KEENE, N.H. 10/4/04- Casey Banks (Westborough, Mass.) had a goal and two assists to lead Keene State College to a 4-0 shutout victory over UMass-Boston in a Little East Conference men's soccer game played Monday night at Owl Athletic Complex.

Undefeated in its last seven games, KSC improves to 8-1-1 (3-0 LEC) while the Beacons fall to 4-3-1 (1-2 LEC). Coming into the game for Jason Lombardo (Woburn, Mass.), Nick Trottier (White River Junction, Vt.) gave KSC a 1-0 halftime lead. His shot found the found the far corner of the net for his second goal of the season. Ralph Rocco (Groton, Mass.), who was named LEC rookie of the week, got an assist on the goal.

Beacon goalie Rich DaSilva (Medford, Mass.) kept it a one goal game when he made a leaping finger-tip save off a shot from Rocco midway in the second half.

KSC eventually added to its lead at the 29:03 mark when Banks tipped John Harke's (Leeds, Mass.) shot past DaSilva. Less than two minutes later, Banks fielded a long boot from goalie Brandon Beck (Johnstown, N.Y.) and raced down the right side untouched and deposited the ball in the net for his seventh goal of the season.

Later in the half, Eric Scott (West Springfield, Mass.) netted his team-leading eighth of the season, a blast from 30-yards out, to round out the scoring.

Beck (two saves) and Matt Caron (Amston,Conn.) (one save) shared the shutout for the Owls. DaSilva finished the game with seven saves.

Keene State travels to Babson College on Wednesday (4 p.m.).