Box Score
PAXTON, Mass. – A week after a breakthrough Little East Conference victory over Plymouth State University, the Eastern Connecticut State University men's lacrosse team lost its first match ever – by a goal -- to Salem State University.
 
Wednesday, the Warriors (3-4) unleashed their frustrations by scoring the first 17 goals of the match and riding to a 21-1 non-conference rout of shorthanded Anna Maria College (1-11) at  Caparso Field in the first meeting between the programs in seven years. It marked the Warriors' first victory away from Rick McCarthy Field in four contests this year.
 
Eastern did not allow a goal for the first 35 minutes and amassed advantages of 51-16 in shots and 22-4 at the faceoff X as 35 players saw action -- including all four goalies. Fourteen different players contributed points, 17 had at least one ground ball, 13 caused at least one turnover, and five different midfielders won at least one faceoff.
 
Behind starting attacks senior Warren Channing (Glastonbury), junior Tanner Drobish (Wallingford) and sophomore Landon  Mabb (Sun Prairie, WI) – who combined for nine goals and seven assists --  11 others added a goal or assist or both.
 
Recording their first career points were first-year players Seamus Donoghue (Paramus, NJ), Jalen Canales (South Windsor), Matthew Paolino (Thomaston) and Jack DiStefano (Bardonia, NY). Donoghue had three goals and two assists, Canales a goal and assist and Paolino and DiStefano one goal each.
 
Junior Gregory Hilinski (Shelton) made four stops in the first half to gain the win, with sophomores Ryder Casady (Westerly, RI) and Luke Solari (Warwick, RI) and first-year player Patrick Markowski (Bay Ridge, NY) splitting the final 30 minutes and combining for six saves.
 
First-year player Jake Correia (East Lyme) was 7-of-8 from the faceoff X, with junior Nathan Tranquilli (North Branford) winning all six of his attempts, sophomore Gavin DeLucia (Uncasville) going 5-of-8, and taking their first attempts, first-year player Nicholas Morrison (Wethersfield) and sophomore Chris Ford (Hebron) were 3-of-3 and 1-of-1, respectively.
 
Eastern looks to even its overall and Little East records when it visits the University of Southern Maine (3-7, 0-3 LEC) Saturday at 1 p.m. in search of its first two-game winning streak of the season. USM has dropped five of its last six, the victory a 14-5 decision over visiting Anna Maria last Wednesday. The Huskies are coming off Tuesday's 22-4 LEC loss at Plymouth State University.
 
The Warriors are 25-0 all-time against the Huskies, which includes last year's 17-3 decision at Rick McCarthy Field.