Box Score

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- First-year Nik Tasiopoulos (Norwell, Mass.) netted three goals and added three assists to help lead Wesleyan University (Conn.) to a 14-1 win over the University of New England Saturday afternoon, as the men's hockey regular season came to a close at Spurrier-Snyder Rink.

Both squads will enter their respective post-season tournament next Saturday (February 26) as the No. 8 seed, with the Cardinals visiting NESCAC top-seed Hamilton College and the Nor'easters traveling to ECAC East number one Norwich University.

Wesleyan junior Geoff Mucha (West Chester, Pa.) notched a pair of scores to go with three assists for the hosts (9-11-3, 8-10-1 NESCAC), while sophomore Adam Kaiser (Stony Point, N.Y.) chipped in with two goals and senior Dan Sullivan (Worcester, Mass.) was credited with four assists.

UNE first-year Matt Del Giudice (Oakland, Maine) tallied the lone goal for the visitors on the night in the first period, which, at the time, trimmed the Cardinals advantage to 2-1. Classmate Zach Lokey (Elizabethtown, Pa.) and junior Ted Fabian (Oakland, Maine) assisted on the play.

Sophomore goalie Matt Hadge (Canton, Mass.) went 40 minutes between the pipes for Wesleyan to make 13 saves before giving way to first-year Jake Smith (Concord, N.H.), who recorded seven stops in the final period.

Senior Mike Roper (New Glasgow, Nova Scotia) split time in goal for UNE (6-18, 3-16 ECAC East) with first-years Connor Brogan (Hershey, Pa.) and Cody Violette (Greene, Maine) -- all three combining for 28 saves.