DANBURY, Conn. - Senior attackman Julian Duque (Mastic, N.Y.) scored six goals of his team's first 10 goals to lead the Western Connecticut State University Wolves to a 21-5 drubbing of the visiting University of Massachusetts-Boston Beacons in Little East Conference (LEC) men's lacrosse action this afternoon at Westside Stadium.  WestConn led, 9-0, after one quarter and, 11-0, early in the second frame on its way to its fourth consecutive win to improve to 7-6 overall and 4-0 in the league.  The Beacons drop to 9-3 overall and 3-1 in the conference.  The Wolves will visit Little East rival Massachusetts Maritime next on Saturday at 1 p.m.

WestConn's Liam Ford (New Fairfield, Conn.) scored the first goal 1:36 into the game and Duque scored twice in a 40-second span moments later.  Wolves graduate Tyler Starrett (Redding, Conn.) gave WestConn a 4-0 lead with 4:30 left in the first quarter, and junior midfielder Tristan McMahon (Farmingville, N.Y.) fed Duque for scores twice in 29 seconds before scoring his first goal of the contest from Ford.  WestConn's Benjamin Hawthorne (Manorville, N.Y.) assisted on Duque's fifth goal of the first stanza and Starrett beat the horn for a sixth Wolves tally after teammate Jonathan Russack-Baker (Groton, Conn.) had won the faceoff and quickly got the ball down the field to him.

Duque and Hawthorne each scored early in the second quarter before Matt Hutchings netted the first UMass Boston goal at the 6:45 mark.  WestConn senior middie Matt Sweeney (Rocky Point, N.Y.) collected a goal and three assists during the ensuing 4-0 WestConn run that spilled into the third frame and gave the home team a 15-1 lead less than 30 seconds after halftime.  McMahon scored two more times later in the game, as the Wolves cruised to the lopsided victory.  WestConn outshot the Beacons, 58-35, scooped 44 ground balls to 26 for the visitors, and converted on four of seven extra-man opportunities.

Individually, nine Wolves scored goals including four for Starrett, three for McMahon, and two each for Ford and Sweeney.  Sweeney also had four assists and McMahon had three, as both finished with six points, while Hawthorne added three assists and rookie James Krieg (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) had two.  Russack-Baker won 17 of his 25 faceoffs and collected a game-high 10 ground balls.  Wolves senior defenseman Nate Caldwell (Cranford, N.J.) registered four ground balls and two caused turnovers, while freshman goalie Jake Kelly (Bethpage, N.Y.) was stellar with 13 saves and two ground balls.  Seth Libby had a goal and assist and Matt Corvi was the best of four Beacon goalies with eight saves.