LOWELL, MASS. -- The 10th-ranked Providence College Friars tied the
UMass-Lowell River Hawks, 3-3 in overtime, in HOCKEY EAST action, on
Saturday, January 27, 2001 at UMass-Lowell's Tsongas Arena. Drew Omicioli
led the Friars with one goal and two assists.
        UMass-Lowell took a 1-0 lead at the 13:18 mark of the first period, on Brad
Rooney's power-play goal.  Rooney snapped a pass from the blue-line that
deflected off of a Providence defender's stick for the game's first goal.
At 14:57 of the first period, the Friars' Peter Zingoni tallied his first
collegiate goal, tying the game at 1-1.  Zingoni received a pass from Drew
Omicioli in the right slot and then wristed it past River Hawk's Jimi St. John.
        Omicioli gave the Friars their first lead of the night, on a power-play
goal at 19:02 of the first period.  Omicioli intercepted a clearing pass at
the left face-off circle, turned and ripped a slap shot past St. John.
        At 15:28 of the second period the game was delayed more then seven minutes
due to a shattered piece of glass.  After the delay, the River Hawks' Kyle
Kidney one-timed a pass from Rooney past PC's netminder Boyd Ballard, tying
the game at 2-2, just 33-seconds after the teams resumed play.
        UMass-Lowell regained the lead at the 3:32 mark of the third period.
Kidney tallied his second goal of the night.  The Friars' Heath Gordon tied
the game at the 10:00 mark, his first goal of the season.  Zingoni
controlled the puck in the corner and fired a pass to Gordon who one-timed
the puck past St. John.
        Ballard stopped 24 shots for the Friars while St. John turned away 15 shots
for UMass-Lowell.
        With the tie, Providence's record stands at 13-7-4 overall and 7-5-2 in
league play, while UMass-Lowell is now 12-10-3 and 5-7-3 in HOCKEY EAST action.
        The Friars will return to action on Friday, February 2, at Northeastern at
7:00 p.m.

Providence College      2       0       1       0       -- 3
UMass-Lowell    1       1       1       0       -- 3

First period - UML, Rooney 9 (unassisted) 1318; PC, Zingoni 1 (Omicioli,
Kelley) 14:47; PC Omcioli 8 (unassisted) 19:02.  Penalties - PC, 1-2; UML, 1-2.

Second period - UML, Kidney 7 (Rooney, Hainsey) 16:01. Penalties - PC, 0-0;
UML, 1-2

Third period - UML, Kidney 8 (Schomogyi, Gustafson) 3:32; PC, Gordon 1
(Zingoni, Omicioli) 10:00. Penalties - PC, 1-2; UML, 0-0

Overtime - none.  Penalties - PC, 0-0, UML, 0-0


Saves - Ballard, PC, 6-10-4-4-- 24 (65:00); St. John, UML, 3-7-3-3-- 15 (65:00).

Records - Providence College, 13-7-4; UMass-Lowell, 10-12-3.

Attendance: 1,842 (Tsongas Arena)