Box Score CASTINE--The Maine Maritime Academy men's soccer team erupted for five goals in the second half to claim a 6-0 Homecoming victory Saturday over visiting Lesley University in North Atlantic Conference action at Ritchie Field. The Mariners improve to 3-4-1 overall and 2-2 in the NAC, while the visiting Lynx fall to 2-7 on the season and 1-2 in the conference.

MMA Highlights

• Finding the back of the net for the Mariners were senior Xander Fortuna-Ramos, juniors John-John Dickenson, Ronnie Morgan, sophomores Hunter Crea, Matthew Villeneuve and freshman Leo Fereghetti.
• Morgan finished with a game-high four points, including two assists.
• Crea and Dickenson also enjoyed multi-point games by adding an assist apiece.
• Goalkeepers Reagan Moynihan, a sophomore, and Vladimir Ouellette, a freshman, earned the combined shutout. Moynihan started the first 70 minutes and made five saves while Ouellette played the final 20 and had one stop.

LU Highlights

• Anthony DeNicola led the team with three shots.

How It Happened

• Crea staked MMA to a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute on a free kick from about 30 yards out, bending the shot around the Lynx wall into the bottom left corner
• After halftime, Morgan scored an insurance goal on a feed from Crea in the 50th minute.
• Villeneuve made it 3-0 in the 53rd minute when he cleaned up a failed LU clear at the 6-yard box.
• Starting in the 59th minute, Fortuna-Ramos and Dickenson scored their first goals of the season just 1 minute and 52 seconds apart to make it 5-0. Fortuna-Ramos finished off back-to-back header passes from Morgan and Dickenson, while the latter whipped a right-footed volley on a right-wing pass by freshman back Garrison Fisher.
• Fereghetti wrapped up the scoring with his first collegiate tally in the 74th minute.
• Maine Maritime had the edge in shots (15-13), shots on goal (8-6) and corner kicks (5-1).

Next Up

• Maine Maritime will be on the road on Friday for a NAC matchup against Thomas College in Waterville. Opening kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.