SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Sophomore midfielder Corey Howard (Hopedale, MA) and sophomore forward Ben Ritter (Weston, MA) each scored their first goals of the season as the Western New England College men's soccer team defeated Regis 6-1 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference action on Wednesday (Oct. 21) at Suprenant Field.

Western New England College had six different goal scorers in the match while amassing 42 shots.

Senior midfielder Tony Rosa (Ludlow, MA) started the scoring frenzy in the 25^th minute off a right side cross from senior forward Jay Sabia (Poughkeepsie, NY).

In the 30^th minute sophomore midfielder Eric Marcelino (Farmington, CT) scored his second goal of the season with the assist from junior forward Kienan Garn (Lake Huntington, NY).

Howard (one goal, one assist) scored three minutes later to give the Golden Bears a 3-0 lead at the half. Senior defender Nick Zarka (Farmington, CT) and junior forward John Parsons (Sunderland, MA) were credited with the assists.

Regis scored its only tally of the afternoon in the 82^nd minute as freshman midfielder Sean Crawford (Framingham, MA) sent a pass up to sophomore forward Josh Fidalgo (Dorchester, MA) to avoid the shutout.

Sabia, Parsons, and Ritter all scored in the second half. Rosa, sophomore forward Austin Santolini (Agawam, MA), and sophomore midfielder Alex Rosario (Chicopee, MA) had assists.

Senior goalkeeper Kyle Bak (Cumberland, RI) and freshman Nick Starr (Somers, CT) split time in net and had a save apiece for WNEC.

Sophomore goalie Andrew LaMacchia (Lynn, MA) tallied 18 saves for the Pride.

WNEC improves to 11-5-2 overall and 8-2-1 in the conference. Regis falls to 4-11 and 2-8 in TCCC play.

Regis College Pride (4-11)                                                            0            1            -            1           

Western New England College Golden Bears (11-5-2)                        3            3            -            6

The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) records

Regis College (2-8)

Western New England College (8-2-1)

Scoring

W - Tony Rosa (Jason Sabia) 25:26

W - Eric Marcelino (Kienan Garn) 30:19

W - Corey Howard (Nick Zarka, John Parsons) 33:55

W - Sabia (Rosa) 50:48

W - Parsons (Austin Santolini) 73:12

W - Ben Ritter (Alex Rosario, Howard) 79:14

R - Josh Fidalgo (Sean Crawford) 82:49

Goalie Saves

Regis - Andrew LaMacchia (90:00) 18

Western New England - Kyle Bak (45:00) 1, Nick Starr (45:00) 1

Shots on Goal

Regis - 6

Western New England - 42

Corner Kicks

Regis - 1

Western New England - 11

Contact: Amanda Bruno, Athletic Communications Assistant, (413) 796-2166