PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- Senior Greg Cox (Brookline, Mass./Hebron Academy) scored one goal and assisted on the other Saturday afternoon as the University of Southern Maine remained unbeaten in Little East Conference play following a 2-0 victory over Plymouth State University in men's soccer action at Panther Field.

The victory puts USM in a tie for first place in the LEC with Rhode Island College, both schools with 3-0 conference records. The Huskies improve to 8-3-1 overall, while PSU drops to 4-6-0 overall and 1-2-0 in LEC games.

The outcome also gave USM head coach Mike Keller his 100th career victory. Keller, now in his fifth season at USM (1992, 2005-2008; 42-38-5) also had stints as head coach at the University of Maine Presque Isle (1990), Thomas College (1993-97) and Maine Maritime Academy (1998-2004).

Cox scored his fourth goal of the season with just over four minutes remaining in the first half, with an assist from classmate Ben Slagle (Scarborough, Maine). It was still a tight game until Cox set up junior Peter
McHugh (Portland, Maine/Scarborough) for his team-leading 10th goal of the season in the final minute of play.

PSU finished with a 9-6 advantage in shots, but could not put one past junior David Kreps (Agawam, Mass./Wilbraham & Monson), who finished with five saves for his third shutout of the season. Senior Tyler Shute (Deerfield, N.H./Concord) was credited with two saves for PSU.

Plymouth State returns to action Tuesday (7:00 p.m.) with a non-conference clash at Tufts University. Southern Maine is back on the pitch at Bates College Wednesday (4:00 p.m.).