Western New England 3, Nichols 0
Springfield, Mass. – Suprenant Field
Saturday, October 24, 2015
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All-Time Series & StreaksThe Bison have now dropped the last seven meetings with the Golden Bears. Western New England leads the all-time series 12-5-0.
Three Stars of the Game 1 – Senior Rebecca Mercieri (East Longmeadow, Mass.) (WNE) –one goal; three shots (one SOG)
2 – Senior Briana Kubik (Blandford, Mass.) (WNE) – three saves; shutout
3 – Junior Samantha Emmert (Hyde Park, N.Y.) (WNE) – one goal; one shot (one SOG)
Key Stat of the GameThe Golden Bears outshot the Bison 17-5 for the game including 10-2 in the first half. They also held the edge 8-3 in shots on goal.
Quick Hits- The Golden Bears opened up the scoring at 5:49 when Mercieri beat senior goaltender
Kelly English (Mansfield, Mass.). Senior Casey Magee (Mattapoisett, Mass.) was credited with the assist on the play.
- Junior Brooke Labrie (Granby, Mass.) extended the lead to 2-0 at 36:14. Senior Alicia Lewis (Johnsonville, N.Y.) threw it in to sophomore Danielle Dixon (Plainville, Conn.) who made the pass to Labrie at the top of the box who put the ball into the back of the net.
- Emmert added a goal at 64:19 to make it 3-0 for the Golden Bears.
- Senior
Elizabeth Coleman (West Roxbury, Mass.) paced the Bison with two shots while Lewis, Mercieri, and senior Emma Norden (Belchertown, Mass.) led the way for the Golden Bears with three shots.
- English stopped five shots in the loss while Kubik had three saves in the win.
Next upNichols (2-13-1, 0-8-0 CCC) – Wednesday, Oct. 28 vs Salve Regina, 4:00 p.m.
Western New England (4-12-2, 2-5-1 CCC) – Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Curry, 6:30 p.m.
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