'KEENE, N.H. 10/22/05 -  Eric Scott (West Springfield, Mass.) and Alex Horne had a goal and two assists each to lead the Keene State College men's soccer team to a  5-1 Little East Conference victory over UMass-Dartmouth at Sumner Joyce Field on Saturday.

Improving to 11-2-2 (5-0 LEC), the 19th ranked Owls remain on top of the LEC standings while UMass-Dartmouth falls to 4-8-2 (0-5-1 LEC).

Freshman Shawn Booth (Windsor Locks, Conn.) got KSC on the board 3:43 into the game when he headed in Scott's corner kick.  Taking a feed from Horne in the box, Scott gave the Owls a 2-0 halftime lead when he fired a shot by Corsair goalie Adam Rolfe (Southwick, Mass.).  It was his team-leading 11th goal of the season.

Horne sent Mike Cooley (Northborough, Mass.) in for a break away goal just 48 seconds into the second half to extend KSC's lead to 3-0.  Cooley, a freshman, has nine goals on the season. Horne tallied his 10th goal of the season, and his third in the last two games, three minutes later.

Keene State lost its shut out bid when Tiago Pinto (New Bedford, Mass.) scored at the 78:43 mark.  Nick Trottier (White River Junction, Vt.) got the Owls final goal with 57 seconds left to play.

Matt Caron (Amston, Conn.) (two saves) and Scott Pannone (Wolcott, Conn.) (1 save) both saw action in goal for KSC.  Rolfe and Kyle Fossey (Townsend, Mass.) had four saves each for the Corsairs. 

Keene State travels to R.I. College for a key LEC game on Wednesday (3:30 p.m.). UMD is at Bridgewater State on Tuesday (3 p.m.).