March 12, 2002

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Brian LaMastro scored six goals and goalie Rorke Greene made 22 saves to lift Hartford to a 9-8 win over Stony Brook in America East action Tuesday afternoon. The win improved the Hawks to 2-1 overall, 1-0 in conference play while Stony Brook slid to 1-2, 0-1 in conference action.

After Steve Conlon put the Seawolves up 1-0 only 1:04 into the game, Hartford scored five of the next six goals, four of which came off the stick of LaMastro. With the score tied at one, LaMastro scored Hartford's next four goals, three of them coming in man-up situations. Trailing 6-2, goals by Jon Tompkins and Denis Scannell pulled Stony Brook within 6-4 at the break.

Stony Brook took control in the third quarter, getting tallies from Kevin Pall, Eric Hatkewitz and Kyle Pearl to take a 7-6 advantage. LaMastro responded with two straight for the Hawks before Conlon answered for the Seawolves to send the game into the fourth quarter tied at eight.

Greene was outstanding between the pipes for UH in the final period, turning aside eight Seawolves shots, several from point-blank range. Hartford took advantage of another man-up opportunity late in the game. LaMastro found a cutting Frank Fenimore in front of the Seawolves goal and Fenimore slipped it past Seawolves' goalie Phil Reed for the game-winning tally with 2:54 to go. LaMastro finished with six goals and an assist for seven points.

Conlon led the way for SB on offense, collecting two goals and two assists. Reed made 12 saves in goal for Stony Brook.

Final                1   2   3   4     F
Hartford (2-1, 1-0)  4   2   2   1     9
Stony Brook (1-2,0-1)2   2   4   8     8

Qtr     Time    Scoring                           UH-SB
1-SBU   13:56   Steve Conlon (un)                 0-1
1-UH    9:23    Troy Wilson (Fallica)             1-1
1-UH    8:50*   Brian LaMastro (un)               2-1
1-SBU   7:28    Kevin Pall (Conlon)               2-2
1-UH    1:59*   Brian LaMastro (un)               3-2
1-UH    :08*    Brian LaMastro (un)               4-2
2-UH    11:25*  Brian LaMastro (Vanterpool)       5-2
2-UH    5:48    Brian LaMastro (Vanterpool)       6-2
2-SBU   4:33    Jon Tompkins (Conlon)             6-3
2-SBU   3:20    Denis Scannell (Abrams)           6-4
3-SBU   13:38   Kevin Pall (un)                   6-5
3-SBU   12:55   Eric Hatkewitz (un)               6-6
3-SBU   10:45   Kyle Pearl (un)                   6-7
3-UH    6:52    Brian LaMastro (Francey)          7-7
3-UH    5:05    Brian LaMastro (Eckler)           8-7
3-SBU   1:14    Steve Conlon (un)                 8-8
4-UH    2:54    Frank Fenimore (LaMastro)         9-8

Individual Scoring
Hartford           G-A-P
Brian LaMastro     6-1-7
Jamell Vanterpool  0-3-3
Frank Fenimore     2-0-2
Troy Wilson        1-0-1
Tom Fallica        0-1-1
Tyler Francey      0-1-1
Travis Eckler      0-1-1

Stony Brook
Steve Conlon       2-2-4
Kevin Pall         2-0-2
Denis Scannell     1-0-1
Jon Tompkins       1-0-1
Eric Hatkewitz     1-0-1
Kyle Pearl         1-0-1
Brian Abrams       0-1-1

Goalies          Min   GA  Saves
Hartford
Rorke Greene     60    8    22
Stony Brook
Phil Reed        60    9    12

Team Stats       UH     SB
Shots            27     43
Groundballs      34     69
Clears          15/23  12/17
Extra-Man        4/6    0/1
Face-offs       9/21   12/21
Penalties       1/1:00  6/5:30