SALEM, MA. 3/30/02 - The Keene State College men's lacrosse team received six goals and four assists from sophomore attackman Joe Branciforte (Cromwell, CT) en route to an 18-7 Little East Conference victory over Salem State Saturday at Alumni Field. The four assists by Branciforte tied a KSC record set by Bob Bonnes, Tim Trevitchick, and Ned Cremin.

Keene State improves to 2-1 while Salem State drops to 0-3. The Owls jumped out to a 5-1 first quarter lead and never looked back. Branciforte scored three times in each half. Freshman Eric Momnie (So. Windsor, CT.) contributed four goals and an assist while D.J. Clattenburg (Concord, NH) added two goals and three assists.

Salem State, which trailed 9-6 at the half, got three goals from Eric Stanton.

Eric Delisle (Amherst, NH) finished with 16 saves for the Owls. Alex Ehegartner (3 saves) and Matt Jewers (10 saves) shared the goaltending chores for the Vikings.

Keen State will be at Green Mountain College on Thursday (4 p.m.).