DAVENPORT, Fla. - UMass Boston Men's Lacrosse continued to find their stride on offense, scoring 20-plus goals for the third straight game in a dominant 27-9 victory over Lake Forest College on Thursday afternoon. 
 
THE BASICS
 
UMass Boston 27, Lake Forest College 9
 
UMass Boston (4-3)

Lake Forest College (5-3)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Luke Murphy wasted no time building on his already productive spring break trip, assisting Liam Bowler on the game's opening goal and netting his own a minute later to give the Beacons a quick 2-1 lead.
 
Murphy has scored seven goals in the last three games while racking up nine assists for a total of 16 points. He accounted for just eight points in the previous four games.
 
The Beacons allowed the Foresters to stay in the contest early, holding a slim 3-2 lead with just under 9:30 to play in the first, before exploding for an 8-0 run spanning the end of the first quarter and the first five minutes of the second.
 
As they did on Tuesday, the Beacons shared scoring duties during the run with seven different Beacons finding the back of the net.
 
After a pair of LFC goals cut the UMB lead to 11-4, Colin Ford, Greg Wolff, and Murphy each had a turn to score their second goal of the game, sending the Beacons into the halftime break with a 10 goal advantage.
 
The third quarter saw a pair of goals each for leading scorers Gavin Admirand and Connor Smith, giving them each a hat trick on the day. Admirand has scored multiple goals in each game this season while Smith has done so in every game excluding the season opener. 
 
The end of the fourth quarter once again marked the end of a quality start in net for goalie Trevor Koppy. In 45 minutes, Koppy saved seven shots while allowing just six goals, bringing his goals against average to 13.77 after it had been as high as 18.23 earlier in the season. 
 
The Beacons held strong in the fourth, going on to win the game by a final score of 27-9.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Admirand and Smith both rank among the Little East Conference's top-five goal scorers
• The Beacons have now allowed 11 or fewer goals in three straight contests after allow 12 or more in each of their first four games
• The tag-team unit of Matt Lucozzi and Jason McNeany each won 13 faceoffs en route to a dominant 29-40 combined effort in the circle
• The Beacons once again double their opponent's ground ball total, scooping 50 to the Foresters' 25

 
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will return to New England on Saturday, March 25 when they travel to Plymouth State to face the Panthers in their first LEC matchup of the season. That game will start at 1 PM.