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BEVERLY, Mass. – For the third time in program history, the Endicott men’s lacrosse team hoisted the ECAC DIII New England Championship as the top-ranked Gulls defeated \#3 University of New England a 15-9 loss at Endicott Stadium.  Endicott had previous won the tournament in back-to-back years in 2008 and 2009.  
 
Junior faceoff man Sam Ozycz (Cheshire, Conn.) was awarded the Most Outstanding Player trophy for his efforts in leading the Gulls to an ECAC Championship win.  After going 1-for-7 on faceoffs in the first half, Ozycz was 15-of-18 on the draw over the final two quarters with 12 groundballs to help the Endicott offense maintain possession.  Leading just 4-2 after the first 30 minutes of play, the Gulls did just that behind Ozycz’s strong play as they exploded for nine goals in the third quarter to take a commanding 13-5 lead.
 
Ozycz also had his stick in two goals, scoring his sixth of the season following a faceoff win at 12:01 in the third and assisting on sophomore Nick Ranaccio’s (Acton, Mass.) first goal of the season with 38 seconds remaining in the same quarter. 
 
Endicott senior midfielder Brendan Eppley (Darien, Conn.) capped off his career with a six-point game which included a career-high five assists to go along with his 23^rd goal of the season.  Fellow seniors Jon Thanas (Cumberland, R.I.) and Connor Prescott (Norwalk, Conn.) were two of four Endicott players to net two goals in the game.  Junior Peter Erickson (Yarmouth, Maine) and freshman Jeremy Morgan (Ridge, N.Y.) found the back of the net twice while both Thanas and Morgan also registered assists in the win. 
 
The Nor’easters were led by senior midfielder Matt Anderson (St. Paul, Minn.) and sophomore standout Dan O’Gorman (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) who each tallied three points.  Anderson netted a hat trick, all in the second half, while O’Gorman scored twice in a strong fourth quarter effort by UNE and assisted on a Nick Gross (Kennebunk, Maine) goal midway through the third. 
 
Endicott played well defending UNE’s transition into offense by holding the Nor’easters to just to 20-of-35 successful clear attempts.  Overall defensively, the Gulls were able to cause 12 UNE turnovers with defensemen Will Farfalla (Glen Rock, N.J.) and Breck Merritt (Weston, Mass.) lead the way with two caused turnovers each.  UNE’s senior defender Nick Peter (Queenstown, Md.) led all players, however, with a game-high four caused turnovers with teammate Nick McMahon (Westfield, Mass.) chipping in with three. 
 
With 24 penalties in the game, both teams were given their opportunity with the man-advantage and the Gulls did well with that in the second half by converting 5-of-7 opportunities into goals.  UNE finished 1-for-9 on the man-advantage with their lone goal coming with 2:03 remaining in the game following a slashing penalty on Endicott. 
 
Endicott started the game off on a three goal streak with tallies by Erickson, Morgan and sophomore attackman Doug Bergner (Fairfield, Conn.).  The goals by Erickson and Morgan came early in the quarter at 13:41 and 12:36 before an 11 minute scoreless period until Bergner’s strike.  UNE got on the board with 32 seconds left on the clock in the quarter as sophomore midfielder Mike Allan (Billerica, Mass.) scored his first of the season off an assist from Tyler Thomas (Mount Pleasant, N.Y.) to make it 3-1 Endicott.
 
Endicott and UNE exchanged goals in the second quarter as Prescott scored from Michael Armstrong (Winchester, Mass.) at 12:50 and Nor’easters attacker Dylan Thomas (Mount Pleasant, N.Y.) beat the goalie at 8:16 with an assist to Geoff Bruno (Durham, Conn.).  At the half, the score was 4-2 in favor of the Gulls.
 
The Blue and Green outscored UNE 9-3 in the third quarter which included a five-goal run to start the period capped off by Harry Holden’s (Duxbury, Mass.) 10^th goal of the season off a pass from Harrison Cotter (Lordship, Conn.).  UNE would score three of the next four goals, two by Anderson, before the Gulls closed out the quarter with three straight goals.  Freshman Jonathan Morgan’s (Ridge, N.Y.) goal barely beat the clock as he scored with just 0.6 seconds left.
 
The Nor’easters battled in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Gulls 4-2 in the quarter, but it was not enough as Endicott held on for the 15-9 victory. 
 
Between the pipes, Endicott junior Tom Burke (Sudbury, Mass.) earned the win after making 11 saves, including nine in the first half alone, to improve to 10-9 on the year.  His counterpart, UNE junior Jay Letendre (Southington, Conn.) made 13 saves and snatched a team-high eight groundballs but dropped to 1-2.
 
The Gulls wrapped up their 2012 campaign with an 11-9 overall standing with a 5-2 regular season CCC record.  UNE ends their memorable spring season 10-10 (3-4 CCC).