UMass-Dartmouth Skates Past Worcester State, 2-1

UMass Dartmouth 2, Worcester State 1

Box Score

Auburn, MA --- Freshman Giancarlo Capodanno (Mountainside, NJ) scored the game-winning tally to break a 1-1 tie with 26 seconds left in the second period to give UMass-Dartmouth the hard-fought 2-1 victory over Worcester State this evening in ECAC Northeast action at Horgan Memorial Rink.

The Corsairs (8-4-1, 6-1 ECAC NE) opened the game with a 1-0 lead when senior Chris Shore (West Haven, CT) notched his team-leading sixth goal of the season on a breakaway at 8:21 in the first period with classmate Chris Paquin (Warwick, RI) and junior Matt Serino (Saugus, MA) each adding assists on the play.

The Lancers defense would then hold UMass-Dartmouth scoreless through the rest of the stanza as WSC junior netminder Andrew Evans (Cromwell, CT) collected 17 stops in the opening period.

The Blue and Gold knotted the score with 37 ticks off the clock to start off the second frame on a tally by freshmen Cody Warila (Shirley, MA) with help from junior Mark Rintel (Taunton, MA) and freshman Nick Asterito (Philadelphia, PA).

The Lancers had three golden chances throughout the second period to score the go-ahead goal, which included a four on three power-play at one point, but they could not take advantage of the opportunity.

That set the stage for Capodanno’s heroics as he broke the tie to give the Corsairs the lead for good with his fifth goal of the season.

UMD had eight penalties while WSC finished with just three. The Corsairs outshot the Lancers 18-5 in the first period, but through the last two frames UMass Dartmouth just edged out Worcester State 25-20. The Lancers finished 0-6 in power play attempts.

Corsair senior keeper Jeff Green (Medway, MA) turned aside 24 shots for the Corsairs while Evans ended the evening with 41 saves.

Worcester State (3-9, 1-5 ECAC NE) will host three games next week starting with Johnson and Wales on Tuesday at 5:30 while UMass Dartmouth entertains Lebanon Valley on Saturday and Westfield State on Sunday at 4:30 PM in a key ECAC Northeast contest.