THE BASICS:

-Score: Assumption 4, Stonehill 7

-Records: Assumption (0-2, 0-1 NE-10); Stonehill (1-0-1, 1-0 NE-10)

-The Lead: The Assumption College ice hockey team fell to Stonehill by a score of 7-4 on the road in Foxboro, Mass. on Thursday night. The contest marks the first Northeast-10 competition this season for both teams.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

-Stonehill got out to a 1-0 advantage halfway through the first period when Thomas Jenkins found the back of the net, assisted by Evan Jacques.

-Just three minutes later in the 13th minute, sophomore Tommy Mahoney (Braintree, Mass. / Braintree) scored off an assist from junior Kevin Murphy (North Conway, NH / Kennett) to tie the game 1-1.

-Sophomore Brian Farrell (Island Park, N.Y. / West Boca) notched the second goal for the Hounds with less then a minute to play in the first period, junior Ryan Gomez (Wayne, N.J. / Wayne Valley) and senior Brandon Bete (Greenfield, Mass. / Northfield Mount Hermon) assisted the goal that ended the period 3-2, Stonehill.

-Junior Paul Amarone (Hamden, Conn. / Trinity-Pawling) tied the game for the Hounds 3-3 in the third minute of the second period. Amarone's goal was assisted by sophomore Matt Cowles (Farmington, Conn. / Avon Old Farms) and freshman Dante Tomassini (North Branford, Conn. / Trinity Pawling).

-Stonehill rallied for another four goals in the remainder of the second and the beginning of the third periods to extend the Skyhawk lead to 7-3.

-The Hounds reduced the gap in the final minute of the game when sophomore Jake Moore (Medford, Mass. / Medford High School) sent a shot past Stonehill goaltender William Palmer, assisted by freshman Sam Kelly (Enfield, Conn. / Kingswood Oxford) and sophomore Mike Sorenti (Sagamore Beach, Mass. / Archbishop Williams).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

-Junior Nick Commesso (Marshfield, Mass. / Archbishop Williams High School) collected 21 saves in net for the Hounds in his 23 minutes between the pipes while senior Chris Hemhauser (Old Saybrook, Conn. / Glastonbury) collected 17 in 36:54.

-Amarone, Farrell, Mahoney and Moore notched their first goals of the season in the Hounds' NE-10 opener.

-Stonehill and Assumption tied with 11 shots apiece in the first period before the Skyhawks jumped ahead, finishing the game with 45 compared to Assumption's 33.

-The Hounds went one-for-four on power play opportunities while the Skyhawks went two-for-six.

-Bete won 18 face offs for the Hounds while sophomore Cam Laughlin (Natick, Mass. / The Governor's Academy) claimed nine.

UP NEXT:

-Assumption is set to host its home opener on Friday, Nov. 13, at Buffone Arena against Northeast-10 opponent Franklin Pierce at 5:35 P.M.

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