BENNINGTON, Vt.- The Regis College women's soccer team defeated Southern Vermont College Saturday afternoon by the score of 4-0. The Pride improves to 4-1 on the season and 1-0 in NECC play. The Mountaineers move to 1-4 overall in the season and drop to 0-1 in NECC play.

The Pride found the back of the net early in first period when Adena Joseph (Stoughton, Mass.) collected a loose ball and beat Mountaineer goal keeper Catrina Cecchini (Montville, Conn.) near post 52 seconds in. Joseph did her part again in the 19th minute as she played a diagonal ball that Michelle Sirois (Easton, Mass.) finished for a 2-0 Regis lead. Regis would score one more time before the end of the first half when Kristen Abreu (Woburn, Mass.) juked her defender and cranked a shot bottom left to make the score 3-0.

In the second half the Mountaineers made adjustments to hold the Pride offense to only one goal. The adjustments fell through when Sirois sunk a hard shot past Cecchini to tally the final score of the game. This goal secured the Pride's lead at 4-0 and allowed Regis to take home its first ever NECC victory.

The Crimson and Gold return to action Tuesday night when they travel to Quincy Mass. to take on the the LIons from Eastern Nazarene. Southern Vermont's next game is against New England College on Tuesday night.