MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME MEN’S SOCCER

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Clean Harbors Stadium, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

FINAL:              WORCESTER STATE 4, MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 1

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. --  Senior Brendan Whitson (Auburn, Mass.) netted a pair of goals and an assist for five points to lead Worcester State to a 4-1 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s soccer victory over Massachusetts Maritime Saturday afternoon at Clean Harbors Stadium.

Whitson staked the visiting Lancers (5-3-4, 3-0-1 MASCAC) to a 1-0 lead just 3:26 into the contest with an unassisted marker, but the host Buccaneers (5-4-2, 1-2-1 MASCAC) evened matters in the 22^nd minute when senior Asa Mills (Westport, Mass.) converted a corner kick from junior Rob Robbs (Braintree, Mass.) for his second tally of the season.  Junior Derek Kareta (Ludlow, Mass.) gave Worcester State the lead for good in the 28^th minute on a feed from Whitson, and after senior Phillip Cepeda’s (Southbridge, Mass.) breakaway in the 65^th minute extended that margin to 3-1, Whitson iced the visitors’ triumph with his second goal of the day (fifth of the season) on an assist from fellow senior Brian Cormier (Hudson, Mass.) with 4:14 remaining to account for the final score.

Sophomore Nick Zucco (Ludlow, Mass.) picked up his fifth win of the season with a three-save effort in goal for Worcester State, while freshman Joe Cohen (Plymouth, Mass.) made six stops in the setback for Massachusetts Maritime as the Lancers outshot the Buccaneers by a 15-6 margin on the afternoon.

Massachusetts Maritime heads to Waltham, Mass. on Tuesday evening to take on 12^th-ranked Brandeis in a non-league match that begins at 7:00 p.m., while Worcester State heads into Boston on Tuesday afternoon to take on UMass Boston in a non-league outing beginning at 3:30 p.m.