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BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Nick Parent tallied his lone marker of the day with 2:33 left in double overtime to give Wentworth Institute of Technology an 11-10 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) men's lacrosse win over the University of New England on Wednesday afternoon (Mar. 25) at the Big Blue Turf.

The Leopards (5-2, 1-1 CCC) saw their five-goal cushion disappear in the last 16 minutes of regulation, and survived a shotless (0-5) first overtime period before Parent capitalized on the only shot attempt of the ensuing extra session.

The Nor'easters slip back to 4-4 overall and 0-1 in league play.

UNE never trailed in the opening half, though there were four ties. Big Blue finished the 1st frame ahead 3-1, but the score was knotted at 5-5 by intermission.

Michael Cushera, who had found the back of the cage three times during the initial 30 minutes, began the 3rd stanza (12:10) with another marker to put Wentworth in front for the first time, 6-5. Alec Paradis then rattled off three straight in a span of 4:18 to bump the gap to 9-5, and Jake Ollila made the spread five with 2:28 left in the 3rd.

UNE, which was out-shot in the middle two periods by 28-14, got one back just before the end of the segment on a goal by Dan Auger to make it 10-6.

Sam Cloutier pulled the Nor'easters to within 10-8 by the 8:16 mark of the 4th, before Andrew Curro and David Rubenstein completed the five-goal run (7:47 and 4:17) that returned the contest to a tie.

The Leopards received a goal and two assists from Ryan Coakley, and Tim Parlato tallied game-highs of six ground balls and four caused turnovers. Adam Dufault posted 14 saves to secure the victory for WIT, which came up on the short end of a 42-39 margin in shots.

After Cloutier's four goals for Big Blue, Auger had two scores and two assists. Curro and Rubenstein both added a pair of markers. Pat Reid registered a team-best five ground balls and Andrew Kelly recorded three caused turnovers.

David Pearson took the setback between the pipes for UNE, working the final 35:27 while logging six stops. John Dusel opened the match in goal, making nine saves in 30 minutes.

Both sides will be on the road to conference outings on Saturday -- Wentworth heads for Curry College (12 p.m.), and the Nor'easters visit Western New England University (4 p.m.).


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