Details on Endicott Men’s Hockey, Women’s Hockey, Men’s Basketball
BEVERLY – The team moved its winning streak to seven straight games on Saturday afternoon at Raymond J. Bourque Arena with a 6-0 victory over crosstown rival Salem State University.
Cam Bleck (Lake Forest, Ill.) scored twice in the third period, while the Gulls also received tallies from Joseph Slovak (So. Yarmouth, Mass.), John Carricato (Ridge, N.Y.), Jack Musil (Hull, England), and Ross Olsson (Billerica, Mass.) in the win (7-2-2). Slovak’s goal at 12:15 of the first on feeds from Michael Heidkamp (Marrieta, Ga.) and Lloyd Hayes (W. Newbury, Mass.) served as the game-winner (third career).
Endicott junior netminder Kevin Aldridge (Birmingham, Mich.) stopped 20 shots to claim his sixth career shutout (third in a row, 6-2-2 overall record). Jason Pucciarelli (Newmarket, Ontario) recorded 55 saves in the loss (3-3-2).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott is 2-1-0 in the all-time series versus Salem State.
- The Gulls are 7-0-1 when Slovak scores in a contest.
- Bleck turned in his second multi-goal game of the 2016-17 season in today’s win (fifth career).
- Endicott held Salem State to a 0-for-6 showing on the power play, and only one shot on goal in the first period.
- The Gulls have now allowed a goal in their last 195:05 of play.
FOR THE FOES
- Pucciarelli made 19 saves in the first, 15 in the second, and a game-high 21 in the third.
- Mackenzie Cook (Reading, Mass.) blocked a game-high five shots.
- Casey Miller (Billerica, Mass.) led all centermen with a game-high 26 face-off wins.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (7-2-2) travels to Salem State University (4-5-2) on Tuesday, January 3 at 7 p.m
BEVERLY — The No. 20 Endicott men’s basketball team fell to the visiting Bridgewater St. Bears, 86-82, in non-conference action Saturday afternoon inside MacDonald Gymnasium.
In a game that saw six tied scores and 15 lead changes, fans were treated to a back-and-forth affair all the way down to the end as Endicott maintained an 82-78 lead with 1:09 left in the game when senior guard Kamahl Walker (Worcester, Mass.) nailed a pair of free throws for the last of his game-high 25 points.
However, senior guard Keyon Armstrong (Brockton, Mass.) was fouled with 55 seconds left as he was attempting a three-pointer and converted all three at the charity stripe to bring it within one, trailing 82-81.
A Gulls’ turnover with 15 seconds remaining proved costly as junior guard Rocky DeAndrade (Mansfield, Mass.) made the go-ahead layup for the Bears and hit three free throws down the stretch to snap Endicott’s five-game win streak.
With the loss, the Gulls head into the holiday break at 6-2 overall (3-0 CCC), while Bridgewater St. moves to 6-3 (0-0 MASCAC) on the season.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott placed four student-athletes in double figures as Walker led the charge with a game-high 25 points, game-high nine rebounds, and game-high seven assists.
- Senior forward Daquan Sampson (Germantown, Md.) chipped in a season-high 22 points, followed by senior guard Max Motroni‘s (West Warwick, R.I.) 13 points and senior forward Chris Lipscomb‘s (West Springfield, Mass.) 11 points.
- Endicott’s largest lead of the game was seven points with 4:41 left in the first half.
- The Gulls turned the ball over a season-high 19 times (including three with under 30 seconds remaining and a chance to take back the lead) and grabbed a season-low 31 rebounds.
FOR THE FOES
- Bridgewater St. placed four student-athletes in double figures as junior forward Joseph Carty (Natick, Mass.) led the Bears with a team-high 19 points, followed by 17 points from DeAndrade, 16 points from Fawaz Mass (Taunton, Mass.) and 12 from senior guard Patrick McGuinness (New City, N.Y.).
- Mass grabbed a team-high seven rebounds, while DeAndrade pulled down six boards and recorded a game-high five steals.
- The Bears’ largest lead of the game was seven points with 12:51 remaining in the first half.
- The Bears have won six of their past eight games and tied their longest win streak of the season with three straight victories.
- Bridgewater St. has won the past two meetings against Endicott as the most recent one before today was 01/10/2008.
WHAT’S NEXT
The Gulls (6-2, 3-0 CCC) are off for the holiday break and will resume action in the Salem St. Holiday Classic against the University of Southern Maine (December 29, 5:00 PM) and Regis (December 30, 5:00 PM).
Bridgewater St. (6-3, 0-0 MASCAC) is also off for the holiday break and will return to the hardwood in the Guilford College Holiday Classic against Greensboro (December 29, 5:00 PM) and Guildford (December 30, 7:00 PM).
BEVERLY – The Endicott women’s ice hockey team and Wesleyan University skated to a 2-2 overtime tie on Friday night at Raymond J. Bourque Arena in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Trailing 2-0 in the third, the Gulls responded with a pair of goals less than 10 minutes into the period to even the score at 2-2. Maggie Layo (Sandwich, Mass.) put the Gulls within one at the 5:22 mark of the period when she converted a power play goal on a beautiful tick-tack-toe setup from Michaela McNamara (Warwick, R.I.) and Caroline Hughes (Andover, Mass.), while Lexi Klein (Shoreview, Minn.) tied up the contest on a give-and-go feed with Teneal Perry (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) at 9:48.
Endicott netminder Vendela Jonsson (Linkoping, Sweden) then kept the Cardinals honest for the remainder of the third, and overtime, by stopping five shots down the stretch to clinch the tie for the Gulls.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Klein’s tally at 9:48 of the third was her first career game-tying goal in 31 games played for Endicott.
- Layo leads all student-athletes in program history with seven power play goals in 35 career games.
- Jonsson stopped 26 shots in the tie (6-0-1 this season/18-6-5 career).
- Ellen Carter (Roseville, Minn.) blocked a team-high four shots in tonight’s contest, and currently leads the team with 17 block shots on the year.
- McNamara tied for the game-high in face-off wins with nine.
FOR THE FOES
- Gina Mangiafridda (Pelham, N.Y.) put the Cardinals on the scoreboard first with her third tally of the season 41-seconds into the second period on feeds from Jess Brennan (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Alex Horton (Great Neck, N.Y.).
- Alexis Banquer (Fairfield, Conn.) made it a 2-0 matchup at 3:13 of the second when she tucked a shot inside the left post on passes from Kendall Carr (York, Maine) and Sam Curran (Scituate, Mass.).
- Sam Smith (Tarentum, Pa.) made 42 saves in the tie (1-1-1).
- Carr blocked a game-high five shots.
- Rachel Aronow (West Hartford, Conn.) tied McNamara for the game-high in face-off wins (9).
- The Cardinals halted their three-game losing streak with tonight’s tie.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (9-0-1) returns to action tomorrow at home against Nichols at 5:00 PM. Wesleyan (2-4-1) is off until January 2 when the Cardinals host Nichols at 7 PM.
