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Western New England prevails over host Endicott 7-3 in rugged conference battle

Box Score Scoring Summary

Aidan Casey
Aidan Casey
Theo Cavallo
Theo Cavallo
BEVERLY, Mass. – Freshman goalie Brandon Body (Newtown, CT) compiled 12 saves and Western New England held Endicott to only one goal over the final 25 minutes, 26 seconds to claim an important 7-3 men's lacrosse victory Thursday evening (Apr. 19).

The Golden Bears, ranked 18th nationally, maintained their top position and remained unbeaten in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) with a 6-0 mark while improving to 9-3 overall.

Body, filling in for injured starter Brewster Knowlton (Somers, CT), had six stops in the opening half and then turned away three shots in both the third and fourth periods to raise his record to 4-0.

There was a 2-2 tie after the opening stanza before senior attacker Patrick White (Milton, MA) put the Golden Bears ahead for good with his 31st goal of the season at 10:57 of the second quarter.

Sophomore midfielder Sean Lawton (Abington, MA) netted a goal at the 7:14 mark for a 4-2 advantage at the break.

Endicott got within one when junior midfielder Peter Erickson (Yarmouth, ME) netted a goal at 12:06 of the third period. There was further scoring until White delivered a critical goal with one second left in the frame.

Lawton and junior attacker Corbett Corrigan Harreys (Essex, CT) added goals in the final fourth quarter, with assists from senior midfielder Joe O'Keefe (Branford, CT), to complete the scoring.

Graduate student midfielder Jon Thanas (Cumberland, RI) had a goal and assist for the defending CCC champion Gulls while senior midfielder Sam Ozycz (Cheshire, CT) won eight-of-13 face-offs.

Junior goalie Tom Burke (Sudbury, MA) made six saves in the first half before sophomore Conley Cummings (Simsbury, CT) entered the game and turned away four shots in the second half.

Endicott dominated the final stats by having a 36-31 edge in shots and 35-22 advantage in ground balls.

Contact: Ken Cerino, Western New England athletic communications director (413) 782-1227
kcerino@wne.edu
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Players Mentioned

Brandon Body

#3 Brandon Body

G
5' 10"
Redshirt
Corbett Corrigan Harreys

#2 Corbett Corrigan Harreys

Attack
5' 8"
Sophomore
Brewster Knowlton

#1 Brewster Knowlton

Goalie
5' 6"
Junior
Sean Lawton

#24 Sean Lawton

Midfield
6' 2"
Redshirt
Joe O

#22 Joe O'Keefe

Attack
5' 11"
Senior
Patrick White

#40 Patrick White

Midfield
5' 9"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Brandon Body

#3 Brandon Body

5' 10"
Redshirt
G
Corbett Corrigan Harreys

#2 Corbett Corrigan Harreys

5' 8"
Sophomore
Attack
Brewster Knowlton

#1 Brewster Knowlton

5' 6"
Junior
Goalie
Sean Lawton

#24 Sean Lawton

6' 2"
Redshirt
Midfield
Joe O

#22 Joe O'Keefe

5' 11"
Senior
Attack
Patrick White

#40 Patrick White

5' 9"
Junior
Midfield