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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Senior forward Elyse Gauvin (Swansea, MA) notched a hat-trick to lead the Western New England College women's soccer team to a 6-0 win over Anna Maria in The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) action on Wednesday (Oct. 27) at Suprenant Field.

The Golden Bears close out the regular season with a 12-7 overall record and a 10-3 mark in conference play. The AMCATS end the year at 0-16-2 (0-12-1 TCCC).

Western New England College jumped out to an early lead when senior midfielder Shannon Pescatello (Wethersfield, CT) tallied her team-leading eighth goal with just 5:23 off the clock.

Freshman forward Nina Vital (Ludlow, MA) scored at 11:03 to stretch the lead to 2-0. She now has seven goals on the season.

Gauvin tallied the first goal of her career on a pass from junior midfielder Krista Gangloff (Newington, CT) that was set-up by a cross from junior forward Sara McMurray (Enfield, CT) at 24:40.

After taking a 3-0 lead to the half; Gauvin netted her second goal on a feed from junior midfielder Raquel Lorenzetti (Peabody, MA) in the 59th minute.

Junior forward Cathy Regan (Monroe, CT) scored in the 76th minute to increase the lead to 5-0 as sophomore midfielder Maureen Riley (Chicopee, MA) gained the assist.

Gauvin closed out the scoring with an unassisted goal at the 88:49 mark.

Anna Maria sophomore goalkeeper Tabitha Ruggeri (Sturbridge, MA) had a great outing making an astonishing 27 saves.

Western New England College clinched a berth in the upcoming TCCC Women's Soccer Championship and will host a quarterfinal match on Saturday (Oct. 30) with the opponent and game to be announced.