Box Score Henniker, N.H. New England College's Sean Largay would score with just 2.9 seconds remaining in overtime lifting the Pilgrims past the Castleton University Spartans 11-10 in North Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action Wednesday night.

With the win the Pilgrims remain undefeated in NAC play improving to 7-0 in conference and 10-6 overall. The loss drops the Spartans to 5-1 in the NAC and 8-6 on the season.

PILGRIM LEADERS

NEC's Skyler Saunders finished the game with three goals and an assist, while Sean Largay and Daniel Medvetz each netted three goals. Matt Richard dished out a game-high five assists, while William Pendleton was clutch with two goals and three assists.

Long stick midfielder Connor Fries finished with six ground balls and six caused turnovers, while Austin Frankel scooped up a team-high seven ground balls.

SPARTAN LEADERS

Tom Pardew, Jason Sedell, and Louis Alhage each netted two goals for the Spartans, while Sam Siegel and Sam Frackleton each had a goal and an assist.

Joshua Gosselin won 11 face offs and finished with a team-best seven ground balls.

FINAL COMPARISON

The Spartans would come out on fire taking an early 7-1 lead. The Pilgrims would get a goal back in the final minutes of the opening quarter and score five unanswered in the second sending the game into halftime knotted at 7-7. The Pilgrims would lead 10-8 just minutes into the fourth quarter but the Spartans would get goals by Pardew and Alhage tying the game at 10-10 and forcing overtime.

Castleton would control the ball early in overtime but after a Spartan turnover the Pilgrims would regain possession. NEC would call a timeout with just seconds on the board and then Largay would come through with the game winner thanks to a feed from Richard with just 2.9 seconds on the clock.

NEC finished the game out shooting Castleton 53-22 and held the 25-18 advantage in ground balls.

GOALTENDING

Picking up the win in net for NEC was William Platt who recorded five saves.

In net for Castleton was Peter Latulippe who notched an impressive 17 saves.

QUOTE FROM THE COACH

"I am very proud of the effort put in by our guys today. It's not easy to find composure when you're a young team and you find yourself down five goals after the first, but once we got out of our defensive funk we were able to get stops and allow our offense to operate. The win today was a huge victory not only for the number one seed but for confidence going forward. As I said I am very proud of the fight and grit we showed tonight." - Coach Brown


WHAT'S NEXT

NEC will close out their regular season Saturday, April 23 when they travel to take on Maine Maritime Academy.

Castleton will hit the field as well on Saturday, April 23 when they host conference opponent Johnson State College.