GORHAM, Maine--The Keene State College men's lacrosse team shutout the University of Southern Maine in the second half in a 25-5 Little East Conference win over the Huskies at Hannaford Field on Saturday.

Records

• Keene State: 8-3, 3-0 LEC
• Southern Maine: 5-5, 0-3 LEC

Up Next

• Keene State heads to Plymouth State on April 20 at 3:30 p.m.
• Southern Maine is in action on the same day, hosting Salem State at 4 p.m.

Tale of the Tape

• Tyler McKelvie scored five goals and set up one more to become the Owls' all-time leader in points (goals + assists).  McKelvie, who became KSC's all-time leader in goals on March 17, now has 190 goals and 65 assists for 255 points.  He passed Griffin Meehan, who piled up 253 points (169-84-253) from 2009-11.  
• Lots of other Owls got their name on the scoresheet, too - Rob Hart had four goals and an assist, while Berek Martichuski and Bryan Rotatori each had three goals and two assists.  Paul Beling, Bobby Carey, Jake Genest, and Frank Bacarella add two goals apiece.
• Keene State rolled up a 52-29 edge in shots and had a 40-33 advantage in ground balls.  The Owls also converted on 3-of-6 man-up situations.
• Sophomore Mathew Howe and senior Alex Sharp split the goaltending duties for the Owls.  Howe recorded seven saves in the first half while Sharp stopped eight shots in the second half.

First Half Highlights

• Keene State scored the first three goals of the game en route to a 5-1 lead after one quarter.  Hunter Arnold set up Beling for the first goal of the game, followed by markers from Tyler Reilly and Rotatori before Jaymz McStowe fed Seth Wing for the Huskies' first of the game.
• McKelvie closed out the quarter with his first two of the contest.  McKelvie scored two of his three second quarter goals in the early going, but back-to-back markers from Nate DelGuidice and Austin Watts cut the KSC lead to 8-5 with seven minutes remaining.
• Those would be the last goals the Huskies would score for the game, as Rob Hart scored twice in 19 seconds, and Bacarella, Rotatori, and McKelvie all found the net for a 14-5 lead at halftime.

Second Half Highlights

• Keene State added six more in the third quarter, including two from Martichuski, to put the game completely out of reach.  
• Bobby Carey scored twice in the fourth quarter as KSC completed the rout with five goals in the final period.