Worcester State 5, WPI 1
Worcester, MA --- Tournament MVP Brian Andrade (Hudson, MA) tallied a hat trick and Constantino Partramanis (Worcester, MA) added two goals to help propel visiting Worcester State to an impressive 5-1 victory over WPI in Worcester City Men's Soccer Classic contest.
Later in the afternoon Worcester State won the tournament after Clark defeated Anna Maria 2-0. Both teams finished with identical 1-0-1 records with the Lancers earning the crown based on a better goal differential (+4 to +2).
Andrade opened the scoring for the Lancers in the 32nd minute with an unassisted goal. Worcester State added to the advantage just before the half when Partramanis converted a penalty kick with just 80 seconds left before intermission.
The opening seven minutes of the second stanza brought a flurry of goals. Andrade knocked home a feed from Laurence Moreno (Brimfield, MA) in the 49th minute before Partramanis scored off an assist from Andrew Babineau (Webster, MA) just 41 seconds later. Tommy Zajac (Merrimack, NH) got WPI onto the board with an unassisted tally in the 52nd minute.
Andrade completed his hat trick in the 72nd minute when he took a pass from Partramanis and tucked it past the WPI netminder. Andrade had also notched the tying goal in the Lancers 1-1 double overtime tie Friday night with Clark.
Daniel Hansen (Worcester, MA) played the first 80 minutes in net for Worcester State (1-0-1), collecting two saves. Evan Wilga (Dudley, MA) worked the final 10 minutes without being called onto to make a stop. Goalkeeper Kirk Dragsbaek (Sherborn, CT) collected a pair of saves for WPI.
WPI is off until Wednesday September 10th, when they entertain Wentworth at 7pm. Worcester State ventures to New York state next weekend when they play at Union on Friday followed by Rensselaer on Saturday.
Release courtesy of WPI Sports Information