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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Mariners Fall in Season Opener

CASTINE, Maine – Maine Maritime Academy men's lacrosse fell to the University of Southern Maine on Saturday afternoon, 14-6 in non-conference action on Ritchie Field.

The Huskies struck first on an unassisted goal from Jaymz McStowe at 13:48, but minutes later Alex Grant-Roy (Biddeford, Maine) put the Mariners on the board to tie things up. The two teams exchanged goals, with Seth Wing picking up a score for USM and Tim Grant (East Northport, N.Y.) adding a goal for the Mariners to make it 2-2 at 8:41 in the first quarter. Alec Grant (Hollis, N.H.) found Dean Samuelson (Ellsworth, Maine) for a man-up goal at 2:46 to give the Mariners their only lead of the game, but Keegan Smith scored a goal to send the teams into the second quarter notched at 3-3.

Southern Maine added three goals in the second quarter, while holding the Mariners scoreless to take a 6-3 lead into halftime, and added four goals in each of the final two quarters to take the 14-6 victory.

Samuelson led the Mariners with two goals and two assists on 10 shots, while also scooping up four ground balls and causing a turnover. Michael Martel (Biddeford, Maine) added two goals, an assist and a ground ball, while Grant-Roy scooped up six ground balls, caused a team-high four turnovers and a goal, and Tim Grant added a goal, went 8-of-20 on the faceoff and scooped up nine ground balls.
Nate Delgiudice, Jeff Urmston and Paul Lenardo added three goals each for the Huskies, while Wing grabbed two goals, and Smith, McStowe, and Austin Watts each added a goal. Josh Murphy went 13-of-22 from the faceoff and scooped up a team-high seven grounds balls and Eddie Barrasso led USM with four caused turnovers.

Cody Schell (Pasadena, Md.) stopped 13 shots in net for the Mariners, while John Bossi stopped 11 shots in net for the Huskies.

The Mariners fall to 0-1 on the season, while the Huskies improve to 1-0. Maine Maritime Academy will return to action on March 12 and 13 when they travel to Massachusetts Maritime for the Third Annual Maritime Classic.

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