MANCHESTER, N.H. – Senior
Will Andrews (Cumberland, R.I.) scored the game-winning goal just over a minute into overtime to lift the nationally ranked #5 Saint Anselm College men's lacrosse team to a 7-6 win over Assumption on Friday evening. The Hawks remained undefeated with the victory, improving to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in Northeast-10 Conference (NE10) play.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm heads to Colchester, Vt. to take on Saint Michael's in NE10 action on Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:00 p.m.
Score: #5 Saint Anselm 7, Assumption 6 (OT)
Records: #5 Saint Anselm (6-0, 3-0 NE10), Assumption (7-2, 2-2 NE10)
Location: Manchester, N.H. (Grappone Stadium)
Date: Friday, March 28, 2025
Attendance: 257
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- For the fifth straight game, Saint Anselm scored the game's first three goals and took an early 3-0 lead. Andrews, junior Chris Claflin (Newton, Mass.), and freshman Matt Lemay (Westminster, Mass.) all scored for the Hawks inside the opening six minutes.
- Assumption responded with three straight goals of their own. Cameron Theriault and Brian Shortt scored in the first quarter before Boomer Staunton found the back of the net for the Greyhounds to tie it at 3-3 midway through the second.
- Hawks sophomore goaltender Finn Granara (Reading, Mass.) made six saves in the second quarter to help keep the game tied at halftime.
- Midway through the third quarter, Lemay put Saint Anselm back in front with his second goal of the game off a feed from sophomore Mark Boyle (Reading, Mass.).
- With 2:32 left in the third, senior Colin Mulvey (Readong, Mass.) added another for the Hawks to increase their lead to two goals.
- 47 seconds later, Ben McHugh answered for the Greyhounds at the other end with a goal to make it a one-goal game entering the fourth.
- Just over a minute into the final quarter, Lemay secured his hat trick with Claflin picking up an assist as Saint Anselm extended the lead back up to a pair.
- Assumption remained diligent and scored the next two goals to tie the score at 6-6. Ryan Bogar cut the deficit to one with 8:52 left and, with 2:45 to go, Shortt tied it at 6-6.
- Neither side scored for the remainder of the fourth and the game headed to overtime. Granara made a huge save on the final possession of regulation, denying a point blank opportunity by Bogar.
- The Hawks won the opening faceoff to begin overtime. After setting up their offense, Lemay found Andrews for the game-winning goal 1:15 into the extra segment to give Saint Anselm the win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Assumption held a narrow 41-40 advantage in total shots, while Saint Anselm had a 24-20 edge in shots on goal.
- The battle in the center circle was even with the Hawks taking a slight 10-8 lead on faceoffs. Junior Quinn Gannon (Scituate, Mass.) and sophomore Evan Spillane (East Longmeadow, Mass.) won five faceoffs apiece for Saint Anselm.
- Saint Anselm also led the ground ball battle, 25-19. Claflin and freshman Johnny Lucas (Peabody, Mass.) each scooped up four ground balls to lead the Hawks.
- Assumption committed 17 turnovers in the game compared to 12 committed by Saint Anselm. Defensively, the Greyhounds defense caused six of those turnovers, while the Hawks defense caused four giveaways.
- The Hawks were nearly perfect on clear attempts and went 24-25 (96.0%). The Greyhounds went 22-26 on clear attempts (84.6%).
- There was only one penalty called in the game, which was called on Saint Anselm. As a result, there were no man-up nor man-down goals scored in the contest.
- Lemay scored a game-high three goals and added an assist for Saint Anselm. It was his fourth straight game with at least four points. He is leading the team with 14 goals and 22 points this season.
- Andrews added two goals for his second multi-goal game of the spring, while Claflin added a goal and an assist for the Hawks.
- Shortt scored twice to lead Assumption. Bogar produced a goal and two helpers for the Greyhounds.
- Granara made 14 saves and posted a .700 save percentage in his 10th career win between the pipes for the Hawks.
- Shane Corcoran made 17 saves and allowed seven goals in the loss for the Greyhounds.
- This marked the 32nd all-time meeting between these two programs. Saint Anselm improves to 25-7 all-time against Assumption in the series that began in 1994. The Hawks have now won the last 10 games against the Greyhounds dating back to 2016.
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