GORHAM, Maine – After suffering their first Little East Conference loss of the season to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in their last contest and having a week to prepare for the University of Southern Maine Huskies, the Keene State College men's lacrosse team easily took care of business, as the Owls picked up the 15-3 win to return to the win column.

Records

• Keene State: 5-5 (2-1 LEC)
• Southern Maine: 2-9 (0-3 LEC)

How it Happened


The Owls dominated the first quarter of action as they outscored the Huskies 7-1 in the opening 15 minutes of play, where Rex Maccarini got the Owls on the board early with a hat trick in the opening 3:26 of action. Giacomo Tedone assisted Maccarini on the first of the three for a man-up goal, while Tim Souza assisted the other two goals to put the Owls ahead three early on. 20 seconds after Maccarini's third goal, Jack Theriault won the ensuing faceoff, which led to Nicholas McNulty scoring his ninth goal of the season for the Owls. Later in the quarter, KSC scored three more goals over a 2:17 span as Maccarini scored his fourth of the game for the first of the three goals. Dylan Seymour scored the next two goals for KSC in his first game back as Tedone picked up another assist and Adam Scala assisted the other as KSC jumped to a 7-0 lead. The Owls' starting goalkeeper, Dylan Florian, saved the first two shots from the Wolves in the quarter, but USM's third shot snuck past him with 2:28 remaining in the quarter, making the score 7-1 in KSC's favor heading into the second quarter.
 
KSC continued to rack up the goals in the second quarter as they scored four more, while shutting USM out over the 15 minutes of play. After scoring four goals in the opening quarter, Maccarini assisted on the Owls' first two goals in the second quarter over the first 3:11 as Seymour and Jack Ansart scored a goal apiece for KSC. The Owls' next score came two minutes later after Jaheim Lancaster caused a turnover on a Huskies' clear attempt; he scored his second goal of the season to put KSC up 10-1. Florian saved the two shots on goal by Huskies in the quarter and the Owls tacked on one more goal late in the quarter as Jake Dubiel assisted Maccarini on goal number five of the day to give KSC an 11-1 lead heading into the second half.
 
Maccarini's eighth point of the game came on assisting Ben Tukey's man-up goal to open the scoring in the half, 4:38 into the second half following Matthew Pacheco's save in net for the Owls in his first few collegiate minutes. Maccarini's ninth point of the game came later in the quarter, after the Huskies' goalkeeper, Addison Dietz, saved the three previous shots from the Owls, Maccaarini scored his sixth goal of the game and career goal number 100 for the Owls to increase the lead to 12. Pacheco saved two more shots from USM, and the Huskies were finally able to find the back of the net with less than a minute remaining in the quarter as KSC took a 13-2 lead heading into the final 15 minutes of action.
 
Parker Wallace opened the scoring in the scoring in the final quarter on the Owls' opening possession as he scored his first career collegiate goal in his first game played for KSC. Neither team recorded a shot on goal until over 10 minutes later until Owen Gaulrapp scored for the Huskies with 3:32 remaining in the contest. KSC tallied on one more goal less than a minute later after Tyler English won the ensuing faceoff, as Lancaster scored goal number three of the season, eventually giving KSC the 15-3 win on the day.
 
Inside the Crease

• With the win, KSC improves to 24-1 (96%) in the all-time series against the Huskies. After losing the first matchup back on April 21, 2001, KSC has won the next 24 contests between the two teams.
• Maccarini once again led the Owls on the attack with nine points, tying his team-high against Otterbein College from March 15. He is the 17th member in program history to reach the 100 career goal mark for the Owls, as he is inching closer to the 200 career point mark, as well.
• Maccarini's six goals on the day are the most in a game on the season for KSC and the most by an Owl since he recorded seven goals against Massachusetts Maritime on May 2, 2023, in the LEC quarterfinals.
• Seymour tallied three goals in the win, while three others tallied a multi-point game for the Owls; Lancaster's two points came from two goals, for the first time in his collegiate career, while Tedone and Souza each picked up two assists for KSC.
• Florian made four saves while allowing one goal over 30 minutes in goal for the Owls, while Pacheco made three saves and allowed one goal in his first collegiate appearance over 21:13 and Cameron Smith allowed one goal and made a save over the remaining 8:47 in goal for KSC.
• KSC went 19-for-22 (86.4%) on clears on the day and dominated the Huskies on their clear attempts as the Owls held USM to 11-for-26 (42.3%) on clears on the day.
• The Owls had the advantage on faceoffs on the day as they went 14-for-21 (66.7%) with Jack Ricci going 8-for-13 (61.5%) and Theriault going 5-for-6 (83.3%) to lead the Owls.

 
Up Next


Keene State returns to action on short rest compared to their week off prior to their matchup with the Huskies as the Owls next play on the road on Tuesday, April 8, at 4:00 PM at Clark University.
Southern Maine also plays on Tuesday, April 8, at 4:00 PM for their next contest as the Huskies host Salem State University.