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SPRINGIELD, Mass. – The Western New England men's soccer team used a balanced scoring attack to open up conference play with an impressive 4-0 win over New England College.

Freshman forward Andrew Rose (Farmington, CT) got the scoring started for the Golden Bears as he buried home a rebound opportunity in the 13th minute. WNEC struck again before the half as freshman forward Jake Bartnik (East Longmeadow, MA) tucked a shot in the bottom right corner in the 39th minute.

Senior midfielder Justin Martins (Ludlow, MA) wasted no time as 1:23 in to the second half he finished on a beautiful cross from junior Eric Marcelino (Farmington, CT) that was set up by senior midfielder Alex Dos Santos (Ludlow, MA). The final goal was scored by junior forward Austin Santolini (Agawam, MA) off a feed from Jake Bartnik.

Pilgrim goalkeeper Pat Harkin (Scituate, RI) made six saves, while WNEC freshman Domenic Villano (Bronxville, NY) recorded the shutout with four saves.

With the victory WNEC improves their record to 2-2-1 (1-0 TCCC), while the Pilgrims fall to 2-2 (0-1 TCCC).

(Courtesy WNEC Sports Information)