Nationally-ranked Gulls fly past UNE, 23-3

April 12, 2008 - 05:49 PM

Endicott sailed to a 23-3 win to remain unbeaten in TCCC play

No. 17 Endicott takes a 10-0 first-period lead and never looks back to move to 4-0 in conference play

BIDDEFORD, Maine -- The nationally-ranked Endicott College men's lacrosse team scored the first 10 goals of the match on its way to a 23-3 The Commonwealth Coast Conference victory over the University of New England Nor'easters on Saturday afternoon.

The Gulls, ranked 17th in the nation, won for the fourth straight time to move their record to 9-2 and remain perfect in TCCC play at 4-0. UNE suffered its sixth consecutive loss to drop to 2-9, 0-6 in league matches.

Eddie O'Reilly '09 (Beverly, Mass.) and Nick Cosco '09 (Londonderry, N.H.) each scored twice during the Gulls' first-quarter onslaught.

Endicott would outscore UNE 6-3 over the middle two periods, then put home seven goals in the fourth while holding the Nor'easters scoreless.

O'Reilly and Andrew Harding '10 (Niskayuna, N.Y.) each scored three times for the Gulls. John Curtis '11 (Chelmsford, Mass.) had two goals and three assists and Cosco scored twice and set up two others.

Endicott goalies Sean Kearney '09 (Mahopac, N.Y.) and Shane Gallagher '09 (Lowell, Mass.) split time between the pipes. The duo turned away 10 shots.

Dan Leyden '09 (Northfield, Mass.) had a pair of goals for UNE and Mike Sagaert '10 (Colorado Springs. Colo.) added UNE's other tally. Andy Briggs '09 (Scituate, R.I.) and Charlie Taylor '11 (York, Maine) combined to make 20 saves.

The Gulls dominated the stat sheet, holding an advantage in shots (69-21), ground balls (53-29) and face-offs won (22-7). Endicott will play for first place in the conference standings Tuesday when its hosts nationally-ranked Western New England College at 7:00 p.m.

The Nor'easters will be in search of their first TCCC win that same day when they entertain Salve Regina University. Game time is 4:00 p.m.

(posted April 12, 2008 | 19:06 ET)