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Sophomore forward Lucas Condotta scored two goals for the River Hawks
Condotta And Berglund Pace UMass Lowell To 6-4 Win At RIT
Sophomore forward Lucas Condotta and freshman forward Carl Berglund each scored two goals for the River Hawks

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Sophomore forward Lucas Condotta (Georgetown, Ont.) and freshman forward Carl Berglund (Hammaro, Sweden) each scored a career-high two goals to pace the No. 11 ranked UMass Lowell Hockey team to a 6-4 victory in the series opener on Friday night at the Polesseni Center.

Senior goaltender Tyler Wall (Leamington, Ont.) recorded 25 saves, which included 11 in the third period for his 52nd career victory at UMass Lowell, which broke Dwayne Roloson's Div. I school record of 51 wins.

The River Hawks improve to 12-4-4 overall with the victory, while the Tigers drop to 10-8-3 overall. UMass Lowell Head Coach Norm Bazin notched his 199th career coaching victory with the River Hawks with the win.

UMass Lowell scored three third-period goals to get the road victory with goals from Berglund, Seth Barton (Kelowna, B.C.) and Colin O'Neill (Odenton, Md.). O'Neill's tally with his fifth career shorthanded tally in his River Hawk career.

Condotta notched both of his goals in the second stanza. Freshman forward Matt Brown (Wood Ridge, N.J.) notched two assists on the evening.

RIT opened the scoring in the game just 7:41 into the game on a goal by Shawn Cameron, but tied the game with his seventh of the season less than three minutes later.

Condotta won a game-high 10 face-offs on the night and finished the contest with three shots on goal.

Logan Drackett stopped 17 shots in the start for RIT in the first 53:07, while Ian Andriano recorded three saves in the final 5:07 of the game.

UMass Lowell returns to action for the series finale on Saturday, January 11th at RIT. Game time from the Polisseni Center is 5 p.m.

Game Summary

Friday, January 10, 2020

6
4
Game statistics
26 Shots 29
1 / 5 Power Plays 0 / 3
4 / 8 PIM 6 / 12
12-4-4 Records 10-8-3
GOAL SCORERS
UMass Lowell RIT
Shawn Cameron (8)
1st/7:41
Carl Berglund (7)
1st/10:00
Lucas Condotta (3)
2nd/7:25 PP
Chris McKay (1)
2nd/13:16
Lucas Condotta (4)
2nd/19:30
Jake Joffe (5)
3rd/4:31
Seth Barton (2)
3rd/6:20
Carl Berglund (8)
3rd/10:34  GW
Colin O'Neill (3)
3rd/13:47 SH
Andrew Rinaldi (8)
3rd/15:20
GOALTENDERS
UMass Lowell RIT
Tyler Wall
59:23, 25 Saves, 4 GA
(W, 12-3-4)

Empty Net
0:37, 0 GA
Logan Drackett
53:47, 17 Saves, 6 GA
(L, 10-7-3)

Ian Andriano
5:07, 3 Saves, 0 GA

Empty Net
1:06, 0 GA