Pirates lose to Wolf Pack, 3-2

Dane Byers' overtime goal lifted the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 3-2 victory over the Portland Pirates on Wednesday night at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.

Portland's Colin Murphy got his first goal of the year from Chris Butler and Marek Zagrapan on a power play 8:18 into the first period, but Dale Weise and Justin Soryal answered for Hartford, giving the Wolf Pack a 2-1 lead after one period.

Despite an 11-3 advantage in shots in the second period, the Pirates (4-1-1-0) were unable to score until 8:11 into the third when Nathan Gerbe tied it on a power play on assists from Tim Kennedy and Mike Kostka. It was Gerbe's sixth of the season.

Portland was held without a shot in the overtime.

• Before Wednesday night's game, defenseman Matt MacDonald and center Aaron Slattengren were added to the Portland roster.

"They will give us some depth and some quality people," Portland Coach Kevin Dineen said.

MacDonald had a goal and four assists in four games with the Cincinnati Cyclones before signing a professional tryout contract with the Pirates. He had two assists while playing in 22 AHL games last season with the Rockford IceHogs.

Slattengren had three assists in five games for Portland in 2006. Last season, he had 10 goals and 13 assists in 32 games for the Providence Bruins.

COLLEGES

WOMEN'S SOCCER: Alison Bradley headed in a free kick from Brianna Jordan 2:56 into the first overtime to lead St. Joseph's to a 1-0 victory over the University of Southern Maine at Gorham.

Katye Mayo made three saves to record her ninth shutout for the Monks (13-4-1), who extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games.

Alison Bradley turned away four shots for the Huskies (4-11-1).

• Maggie Mahoney, Kristin Meza and Michelle Epstein each scored second-half goals, leading the University of New England (12-4, 10-3 Commonwealth Coast Conference) to a 3-1 victory over New England College (7-10-1, 5-7-1) at Biddeford.

Leigh Engel stopped four shots for the Nor'easters, who held a 21-6 advantage in shots.

MEN'S SOCCER: Steward Ceus made nine saves to lead Albany (12-3-1, 5-1-1 America East) to a 3-0 victory over the University of Maine (4-9-2, 1-5-1) at Orono.

Nemanja Kostic stopped four shots for the Black Bears, who outshot Albany, 19-12.

• Dean Smith scored with less than a minute remaining in the second overtime to lift New England College (10-5-1, 8-3-2 Commonwealth Coast) to a 3-2 win over the University of New England (4-8-4, 3-7-3) at Biddeford.

The Nor'easters took a 2-1 lead on second-half goals by Kiel Hiller and Owen Evans.

FIELD HOCKEY: Kelly Emerson scored the go-ahead goal on an assist from Jillian Kimball 12:21 into the second half to lift third-seeded St. Joseph's (13-4, 5-1 NAC) to a 3-1 win over sixth-ranked Thomas (3-13, 1-5) in a North Atlantic Conference tournament quarterfinal at Standish.

Kimball finished with three assists, and Julia Ostrowski and Sarah Bartell each had a goal for the Monks, who had a 22-10 advantage in shots.

• Ashley Nardone had two goals less than 10 minutes apart midway through the second half as Bridgewater State (7-9) rallied for a 2-1 victory over the UNE (7-8) at Bridgewater, Mass.

Michelle Oswald gave the Nor'easters a 1-0 lead on a penalty corner 1:23 into the second half.

BASEBALL

SEA DOGS TICKETS: The Portland Sea Dogs will place their individual game tickets for the 2009 season on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Hadlock Field box office. Telephone and online orders will begin at noon Saturday.

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