Box Score
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Senior forward Casey Mignone tallied two goals and two assists and sophomore forward Jimmy Alexander had a goal and three assists to lead Westfield State to a 7-3 conference victory over UMass Dartmouth on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Westfield improves to 7-4-2 overall and 5-0-2 in the MASCAC. UMass Dartmouth drops to 5-6-1 and 1-5-1. The teams played to a 2-2 tie in their first meeting Nov. 19.
The Owls again received a balanced attack with six players scoring. They jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead on goals by Lucas Romero, Dennis Zak and Jimmy Alexander. Mignone assisted on two first-period goals and lit the lamp twice in the second period. Westfield led 6-2 after two stanzas took a 7-2 lead 1:50 into the third period.
First Period Scoring:
Westfield: Lucas Romero (Casey Mignone, Jimmy Alexander), 3:22
Westfield: Dennis Zak (Pat Nelson, Danny Kaufman), 7:24
Westfield: Jimmy Alexander (Casey Mignone, Lucas Romero), 8:07
Second Period Scoring:
Westfield: Casey Mignone (Jimmy Alexander, A.J. Shiverdecker), 4:04
Mass Dartmouth: Joe Hill (Paul Moran, Todd Bartelson), 10:09
Westfield: Casey Mignone (Jimmy Alexander, Lucas Romero), 12:20
Mass Dartmouth: Adam Horgan (Mike Owens, Matt Serino), 12:58
Westfield: Jason Nelson (A.J. Shiverdecker, Mike Muolo), 15:31
Third Period Scoring:
Westfield: Pat Nelson (Dennis Zak, Danny Kaufman), 1:50
Mass Dartmouth: Rob Dudley (Aaron Blades), 9:26
Goalie Saves:
Westfield: Ray Monroe 27 saves
Mass Dartmouth: Jon Dryjowicz-Burek (24:04) 4 saves; Jonathan Morrow (35:56) 10 saves