All-Time Series & Streaks
The loss drops the Bison to 24-15-3 all-time against the Golden Bears, who have won the last four meetings in the series.
 
Three Stars of the Game
1 – WNE sophomore Brittany DeLima (Branchville, N.J.) – scored her sixth and seventh goals of the season – the first of which stood as the game-winner – and also added an assist
2 – WNE sophomore Lauren Palmateer (Coxsackie, N.Y.) – chipped in with a goal and an assist
3 – Nichols junior Brooke Marion (South Hadley, Mass.) – recorded four defensive saves
 
Quick Synopsis
The Golden Bears struck for three goals in the opening 16 minutes of the contest – the first of which came off the stick of DeLima at 2:57 – and recorded their second 5-0 win over Nichols this season.
 
Key Stat of the Game
Western New England took 21 shots in the first half and scored on three of them.
 
Turning Point
DeLima's second goal of the game with 15:21 left on the clock in the first half gave the Golden Bears a 3-0 lead, which became 4-0 before the half was over.
 
Quick Hits
-Nichols junior goalkeepers Katherine Cotton (Kennebunk, Maine) and Ariana Beauregard (Coventry, R.I.) combined to make 14 saves (Beauregard eight, Cotton six).
-Sophomore Grace Trupe (Cardiff, Calif.) stopped both shots she faced in the first half to improve to 7-7 on the season. Classmate Dominique Corveddu (Croton-On-Hudson, N.Y.) played the entire second half and stopped five shots.
-Nichols was outshot 34-14.
-The Golden Bears held a 10-5 edge in penalty corners.
-Sophomore Emily Manoogian (Worcester, Mass.) had a pair of defensive saves for Nichols.
-Seior Victoria Utter (Stafford Springs, Conn.) and sophomore Amy McDonnell (Newbury, Mass.) each had two shots for the Bison.
 
Quotes
"We were very disorganized on defense at the beginning of the game. As the game went on, we realized what we had to adjust and began communicating better and marked our girls. It made our defense better and they only scored one in the second half, which was a big improvement. Our offense stepped up as well in the second half. We have to have a strong defense to have a strong offense. Towards the end, we could have scored a goal and I hoped that we would." –Nichols junior Jacqueline O'Connor
 
Next up
Nichols (1-14, 0-9 CCC) – Friday, October 23 vs UNE, 6:00 p.m.
Western New England (7-7, 4-5 CCC) – Thursday, October 22 @ Mount Holyoke, 7:00 p.m.