Mariners beat Monks 3-1

Castine, Maine - Maine Maritime Academy came away with a 3-1 win over St. Joseph’s College tonight in Castine. MMA got goals from three separate people and were very opportunistic as they capitalized three times on only six shots.

In the Non Conference match that saw St. Joe’s outshoot MMA 17-6, MMA broke the 1-1 tie at the 64 minute mark to go ahead 2-1 and scored one more time to escape with the win.

The Monks scored first 15 minutes into the match as Doug MacCallum shot the ball over MMA keeper Randy Bartlett (Lincoln, NH) on a pass from Andre Cushing to go up 1-0. 11 minutes later MMA struck back as Tyler Eads (Belfast, ME) scored off a direct kick just outside the box to even the score at the half 1-1. MMA pulled ahead 2-1 in the 64^th minute when Josh McFarlin (Searsport, ME) slid the ball by the keeper on a break away off a pass from Alan Alexander (Cumberland, ME). MMA put the finishing touches on a great win when Jeff Norman (pictured above) scored off a feed from Daniel Hassett (Brunswick, ME) to give the Mariners the 3-1 victory.

Randy Bartlett got the win in goal for MMA stopping 7 of the 17 Monks shots. The win improves his record to 2-2-1 on the season. Cory Smith took the loss for St. Joe’s giving up both second half goals while making 1 save. Greg Cavanaugh gave up 1 goal in the first half between the piped for St. Joseph’s but got a no decision.

Next up for the Mariners (2-2-1) is an away game against Husson College on Sunday the 16^th at 2pm.