BOX SCORE

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mike Ball (Salem, NH) totaled four goals and two assist to lead Southern New Hampshire University to a 12-8 Northeast-10 men's lacrosse victory over Assumption College Wednesday night at Larkin Field.  The Penmen improve to 2-7 overall and 2-3 in the NE-10, while the Greyhounds are 6-6 and 3-4 in the league.

Andrew Brown (Marshfield, MA) finished with three goals for the Penmen, who also got a pair of goals from Matt Sowles (Cumberland, ME).  Sean Ball (Salem, NH), Dustin Latham (Penacook, NH) and Terrence Nash (Oceanside, NY) each registered a goal and an assist, while Keith Merluzzo (Billerica, MA) handed out three assists.

Kevin Jurgens paced Assumption with three goals and an assist.

Southern New Hampshire scored six of the game's final seven goals en route to the victory.  The Penmen trailed 7-6 following a goal by Assumption's Nicholas Violandi with 6:43 left in the third quarter.  The Penmen scored the final two goals of the third period and a Brown tally with 1:23 left gave SNHU a 8-7 lead after three.

Brown opened the scoring a minute into the fourth quarter, but the Greyhounds would draw back within a goal with 11:15 to play on Matt Fletcher's goal.  That would be the final score of the night for Assumpton, as Sowles and Latham would score 40 second apart to give SNHU an 11-8 with just over nine minutes in the game, and Sowles would cap the win with a goal off an assist by Mike Ball with 4:22 left.

Southern New Hampshire scored all three goals of the first quarter, with Mike Ball finding the back of the net twice.  John Murphy would score 1:11 into the second for Assumption, but Sean Ball would reclaim a three-goal advantage for the Penmen 4:57 in.  The Greyhounds would score the final three goals of the half and a Jurgens score 3:03 before intermission would tie the game 4-4 at intermission.

Jurgens scored 16 seconds into the third quarter to give Assumption its first lead of the game.  The Penmen would strike twice in a span of 1:49, with a goal by Mike Ball with 10:05 left in the third quarter putting SNHU back on top.  The Greyhounds answered with a pair of goals to reclaim the lead on Violandi's goal that made it 7-6.

Brendan O'Brien (Hopkinton, MA) made 12 saves for Southern New Hampshire as the Penmen outshot the Greyhounds 49-32.  Dan Shea made 15 stops for Assumption.  SNHU faceoff man Gary McKay (Billerica, MA) won 19 of the game's 24 faceoffs and collected 14 ground balls.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Saturday when it travels to American International College for a 3:00 game.