Box Score GORHAM, Maine – The Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team concluded a rebound year from its only losing season under 11th-year head coach Greg DeVito by getting goals from three seniors playing in their final collegiate games, and ending the season with a third straight shutout, 3-0, in a Little East Conference contest against the University of Southern Maine at Hannaford Field Saturday.
For the second straight match, all three Eastern (9-7-2, 2-3-2 LEC) keepers saw time and combined on the team's third straight shutout. The Eastern defense ended the campaign with 362 minutes and 27 seconds of scoreless soccer, a scoreless streak which began four games ago.
The victory was the tenth straight for Eastern over Southern Maine (6-11-2, 1-5-1 LEC), eighth by shutout in that stretch.
Xavier Doran (Hebon), Alexander Fazzino (Bolton) and JD Stearns (Bolton) punctuated four-year careers with goals in their collegiate finale. Doran knocked in a cross from sophomore Griffin Luczek (Lee, NH) in the 34th minute for his third goal of the year, 18th of his career and 54th and 55 career points; Fazzino made it 2-0 four minutes into the second half with the second of the season and fourth of his career, and Stearns put the finishing touches on the winning campaign with his second of the year and sixth of his career with 1:21 left in the season.
Junior keeper Ryan Murphy (Cromwell) made three saves and departed with roughly 20 minutes left and the Warriors holding to a 2-0 lead. Freshmen Kyle Boutot (Tolland) and Jack VanRooyen (Wayland, MA) completed the team's eight shutout of the year. Each made a save in a game where the visitors outshot the hosts, 18-7.
The road win was just the second in nine outings for the Warriors, who were nearly unbeatable again at Thomas Nevers Field, posting a 7-1-1 overall record.
