PAXTON, Mass. -- Freshman Brian Sanz (Framingham, Mass.) collected two goals and two assists to propel Nichols College to a 4-2 win over Anna Maria College during Senior Day at Klingele Field on Tuesday afternoon.

 

As part of the “Senior Day” festivities, seniors Scott Burokas (Auburn, Mass.), Colin Goguen (Littleton, Mass.), Jordan Bartlett (Grafton, Mass.), and Brandon Correia (Tuanton, Mass.) were each recognized before the game for their contributions to the AMC athletic program over the years.

 

Sanz got the scoring started in the 23^rd minute of action, finding the back of the net off a feed from sophomore Mark Capitanio (Mansfield, Mass.) to put the Bison in the lead, 1-0. Nichols would score again in the 29^th minute, getting beautiful ball movement as both Sanz and senior Aaron Kelly (Dover Plains, N.Y.) assisted freshman David Johnson (Canterbury, Conn.) who extended the NC lead to 2-0.

 

Anna Maria would fight back before the first half came to a close, as freshman Adam Williamson (Spencer, Mass.) set up junior George Markopolous (Worcester, Mass.) who beat the Bison goalkeeper to cut the lead in half, 2-1.

 

As they had done in the opening period, the Bison struck first in the second half when Kelly took a perfectly placed pass from Sanz and scored the third Nichols goal. Sanz would extend the Bison lead to 4-1 when he scored his second goal of the day off a pass from junior Timothy Mann (Marshfield, Mass.).

 

The AMCATS would add a goal from sophomore Michael Powell (Windham, Mass.) before running out of time, as the Bison went on to take a 4-2 victory.

 

With the win the Bison improve to 9-8-1 overall and, more importantly, are now 6-6-1 in TCCC play, qualifying them for the final playoff spot. The loss drops the AMCATS final record to 5-13 overall and 4-9 in the conference.