MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME MEN’S LACROSSE

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Cressy Field, North Dartmouth, Mass.

FINAL:                   UMASS DARTMOUTH 17, MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 5

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. --  Junior Bo Prozinski (Ashland, Mass.) and freshman D.J. Miller (Ashland, Mass.) each netted four goals and an assist for five points to lead UMass Dartmouth to a 17-5 non-league college men’s lacrosse victory over Massachusetts Maritime Wednesday evening at Cressy Field.

Miller notched a hat trick in the opening quarter that helped the host Corsairs (4-7) snap an early 1-1 tie and take a 6-2 lead after 15 minutes of play, and two second stanza markers each by Prozinski and junior Alex Lucas (Brookfield, Mass.) enabled UMass Dartmouth to extend that margin to 10-2 at the break.  The hosts collected five of the six tallies in the third quarter to take their largest advantage of the night (15-3) into the final frame, as seven different Corsairs scored after intermission.

Lucas added a hat trick and an assist to finish with four points in the win for UMass Dartmouth, which also received a pair of goals and two helpers from senior Riley Baxter (Groton, Mass.).  Juniors Steve Merrick (Methuen, Mass.) and Connor Gaffney (Andover, Mass.), along with sophomore Eddie Sheridan (Chelmsford, Mass.) and freshman Jordan Torres (New Bedford, Mass.), netted single markers for the Corsairs, who also received a game-high four assists from junior Andrew Johnson (Hopkinton, Mass.).

Junior Anthony Kurylak (Exeter, N.H.) netted a pair of goals in the setback for the visiting Buccaneers (6-5), who also received single tallies from sophomores Joseph Landy (Chatham, N.J.) and Steven Anderson (Crownsville, Md.) as well as freshman Keaghan Bartley (Richmond, Va.) to go with assists off the sticks of sophomores Patrick Kearney (Scituate, Mass.) and Ryan McNeill (Burlington, Mass.).  Sophomore Matt Lafond (Bridgewater, Mass.) picked up the win in goal for UMass Dartmouth with 11 saves in 48-plus minutes of action, while freshman Kyle Taylor (Raynham, Mass.) made one stop over the final 11-plus minutes of play.  Junior James Klose (Ellicott City, Md.) made 12 saves in 52-plus minutes in suffering the setback in the cage for Massachusetts Maritime, which received a stop from sophomore Jacob Brennan (North Reading, Mass.) over the final 7:29 of action.  The Corsairs outshot the Buccaneers by a 42-33 margin for the contest, including a 30-17 edge in shots on goal.

Massachusetts Maritime heads to Babson Park, Mass. on Saturday morning to take on Babson in a New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference outing that begins at 11:00 a.m., while UMass Dartmouth travels to Gorham, Maine on Saturday afternoon to square off with Southern Maine in a Little East Conference match beginning at 1:00 p.m.