Sacred Heart vs. Umass
February 12, 2010

| Scoring | |
|---|---|
| Timmy Katz | (3, 0) |
| Matt Ferrino | (3, 0) |
| Tim Russo | (1, 2) |
| Jon Flood | (1, 2) |
| Aaron Lupo | (0, 2) |
| Evan Morgan | (2, 0) |
| Chris Casey | (1, 0) |
| Trevor Dauses | (0, 1) |
| Dennis Gannon | (1, 0) |
| Saves | |
|---|---|
| Zach Frank | 13 (0.650) |
| Tom Trgo | 6 (0.429) |
| Current Record | |
|---|---|
| Sacred Heart | 0-1 |
| go to Sacred Heart page | |

| Scoring | |
|---|---|
| Anthony Biscardi | (2, 2) |
| Bobby Hayes | (4, 0) |
| Art Kell | (3, 1) |
| Will Manny | (1, 2) |
| Ryan Hantverk | (2, 1) |
| Christian Hain | (1, 1) |
| Ryan Liebel | (2, 0) |
| Kyle Smith | (0, 2) |
| Stephen Zorkers | (0, 1) |
| Saves | |
|---|---|
| Tim Mccormack | 10 (0.500) |
| Will Jeffery | 0 (0.000) |
| Current Record | |
|---|---|
| Umass | 1-0 |
| go to Umass page | |
| The Game Story: | |||||
| FAIRFIELD, Conn. - After seeing a five-goal halftime lead evaporate early in the fourth quarter, UMass scored four of the game's final five goals to knock off Sacred Heart, 15-12 in the season opener for both teams. Senior Bobby Hayes notched a career-high four goals as five different players had multi-goal efforts, all signifying career-bests. Sophomore Art Kell had his first hat trick and added an assist for four points. Juniors Ryan Hantverk and Ryan Liebel along with sophomore Anthony Biscardi all tallied a pair. Sacred Heart's tenacious comeback was keyed by Timmy Katz and Matt Ferrino, who each had three goals. UMass outshot the Pioneers, 55-32 and outgroundballed them, 39-31. Both teams were aggressive as the game saw a combined 19 penalties and eight man-up goals (five by Sacred Heart). Hayes had all three of UMass man-up tallies, With the game tied at 11, Kell scored his third goal of the game on a wraparound the left post to regain the lead for UMass at 12-11 with 8:50 left in the fourth and they would lead the rest of the way. Liebel notched the first of his UMass career to give the Minutemen a 13-11 advantage with 7:00 left in the fourth. Ferrino tallied his third of the game with 5:58 left to cut the UMass lead to 13-12. Freshman Will Manny scored just inside the right post with 4:40 left to take a 14-12 lead then Liebel scored his second in a 3-minute span off a Manny feed for a 15-12 win. Down by five at halftime, Sacred Heart tied the game at 11 on Katz third goal of the game, on a man-up, with 10:15 left in the fourth. They had gotten back to within one at 11-10 as Ferrino scored on a man-up opportunity where the Minutemen had three players in the penalty box with 10:43 left in the fourth. The Minutemen took early control of the game midway through the second quarter scoring six of the final eight goals of the quarter to lead 9-4 at halftime. Hayes notched three goals in the second quarter as he started the scoring with a top shelf shot 53 seconds into the quarter and finished the tallying with a man-up goal with 26 seconds left in the second. In between the Hayes' initial and final goal, he also scored on a pretty quick stick off a pass from Manny on a man-up opportunity with 2:39 left in the quarter. UMass' specialty teams were strong with Hayes' two man-up goals in the quarter. Biscardi also scored his second of the game on a man-down situation with 6:53 left in the second on a fast-break chance off a pass from Stephen Zorkers. The prettiest goal of the quarter came from Christian Hain as he scooped in a low backhand off a pass from Biscardi with 1:02 left in the quarter. Sacred Heart made a nice comeback in the third quarter with the final four goals of the quarter. Katz netted back-to-back goals and Chris Casey added another to cut the deficit to 10-9 with 2:02 left in the third. Hayes ended the bleeding with his third goal of the game less than two minutes into the fourth quarter, giving the Minutemen an 11-9 lead. UMass returns home for its Garber Field debut next Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. Hartford at 1 p.m. |
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