#10 Massachusetts Hockey Completes Weekend Sweep With 2-1 Win At #16 UMass Lowell

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LOWELL, Mass. – No. 10 University of Massachusetts hockey outlasted #16 UMass Lowell, 2-1, at the Tsongas Center on Saturday night, completing the weekend sweep of the River Hawks (3-3-0). With the victory, the Minutemen are now 11-5-3 on the season.

"Our teams hadn't won a game here since I got to UMass, so it's a little bit of a monkey off our back," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "It was a really good college hockey game. I expected a low scoring affair today, hard-fought game and it turned out to be that way. I thought it was a really even game, we just found a way to score one more goal than Lowell did. It's a big sweep for us. I'm really proud of this team. I don't know what my expectations were for this group, but they're exceeding it every game."

After a scoreless first, UMass took a 1-0 lead 46 seconds into the second period. Junior Garrett Wait redirected a Zac Jones shot from the point past Henry Welsch for his fifth goal of the season. Sophomore Matthew Kessel collected the secondary helper.

Senior George Mika then doubled the Minutemen's lead at the 9:03 mark, crashing the net to put home a rebound from juniors Anthony Del Gaizo and Colin Felix on the rush.

UMass Lowell trimmed its deficit to one, 4:04 into the third with Lucas Condotta sending a deflection past junior goaltender Filip Lindberg from Zach Kaiser and Chase Blackmun.

UMass' defense held firm the rest of the way, though, despite being outshot 10-5 in the final stanza. The Minutemen finished the night with a 31-29 shot advantage and were 0-for-2 on the power play, while the River Hawks were 0-for-1.

Lindberg made 28 saves en route to the victory and Welsch finished with 29 stops for UMass Lowell.

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