'KEENE. N.H. 11/2/02 - The Keene State College men's soccer team wrapped up its regular season schedule with a 5-0 Little East Conference victory over UMA-Boston at Owl Stadium Complex on Saturday.

Keene State, 11-4-3 (4-1-2 LEC) finishes third in the LEC and will travel to rival Plymouth State on Wednesday for an opening round tournament game against the Panthers, who upset UMA-Dartmouth 1-0 today.

The Owls got goals from five different players.  Justin Hickman (Mont Vernon, N.H.) and Jim Hogan (Holderness, N.H.) gave KSC a 2-0-halftime lead.  It was Hickman's first goal of the season.

Casey Banks (Westborough, MA.), Francisco Vasconcelos and Nick Fero (Fiskdale, MA.) added second half goals for the Owls who had a 45-5 shot advantage in the game.

D.J. Nordmark (South Windsor, CT) (two saves) and Matt Caron (Hebron, CT) (one save) both saw time in goal for KSC.  Michael Tady finished with 19 saves for the Beacons, who conclude their season with a 3-13-2 (0-6-1 LEC) record.

KSC seniors, Mike Monteiro (Hudson, MA.), Dermott O'Sullivan (New Salem, N.Y.), Jason Simone (New Salem, N.Y.), Trevor Klein (Rochester, Vt.), Jeff Dupont (Richamond, TX.), Steve Curry (Lyme, CT) and Nordmark were honored prior to the start of the game.