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Jill Souza
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Nichols NC (7-10-0, 3-5-0 CCC)
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Winner Western New Eng. WNE (9-7-0, 7-1-0 CCC)
Nichols NC
(7-10-0, 3-5-0 CCC)
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Final
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Western New Eng. WNE
(9-7-0, 7-1-0 CCC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Nichols NC 1 0 1
Western New Eng. WNE 2 0 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Golden Bears edge Bison, 2-1

Western New England 2, Nichols 1
Springfield, Mass. – Suprenant Field
Saturday, October 24, 2015

 
All-Time Series & Streaks
The Golden Bears are now 3-0-1 in the last four meetings with the Bison and lead the all-time series 21-10-5.

Three Stars of the Game
1 – Sophomore Troy Remillard (Palmer, Mass.) (WNE) – one goal; three shots (one SOG)
2 – Junior Aaron Sinclair (Saco, Maine) (Nichols) – one goal; two shots (one SOG)
3 – Senior Colin Macdonald (West Newbury, Mass.) (WNE) – one goal; two shots (two SOG)

Keys Stat of the Game
The Bison were given seven cards in the game including one red card while the Golden Bears had one card.

Quick Hits
- The Golden Bears held the edge in shots 12-11 including a 5-3 margin in shots on goal.
- Macdonald opened up the scoring in the 22nd minute by heading in a free kick from senior Chad Burke (Boxford, Mass.).
- Sinclair tied things up with his first marker of the year when he headed in a corner kick taken by junior captain David Melanson (Simsbury, Conn.) at 24:54.
- Sophomore Troy Remillard (Palmer, Mass.) scored the goal that would stand as the game-winner in the 41st minute, when he collected a loose ball 20 yards from the net and used a spin move to get by a Nichols defender, before sending a shot past freshman Patrick Porpora (Westminster, Mass.).
- Sinclair along with junior Ryan Banker (Ashaway, R.I.) and sophomore Paul Sickinger (Tyngsboro, Mass.) led the Bison with two shots each.
- Remillard and Burke paced the Golden Bears with three shots apiece.
- Junior Kevin Strobel (Rockland, Mass.) had two saves in the win while Porpora takes the loss with two saves. Senior captain Alex Geas (Somers, Conn.) played the entire second half and made one save.

Next up
Nichols (7-10-0, 3-5-0 CCC) – Tuesday, Oct. 27 vs Roger Williams, 4:00 p.m.
Western New England (9-7-0, 7-1-0 CCC) – Saturday, Oct. 31 at Curry, 4:00 p.m.
 
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