Evan Couchot's Hat-Trick Leads Gulls to 4-0 Victory Over Lions

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's soccer team opened Commonwealth Coast Conference play with a 4-0 win over Eastern Nazarene this afternoon in Hempstead Stadium. The Gulls were led by a hat-trick performance from sophomore Evan Couchot (Mason, Ohio). 

E. Couchot got the scoring started at the 20:40 mark with an assist from Robert Hartan (Hebron, Conn.). Less than nine minutes later, Jesse Martinez (Walpole, Mass.) buried his third goal of the season to give the Gulls a 2-0 lead. 

R. Hartan also delivered the pass to E. Couchot at 54:50 which resulted in Endicott's third goal of the game. 

Just under three minutes later, E. Couchot completed the hat-trick with a little help from Rieley Hoffman (Watertown, N.Y.). 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott junior goaltender Brandon Rosenbaum (Locust Valley, N.Y.) made his first start of the year in net. He recorded two saves and tallied his first career shutout.
• The Gulls outshot the Lions 33-4.
• E. Couchot paced the offense with 10 shots.
• Thomas Martin (Derry, N.H.) earned the assist on Martinez's tally.
• For the first time in Endicott program history, both the men's and women's soccer teams saw a student-athlete record a hat-trick on the same day. Earlier in the afternoon, Rachel Hanna (Chelmsford, Mass.) netted a hat-trick of her own against Eastern Nazarene. 

FOR THE FOES

• Eastern Nazarene goalies, Tim Eddings (Endicott, N.Y.) and Victor Mendoza (Cathedral, Calif.) split time in net for the Lions.
• The Lions were led offensively by Joao Costa (Framingham, Mass.) who registered two shots.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (3-1-1; 1-0-0) travels to Trinity (Conn.) for a 7 p.m. nonconference matchup on Wednesday, September 20. Eastern Nazarene (0-5-0; 0-1-0) is on the road at Springfield on Monday, September 18 at 4 p.m.

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)