Box Score BIDDEFORD, Maine--Senior Jesse DeLucca won 20 of 26 face-offs and scooped up a season-high 17 ground balls, classmate Adam Knapton led all scorers with six points and junior goalie Cam Gormley came off the bench to make key saves in the second half, as Western New England used a late surge to fend off the University of New England, 14-9, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference men's lacrosse game at Big Blue Turf on Saturday.

The visiting Golden Bears even their record to 7-7 on the season, playing the toughest schedule in the CCC and 14th in the nation, and improve to 6-1 in the conference. The Nor'easters fall to 5-11 overall and 2-5 in the CCC.

With the game knotted 9-9 in the final stanza, Knapton--who finished with four goals--scored the go-ahead tally while a man-up on a feed from freshman Keegan Dudeck with 8 minutes and 44 seconds left. That ignited a five-goal run to end the game for the Golden Bears, who outscored UNE 6-1 in the final 15 minutes.

Patrick Wolfe paced the UNE offense with five goals, Dan Auger had two goals and an assist, Sam Cloutier added two goals, and Andy Curro contributed three assists.

Seniors Owen Caruso and Colton Craig added to the WNE offensive attack by each scoring a hat trick. Craig closed the scoring on a beautiful man-up goal with 100 seconds remaining when he dodged two Nor'easters defenders and slipped a bounce shot inside the left post from the right side.

Gormley entered the game for junior starter Brandon Body (7 goals allowed, 3 saves) at the 7:15 mark in the third quarter and the game tied at 7-all. Gormley finished with a career-best five saves to earn his first victory in the WNE cage. John Dusel stopped 13 shots in the UNE net.

Senior Jack Liacos organized WNE's defensive effort with four ground balls and a game-high three caused turnovers, and freshman Steven Patrie caused two turnovers.

Western New England also had advantages in virtually every statistical category: shots (41-31), shots on goal (27-17), ground balls (41-31), clears (14-of-16, 18-of-24) and turnovers (13-17). The Golden Bears capitalized on seven UNE penalties by going 4-for-6 on man-up opportunities; the Nor'easters converted 2-for-4 such chances.

Dan O'Gorman and Steven Hughes had six and five ground balls, respectively, for UNE, which caused nine turnovers compared to eight for the Golden Bears.

The teams were tied 3-3 after the opening quarter and WNE led 7-5 at the intermission. The Nor'easters led only twice at 1-0 and 2-1 in the first.

Western New England closes the regular season with a Wounded Warrior Game on a Senior Day against Gordon College at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Golden Bear Stadium.