CASTINE--The Maine Maritime Academy men's lacrosse team wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the upcoming North Atlantic Conference Tournament on Wednesday evening after doubling up local rival Husson University, 18-9, at home at Ritchie Field. Maine Maritime improves to 7-5 on the season and 4-0 in the NAC, while the visiting Eagles drops to 7-6 overall and 1-2 in the conference.

Maine Maritime Highlights

• Senior Brendan Reddington tallied a game-high seven points on five assists.
• Freshman Tobey Lappin matched him with seven points including a game-best five goals.
• Classmate Ryan Dunstan added two goals and two assists.
• Junior Trey Marcil ripped off four goals among six points and he had five ground balls.
• Sophomore Bryce Crowell went 20-for-28 on face-offs and collected a game-best 11 ground balls.
• Classmates Finnian O'Donnell (8 ground balls, matching a career best) and Matthew Villeneuve (4 GBs, 3 caused turnovers) led the defense.
• Senior Sam Nichol (2g) and sophomore Ryker Spear (1g, 1a) also had multiple points.
• Junior goalie Will Farrell made 11 saves to equal his career best to pick up the victory.

Husson Highlights

• Kiernan Field led the Eagles' offense with four goals and five points, plus four ground balls.
• Taylor Schwalje and Owen Gray contributed a pair of goals apiece.

How it Happened

• After spotting Husson a 1-0 lead on a goal by Field just 43 seconds into the contest, MMA reeled off 12 unanswered tallies to take a commanding 12-1 advantage with 10 minutes and 59 seconds left in the second quarter. 
• Lappin (3 goals), Marcil (3), Dunstan (2) and Reddington (2) keyed that decisive run.
• The Mariners led 13-4 at halftime and were never threatened after the opening stanza.
• Maine Maritime had big statistical advantages of shots (59-34), shots on goal (35-21), turnovers (20-26), clearing (26/30-20/26), ground balls (46-35) and face-off wins (21-10).

Inside the Boxscore

• Maine Maritime has won the last eight meetings to take a 16-8 all-time series lead (10-3 at home) over Husson.
• With 39 assists on the season, Reddington needs three to set a new school benchmark.
• Lappin tops MMA with 51 goals and 67 points, while Reddington has set personal records this season of 39 assists and 60 points.

Next Up

• Maine Maritime will go on the road for its regular-season finale against NAC foe Thomas College in Waterville next Wednesday, starting at 6 p.m.