BOSTON, Mass. – Three goals in a span of 4:41 midway through the second half gave the Eastern Nazarene College a 3-0 lead as the Lions defeated Wentworth, 4-1, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference contest played on Sweeney Field.
With the win Eastern Nazarene snapped a four-game losing streak and picked up their first-ever win at Sweeney Field. The Lions improve to 5-6-0 overall and 1-3 in league play. The Leopards see their two-game win streak snapped, falling to 4-4-3 (2-2).
Eastern Nazarene had a flurry of activity in the Wentworth end early on in the first half, taking three shots and being awarded three corner kicks. In the seventh minute senior Scott Hansen (Middletown Springs, Vt.) had a bid that Wentworth freshman Alec Boyle (Shirley, Mass.) made a save o, which would result in a corner kick.
The Leopards applied pressure and had a 10-5 shot advantage after the first 45:00, however just three of those shots went on net, including a header off a corner kick from freshman Joe Kalil (Franklin, Mass.) in the 43rd minute.
Wentworth had a pair of corner kicks early in the second half, however was not able to get a shot off on either of them.
At 63:27, freshman Chris Garcia (Gaithersburg, Md.) took a throw in along the left side. The throw went into the box where senior Will Campbell (Anchorage, Alaska) headed it past Boyle.
Just over three and a half minutes later Eastern Nazarene upped its lead to 2-0 when freshman Andrew Nelson (Burtonsville, Md.) came streaking down the left side and sent a pass across the box where Hansen tucked a shot inside the right post.
The Lions made it a 3-0 game at 68:08 when Hansen was taken down in the box and senior Austin Boucher (Mansfield, Mass.) would convert the ensuing penalty kick.
Wentworth got on the board at 72:14 when junior Max Hilchuk (Wethersfield, Conn.) fed sophomore Alec Watkinson (Merrimack, N.H.), whose shot beat senior Jake Johnson (Mount Bethel, Pa.) to the right side.
Eastern Nazarene rounded out the scoring with 5:33 left when freshman Erick Pinaud (Norwalk, Conn.) picked up a loose ball and delivered a shot to the upper left corner.
Johnson made five saves for Eastern Nazarene, while Boyle stopped three shots for the Black & Gold. Wentworth held a 19-14 shot advantage while each team took five corner kicks.
The Lions are at Mitchell on Wednesday. That same day Wentworth travels to WPI.
