Gordon Spoils Salem State's Season Opener

WENHAM, Mass. -- Salem State opened up the 2022 season with a 12-5 loss Gordon College on Wednesday evening at the Brigham Complex. Sam Cioffi scored two goals and added an assist for the Vikings (0-1). Marco Fernandez, Wilton Lestage and Liam Davey each registered a hat-trick for the Fighting Scots, who even their record at 1-1.

Dakota Girard, Patrick Guinee, and Kevin Albert all notched a goal for Salem State while Zach Royal made 19 saves in his first start.  Gordon's Colin Liscomb turned away 20 of the Vikings shots in the win.

Fernandez gave the Scots an early 1-0 lead. From there, Gordon was able to tack on two more goals before the quarter ran out to give them the 3-0 tilt. 

Lipscomb turned away two goals to start the second quarter before Fernandez fired another one past the Vikings' keeper for the second time of the night with 11:51 on the clock. Over the next four minutes, the Vikings cut the Scots' lead in half after goals from Albert and Cioffi before Gordon's Theis slung one in with under three minutes left to give the Scots the 5-2 advantage going into halftime.  

Throughout the third quarter, both teams traded off goals before Vikings' Girard landed a shot as the clock expired to bring the score to 7-5 and his team within two goals before the final quarter.  

The Fighting Scots' dominated the final stanza, scoring four goals in a span of eight minutes while turning away five shots on net to secure the 12-5 victory.