KUA defeats VA 15-5 in season finale
KUA traveled to Vermont Academy for the final game of the season. Senior Andrew Jarrett shot early and often to help KUA build a 4-1 first quarter lead. He scored his first goal off an Eric Megnia feed and the next two off passes form Morgan Dewdney. In the second quarter, Megnia scored first to put the Wildcats up 5-1. Vermont narrowed the lead to 5-2, but then junior defenseman Trey McDougall ran coast to coast and elected to feed Jarrett who calmly netted his fourth goal of the game. The half ended with the Wildcats in control, 6-2. Megnia fed freshman Jordan White to start the scoring in the third quarter. Vermont, again, followed with a goal of their own to narrow the lead to 7-4. The Wildcats would then go on a six unanswered goal run to extend their lead and seal the victory. Senior Tessier sniped the eight and ninth goals and then Megnia, with :07 seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter, put KUA up 10-4. Jarrett and senior Jon Munro exchanged favors to start the fourth quarter. Munro fed Jarrett for his sixth goal of the game and then, just over a minute later, Jarrett fed Munro to set up his first goal of the game. Jarrett then scored unassisted to extend the KUA lead to 13-4. With just over four minutes remaining, senior defenseman Matt Michaud scooped up a ground ball in his own end and ran 80 yards before burying the ball in the back of the net for his first goal of the season. Jordan White, off a Mike Robertello feed, scored the final goal of the day.
Sophomores Cam Beecy and Colman Lamb dominated the face-off spot and juniors Jacob Paluch, Glenn Corey, and Hunter Braswell played exceptionally well in the midfield. Senior Alex Andrews made frequent runs on offense and defense in the midfield. Long pole Mike Powell controlled the midfield and won key ground balls all game long. Chris Anderson, Teagen Burham, and Nick Andrews, along with McDougall and Michaud, played skilled defense to hold the Vermont shooters to just five goals. In net, senior Santiago Morales made 11 saves.
