'KEENE, N.H. 4/22/04  - The Keene State College men's lacrosse team completed its regular season with a 18-3 Little East Conference victory over UMass-Boston at Owl Athletic Complex on Thursday afternoon.

Keene State (8-5, 4-2 LEC) will be the third seed in the upcoming LEC tournament.  They will host an opening round against an opponent to be determined next Tuesday.   Still in contention for a spot in the tournament, UMass-Boston falls to   5-7 (1-4 LEC).

Junior midfielder Greg Richard (Nashua, N.H.) scored all four of his goals in the first quarter to stake KSC to a 7-1 lead.  Richard also added a couple of assists.  Playing in his final home regular-season game, senior attackman Joe Branciforte (Cromwell, Conn.) finished with three goals.  Meade MacKay (Stratham, N.H.), Roy Jones (Exeter, N.H.), and Eric Momnie (South Windsor, Conn.) added two goals each while Travis Pedley (Bow, N.H.), Greg Gonzalez (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), D.J. Clattenburg (Concord, N.H.), Andrew Denley (Wakefield, N.H.), and Sean Panora (South Windsor, Conn.), had one goal each for KSC.

Jon Marino (Pembroke, Mass.), Christopher Hanafin (Burlington, Mass.), and Andrew Rowley (Duxbury, Mass.) tallied goals for the Beacons.  Mike Forns (Falmouth, Mass.) also had two assists.

Eric Delisle (Amherst, N.H.) played the first three quarters for KSC and made two saves. Ryan Connary (Buxton, Me.) had two saves in the final quarter.  Dan O'Neil (Barnstable, Mass.) made 22 saves for UMB.