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| Andrew Diozzi scored and dished out an assist in the Skyhawks 5-0 win |
Skyhawks Dominate Ravens 5-0
Rindge, N.H. - The Skyhawks had five different players score, and got a strong performance between the pipes from Mike Manna (Framingham, Mass.) as Stonehill shutout an opponent for the first time in over three years, taking down the Franklin Pierce Ravens 5-0 in the first round of the NE-10 Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
Stonehill wasted little time in getting on the board in the first as Angelo Todesca (Westwood, Mass.), scored the eventual game winner, and his third of the season, just 1:08 into the contest on off a centering feed from the left corner by freshman Pat Greene (Weymouth, Mass.).
The Skyhawks added to their lead at the 14:57 mark of the first on Frank Amato's (West Springfield, Mass.) sixth goal of the season. Stonehill would up their lead to three before the end of the period on an Andrew Diozzi (Belmont, Mass.) score.
Stonehill held Franklin Pierce at bay again in the second, allowing just nine shots on net after the Ravens had only four shots in the first. The Skyhawks upped the margin to four with just over five minutes remaining in the period, as Bill Ninteau (Litchfield, N.H.) fired home his fifth of the season.
Manna held strong in net in the third, stopping all 11 Franklin Pierce shots, while senior defensemen James Florentino (West Roxbury, Mass.) ended the Stonehill scoring with just under three minutes left in the game. Manna finished with 24 saves in the shutout victory.
Florentino, the NE-10's leading scorer among defensemen, also added an assist to bring his season total in points to 21. Diozzi also had a goal and an assist while junior Pete Roundy (Simsbury, Conn.) and Greene added two assists apiece.
With the win the Skyhawks advance to the NE-10 semifinals for the fourth straight season and improve to 9-12-1 overall. They return to action on Wednesday when they travel to take on the number one seed St. Anselm at 7:00 p.m.