 in the NAC. Husson falls to 3-7 overall with the loss, 3-4 in conference play.

Beaver attackman Jake Linkletter added two goals for UMaine-Farmington, while seniors TC Peters, Sean Berce, and Mike Foley, as well as sophomore Nathan Chase, all added one goal apiece.

Nolan Brown (Waterford, CT) chalked up three goals with two assists for Husson, while Vinny Visconti (North Andover, MA), Brandon Corbo (Merrimack, NH), Mark Nardelli (Norwood, MA), Brett Martin (Topsham, ME), and Kevin Nolan (Norwood, MA) all added one goal.

The Eagles struck first in the contest on Nolan's unassisted goal just 38 seconds into the contest. The Beavers responded with three straight scores, with Linkletter, Chase, and Melville doing the honors, to take a 3-1 lead.

From there, the two teams traded goals for the remainder of the first half, with Nardelli getting the last score of the second quarter with just 52 seconds remaining to cut Farmington's lead to 5-4 at the intermission.

Visconti scored his lone goal of the day at the 11:20 mark of the third quarter, briefly tying the game at 5-5. The deadlock lasted for a little over two minutes, until Melville notched his second of the day to give the Beavers a lead they would never relinquish.

Melville widened UMaine-Farmington's lead to 7-5 with 5:26 showing, and the teams' alternated scores for the remainder of the third quarter leaving the Beavers with a 9-7 advantage heading into the final 15 minutes.

Melville beat Husson goalie Eric Lund (Mansfield, MA) for the fourth time of the day with 12:16 remaining in the game, giving the Beavers their first three-goal lead of the day.

Brandon Corbo pulled Husson to within two with a score at the 2:13 mark. A slew of late-in-the-game penalties gave the Eagles extra-man offensive opportunities and some quality scoring chances, but the comeback efforts would fall short.

Altmaier finished the day with 10 saves, as did Lund in the Husson goal.

Husson outshot UMaine-Farmington, 38-31, and had 51 ground balls to the Beavers' 44.

"A lot of our major players felt sick on Friday morning, possibly the flu. Despite not performing their best physically, they displayed tremendous heart and were able to win in every category except goals," said Head Coach Marsh Gray, "It was an unfortunate loss for our program and we really hope we have an opportunity to see those guys again before the year is over. "

Husson travels to Johnson State for a Saturday game against the Badgers.