UMass-Lowell moves into sole posession of first place in HE with a 4 - 2 victory over the NU Huskies last night. Lowell never trailed in one, and extends it's HE record to 3-0-0, topess in HE. Meanwhile NU is still without a victory in HE, dropping to 0-3-0. Lowell got on top early in the first when Tucker notched his first of the season at the 1:11 mark. That was it for the scoring in the first period. Northeastern came back and tied it early in the second when Rob Kenney scored on the power-play at the 29 second mark of the second. Northeaster dominated the second period, with the help of 5 Lowell penalties, but failed to take the lead. NU started the third on the power play, but again failed to score. Lowell took the lead for good at the 4:22 mark when Pensa nocked in a Daley rebound, making it 2-1 Lowell. Once Lowell got the lead, they decided to play solid defense and try to win the game 2-1. NU got several excellent scoring chances, but Lowell netminder Dwayne Roloson came up big when he had too. NU's Geoff Lucas put NU behind the 8 ball when he took a "Hitting from behind" penalty with just 3:43 remain- ing in the game and the Huskies trailing 2-1. Lowell took advantage of the NU mistake scoring on the powerplay at the 17:02 mark, taking a 3-1 lead. NU came right back, Jason Melong scored his first goal as a Husky at 18:27, and it was just a one goal game with a minute and a half left to go. Then with goaltender Tom Cole out of the net, NU's Matt Saunders took a stupid crosschecking penalty and the Huskies chances looked bleek. Lowell scored on the power play, with the net empty, and won 4-2. Scoring Summary --------------- 1st Period 1-0 UML Tucker - Hebert 1:11 2nd Period 1-1 NU Kenney - Bouchard - Foy :29 3rd Period 2-1 UML Pensa - Daley 4:22 3-1 UML Carter - Angus - Meehan 17:02 3-2 NU Melong - Saunders - Kellog 18:27 4-2 UML Murray - Tucker (en) 19:13 Penalties --------- 1st Period NU Hayes Hooking 3:03 UML Carney Slashing 5:52 UML Parsons Tripping 8:27 NU McNair Interference 13:25 2nd Period UML Meehan Tripping :14 NU Kellog Hooking 1:05 UML Murray Tripping 5:04 NU Foy Holding 10:31 UML Meehan Interference 11:29 UML Pensa Crosschecking 15:49 UML O'Connell Holding 19:58 3rd Period UML Murray Tripping 7:28 NU Lucas HitFromBehind 16:17 NU Saunders Crosschecking 19:02 UML Tucker Hooking 19:28 NU LaPlante Misconduct(10) 19:13 NU Kenney Roughing 19:38 UML Murray Roughing 19:38 Goaltenders NU Cole ( 19 - 22 ) UML Roloson ( 33 - 35 )