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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Western New England College men's soccer team scored a season high for goals in posting an 8-0 victory over Eastern Nazarene in a The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) match at Suprenant Field on Wednesday (Oct. 6) afternoon.

The Golden Bears have won six of their last seven games to improve to 8-4-1 overall and 6-1 in the league. The Lions drop to 1-9 and 0-7 in the league.

Western New England College jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the opening five minutes of play and enjoyed a 5-0 advantage heading in to the break.

Sophomore forward Tony DeCato (Winsted, CT) and freshman forward Ryan Williams (Brewster, NY) each notched a pair of goals to lead the way.

Senior midfielders Alex Dos Santos (Ludlow, MA), Justin Martins (Ludlow, MA) and junior midfielder Eric Marcelino (Farmington, CT) each contributed a goal and an assist.

Junior defender Mark Deganis tallied the Golden Bears' final goal, while junior midfielder Shawn Fitzpatrick (Burnt Hills, NY) chipped in with two assists.

Freshman midfielder Alex Mazella (Cheshire, CT) also picked up an assist.

Junior goalkeeper Sean Healey (Portland, CT) and sophomore goalkeeper Nick Starr (Somers, CT) each made four saves in the contest.

Eastern Nazarene junior goalkeeper Chris Cherry (Brockton, MA) and senior goalkeeper Andrew Trice (Quincy, MA) combined to make nine stops.

The Golden Bears return to action on Saturday (Oct. 9) at Colby-Sawyer for a 3:00 p.m. conference match.