Box Score CASTINE, ME - Maine Maritime defeated Thomas College, 20-5, in the North Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse quarterfinals Sunday. The Mariners (7-6) advanced to Wednesday's semifinals at New England College at a time to be determined. The Terriers conclude their season at 4-9.
Brady Harrison led all scorers with five goals for the Mariners, while NIcholas Betti netted four shots and A.J. Larrabee finished with two goals. Betti and Peter Moore finished with a game-high four assists each for MMA and Nick Snelling and Harrison recorded three and two helpers, respectively.
James Wilgus turned away seven shots for the Mariners and improved to 6-3 and Gavin Cote stopped five shots in relief.
The Terriers struck first with a score from Gunnar Shelton to take an early 1-0 lead at 12:31. Maine Maritime responded with two goals from Betti before Marino evened the game again, 2-2, with 26 seconds left in the opening quarter.
Maine Maritime pumped in five unanswered goals in the second and third quarters to lead 12-2 heading into the final period.
The Mariners opened the fourth quarter with five unanswered to lead 17-2 with 6:17 left in the game. Harrison netted two goals in the run and Moore, Sam Bessey and Larrabee each added one. The Terriers halted the 15-goal onslaught when Bryan Ferris found the back of the net at 5:16 before Guimond and Harrison went back-to-back to keep the Mariners ahead 19-3. Marino scored at 2:39, Harrison followed with a goal at 1:30 and Oleg Deyle netted the final score of the game for Thomas at 1:18.
Maine Maritime won 18-of-29 face-offs, with Jack Tragert winning 15-of-25.
For Joseph Caraglia, Nik Gagnon, Marino, and Shelton it marks the end of their collegiate lacrosse careers, with each of them graduating from Thomas this spring.
