'KEENE, N.H. 3/31/07 - The Keene State College men's lacrosse team overcame an early three goal deficit to post a 10-7 victory over UMass-Dartmouth at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday. It was the Little East Conference opener for both teams.

Sophomore attack Tony Santa Fe (Derry, N.H.) had two goals and four assists to lead the Owls (6-0, 1-0 LEC), who remain undefeated.  Jamie LeSage (Exeter, N.H.), Mike Fontaine (Wolfeboro, N.H.), Sean Panora (South Windsor, Conn.) and Taylor Morasutti (Cheshire, Conn.) finished with two goals each for the Owls.

Freshman attack Andrew Lewis (Longmeadow, Mass.) had three goals to lead UMass-Dartmouth (3-3, 0-1 LEC). Mark Lapointe (Tyngsboro, Mass.), Zach Egan (Mansfield, Mass), Matt Swirbalus (Weymouth, Mass.), and Andrew Getto (Westfield, Mass.) added single goals for the Corsairs.

Trailing 3-0 early in the second quarter, the Owls scored six consecutive goals to go up 6-3.  Lesage scored two of the Owls goals during the surge.  KSC led 6-4 at halftime.

Keene State scored the first three goals of the third quarter to go up 9-4.

Keene State Coach Mark Theriault said the team had a let down after a huge win over Williams.  "It's a good wake-up call," he said.  We were on a high after Williams thinking that it was going to be an easy win.  But it wasn't, we had to earn it." 

Matt Johnson (Derry, N.H.) finished the game with 10 saves for the Owls.  Steve Chase (Boston, Mass.) had 16 saves for UMD.  Craig Britton (Ashland, Mass.) also played in goal for the Corsairs.

Keene State is at Wheaton College on Tuesday (4 p.m.). 

UMass-Dartmouth hosts UMass-Boston on Tuesday.