MILTON, Mass.-Sophomore attack Evan Hammersley (Lynnfield, MA) posted a career-high nine points on four goals and five assists to lead his team past Nichols 15-4 on Saturday in Milton. With the win the Colonels improve to 6-3 overall and 3-1 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference. The Bison fall to 2-6 overall and 1-4 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference.
Curry took a 9-1 lead in the first half as Hammersley scored one of his four goals on the day and four of his five assists.
Senior Paul Marchese (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and sophomore Sean Gallagher (Topsfield, MA) each enjoyed a day of scoring as Marchese found the back of the net four times and Gallagher five. Sophomore Kyle Dilley (Alexandria, VA) and freshman Andrew Navoni (Natick, MA) each chipped in for a tally.
Nichols got on the board first just 4:32 into the game on a goal by Macaulay Gillis (Northborough, MA). The Bison however would not score again until the fourth quarter as freshman Matthew Caufield (Fairfield, CT) and junior Austin Healy (Westford, MA) scored back-to-back goals. Junior Ryan Pacific (Danbury, CT) would finish the scoring in the final two minutes of the game for Nichols.
The Colonels only outshot the Bison 37-29 and had 37 groundballs to Nichols 28.
The Colonels played two goalies in net. Junior Gordon Holmes (Brookfield, CT) played in net for the first half stopping four shots and sophomore Michael Hibbard (Chelmsford, Mass.) made 14 saves in the second half.
In net for Nichols was sophomore Scott Gray (Annapolis, MD) who made 12 saves for the loss.
The Colonels will travel to the University of New England on Monday, April 5 for a TCCC match-up at 4:00 p.m. Nichols will travel to Western New England for a 7:00 p.m. game start.
