Hockey Suffers Overtime Setback to Hawks

Becker 4, Worcester State 3   OT

Box Score

Auburn, MA --- Just 29 seconds into overtime, junior winger Jared Kersner (Rockville, MO) notched the game-winning goal to lift Becker, 4-3, over Worcester State this evening at Horgan Memorial Rink in ECAC Northeast Conference action. With the win the Hawks improve their record to 2-3 and 1-2 in the league while the Lancers slip to 2-4 and 1-3 with the loss.

John Cahalane (Tewksbury, MA) started the scoring for the Lancers with the only tally of the first stanza at on a feed from classmate Nick Asterito (Philadelphia, PA) and sophomore Mark Elia (Millville, MA).

In a wild second period, Becker tied the score on a goal by sophomore Andrew Corvo (Oak Park, IL) at 6:07. The Lancers promptly scored the go-ahead score a little over a minute later on a put-back by junior Mark Rintel (Queens, NY) from senior Bill Knauber (Buffalo, NY).

The Hawks then scored the next two goals on markers by freshman Erik Norquist (Jarfalla, Sweden) and Chris Reilly (Lexington, MA) to give Becker a 3-2 lead at the end of the second stanza.

With two men of the ice midway through the third, the Lancers took advantage of a power play and scored the equalizer at when sophomore Chris Wallin (Avon, CT) knocked in an unassisted goal at 11:34.

Both team's traded several shots back and forth before heading to extra frames.

Worcester State won the face-off, but Becker took control of the puck and sent in their first crack at the opposing net when Kersner hit a shot right underneath goalkeeper Andrew Evan's (Cromwell, CT).

Evan's finished the contest with 33 saves while his counterpart, freshman netminder Jake Rosenthal (Wantagh, NY) stopped 22 of the 25 shots he faced.

Both teams will face conference opponents on Tuesday evening. The Lancers will host WNEC at 5:30 while the Hawks will entertain Westfield State at 7 PM.