Worcester, Mass. (February 11) -- The Assumption College ice hockey team used a three-goal second period to defeat Worcester State University by a 6-3 final at Charles J. Buffone Arena on Tuesday evening.

Senior Kyle Zobler (Millbury, Mass. / New Hampton) had a three-point game with two goals and one assist in the win for the Greyhounds while line mates Alex Erban (Attleboro, Mass. / Mount Saint Charles) and Brandon Bete (Greenfield, Mass. / Northfield Mount Hermon) each had two point games. Erban had two assists in the game while Bete scored his team-leading ninth goal and added an assist.

The Lancers jumped ahead by two goals as Derek Serbon and Alex Dewitz scored first period goals for Worcester State in the first six minutes of the contest. Serbon scored at 2:28 in the period before Dewitz put in a tally at 5:48 in the first period.

The Greyhounds cut the lead in half heading into the first intermission as the Greyhounds capitalized on a hooking penalty at 18:02 in the first period, leading to Zoblers fifth goal of the season at 18:30. The power play marker came off an assist by Bete.

After failing to tie the game on three penalties to start out the second period, Assumption roared past the Lancers with three goals in the second period.

Bete got the scoring started off assists by Zobler and Erban at 11:33 in the second period, tying the score at two. Freshman Ryan Gomez (Wayne, N.J. / Wayne Valley) gave the Greyhounds their first lead of the game, redirecting a shot by junior Joe Arcieri (Newmarket, N.H. / Saint Thomas Aquinas). Junior defenseman Ben Kuzma (East Haven, Conn. / Worcester) had the second-assist on the go-ahead goal.

Freshman Paul Amarone(Hamden, Conn. / Trinity Pauling) netted the eventual game-winning goal at 17:38 in the period, extending the Greyhound lead to two, 4-2. Freshman Stephen Picard (Endfield, Conn. / Loomis Chaffee) had the assist on the game-winning goal.

Assumption carried its good fortune out of the second intermission as freshman Kevin Murphy (Natick, Mass. / Natick) scored his first career goal on a launch from the blue line. The unassisted goal trickled past the Lancer net minder 51 seconds into the final period.

Zobler added his second power play goal of the contest at 3:11 in the third to conclude the Greyhound scoring off an assist by Erban.

The Lancers cut into the lead one last time as Nathan Stanley found the back of the net at 13:25 in the final period on an unassisted tally, but Worcester State wouldn't draw any closer in the 6-3 final.

Assumption finished the game 2-for-8 with an extra attacker while Worcester State went 1-for-3 on the power play in the loss.

Freshman Nick Commesso (Marshfield, Mass. / Governors Academy) made 28 saves to earn his second win of the season, while Drew Case made 18 saves in the loss before getting pulled following the Greyhounds fifth goal.

Assumption improves to 4-17-2 with the win while Worcester State falls to 8-10-1 with the loss.

The Greyhounds are back in action on Thursday, February 13th as Assumption will play host to Southern New Hampshire University. The game will begin at 7:35 pm at Charles J. Buffone Arena in Worcester, Mass. Prior to the game, the Greyhounds will honor their seven member senior class.

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