The Beacons Netted All Three of Their Goals in the Third Quarter

Box Score

BOSTON, MA - Freshman attackman Ryan Foster (Ledyard, CT) tallied six points on three goals and three assists, while the defense allowed just three goals to lead the Western Connecticut State University men's lacrosse team over host University of Massachusetts Boston, 14-3, in a Little East Conference match today at the Clark Athletic Center field on the campus of UMass Boston. The Colonials improve to 6-5 overall and 1-2 in LEC play, while the Beacons fall to 4-7 and 0-3.

The Western Connecticut defense held UMass Boston scoreless in three of four quarters, while the offense was consistent with four goals in each of the final three quarters of play.

Foster had a hand in four straight goals with the final three of the second period and the first of the second half. His first tally of the afternoon gave the Colonials a 4-0 lead at 10:52 of the second quarter with an assist from junior midfielder Mike Schoen (Tolland, CT) and assisted on goals by junior attackman Sean Macey (New Fairfield, CT) at 5:50 and Schoen with 53 seconds left in the first half. Junior middie Raul Bourgeois (New Milton, CT) found Foster just 26 seconds into the third quarter for a 7-0 advantage.

Freshman attackman Dean Driscoll (Cohasset, MA) put the Beacons on the board at the 13:04 mark of the third quarter with his team-leading 20th goal of the season to make it 7-1, before junior midfielder Ryan Gillis (Norwich, CT) found the back of the net twice in a span of 42 seconds to give the visitors a 9-1 margin with 11:58 showing in the third stanza. Freshman attackman Tommy Petitti (Quincy, MA) answered for UMass Boston with his 14th score of the campaign at 9:34 to make it 9-2. Junior attackman J.C. Flaherty (Old Lyme, CT) found the twine for the Colonials at 8:48, but junior midfielder Rob Uhrig (Boston, MA) countered with his 12th goal of the year on a feed from freshman attackman John Perro (Northbridge, MA) with 7:28 left to play in the third quarter to pull the Beacons to within 10-3. It would be as close as they would get.

Gillis, Macey, Foster and sophomore midfielder John Miller (Seattle, WA) all netted goals in the final quarter of action for Western Connecticut State to come away with the 14-3 final.

Bourgeois opened the day's scoring with the only two goals of the opening quarter, before Macey scored 68 seconds into the second quarter for the Colonials.

Bourgeois and Macey each finished the afternoon with five points for Western Connecticut, including Macey's team-high 32nd tally of the year, while Miller added a team-high seven ground balls to his goal and assist. Freshman defender Andrew Guy (Northbridge, MA) led UMass Boston with five ground balls.

Junior goalie Tyler Martone (Cheshire, CT) picked up the victory for Western Connecticut State, stopping seven of 10 shots in 49:55 of action, while junior Max Beitel (Newtown, CT) denied the only shot he faced in 6:14 of play and freshman goalie Dan Lee (Clinton, CT) went untested in the final 3:51 for the Colonials. Junior Anthony Fitti (Havertown, PA) made a season-high 18 saves in 59:19 of action for Beacons, while senior Peter Towe (Hockessin, DE) didn't face a shot in the final 41 seconds of action.