WORCESTER – The Endicott men’s ice hockey team extended its winning streak to four straight games on Sunday night with a 5-2 victory over Assumption College at Buffone Arena.
Endicott received goals from Logan Day (Seminole, Fla.), Dominic Nitti (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Jacob Gammelgaard (Esbjerg, Denmark), Tommy Besginer (Milton, Mass.), and Ryan Dougherty (Sterling Heights, Mich.), while Mark Specia (Ringwood, N.J.) stopped 36 shots in his collegiate debut.
Assumption goaltender Nick Commesso (Marshfield, Mass.) compiled a season-high 43 saves in the loss (0-3-0).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- With the win, Endicott is 1-1-0 versus Assumption in the all-time series.
- The Gulls have outscored opponents 16-8 during their four-game winning streak.
- Gammelgaard’s first career collegiate goal at 12:45 of the second period counted as the game-winner.
- Jack Musil (Hull, England) won a team-high eight faceoffs, while Brendan Shane (Rochester, N.Y.) went 6-for-7 at the face-off dot to highlight Endicott’s centermen.
FOR THE FOES
- Stephen Picard (Enfield, Conn.) and Nick Fenuccio (Keene, N.H.) both scored for Assumption in the first (12:22) and third (4:55) periods, respectively.
- Mike Sorenti (Sagamore Beach, Mass.) won a game-high 11 faceoffs.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (4-2-2) hosts Curry College in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) matchup this Thursday at 7:00 PM. Assumption (2-7-1) travels to Worcester State University on Tuesday for an 8:30 PM contest.
MIDDLEBURY— A monstrous second half propelled the Endicott men’s basketball team past the No. 24 nationally-ranked Middlebury College Panthers, 93-89, Sunday afternoon inside Pepin Gymnasium in non-conference action.
Trailing 48-36 at the half, the Gulls used a 25-3 run spanning 5:44 of the second stanza to build toward their largest lead of the contest (80-72) with 5:02 to play and held off the Panthers down the stretch to hand Middlebury its first loss of the season.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Gulls scored a season-high 93 points and grabbed a season-high 40 rebounds.
- Endicott is 1-1 against nationally-ranked opponents this season.
- Senior guard Kamahl Walker (Worcester, Mass.) led four Gulls in double figures with a season-high 28 points.
- Senior forward Daquan Sampson (Germantown, Md.) earned his first double-double of the year (19 points, game-best 14 rebounds).
- Senior guard Max Motroni (West Warwick, R.I.) added 18 points and dished out a team-best six assists, while senior forward Chris Lipscomb (West Springfield, Mass.) tallied 14 points and had six rebounds to go with three assists.
FOR THE FOES
- 17 points was the Panthers’largest lead of the game of (55-38)with 18:22 remaining in the game.
- Senior guard Matt St. Amour (Swanton, Vt.) led the Panthers as he tied his career-high with a game-high 33 points.
- Junior guard Jack Daly (Eastchester, N.Y.) posted a career-best 22 points.
- Junior forward Adisa Majors (New York, N.Y.) was also in double figures with 16 points, while sophomore guard/forward Zach Baines (Stamford, Conn.) chipped in with 12 points and a team-best seven rebounds.
- Senior guard Jake Brown (Hawley, Pa.) handed out a game-high eight assists.
NOTES
- Endicott is 2-2 against Middlebury in the all-time series.
- The Gulls won, 82-76, in the most recent meeting before today in Beverly, Mass. on 01/02/16.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (2-1, 0-0 CCC) opens the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) slate on Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. against Curry in the Gulls’ home opener inside MacDonald Gymnasium.
Middlebury (3-1, 0-0 NESCAC) welcomes Rensselaer to its campus for a 7:00 p.m. clash on Tuesday, November 29.
SALEM – Kerryann Goode (Millis, Mass.) scored two goals and goalie Sarah Plourde (Hooksett, N.H.) made 44 saves as Salem State picked up their first victory of the season with a 3-2 win over the
University of New England Nor’Easters on Sunday afternoon at Rockett Arena. The Vikings improve to 1-5 while New England slips to 3-4-1.
Annie Mullen (Concord, N.H.) put New England on the board with less than a minute remaining in the first as she carried the puck in from just above the face-off circle and beat Plourde for the 1-0 lead. The Nor’Easters dominated possession in the period, outshooting Salem State 16-4.
Despite being outshot, the Vikings dominated the second period, scoring three unanswered goals to take a 3-1 lead. Kylie Currier (Middleton, Mass.) put home a rebound nine minutes into the second on a power play after New England netminder Caty Flagg (Methuen, Mass.) made the initial save on an attempt by Madison Kingston (Braintree, Mass.). Goode then scored the first of her two goals when she fired the puck into an open net off a rebound from the stick of Sara Walsh (Burlington, Mass.) at the 11:19 mark. Goode added another goal when Flagg mishandled the puck with her glove allowing a two-goal Salem State advantage.
Ploude was solid in net all afternoon and kept the Nor’Easters at bay as New England attempted to get back in the game with an aggressive forecheck in the final period. The Nor’Easters registered 13 shots in the final period to just two for Salem State, but New England could not find the back of the net until Tatum Gietl (Littleton, Colo.) scored with less than 30 seconds remaining, making the final 3-2.
Flagg made 17 saves in the loss as the Nor’Easters held a 46-20 advantage in shots.
Salem State will host Saint Michael’s on Friday, December 2nd at 7:00 PM. New England will travel to Becker College for a game on Tuesday, December 6th beginning at 8:10 PM.
