Box Score SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--Junior Erica Parlavecchio scored off a set piece in the second half, and classmate Briana Kubik stopped 11 shots, to help lift Western New England to a 1-1 tie in double overtime with visiting Curry in a Commonwealth Coast Conference women's soccer game on Saturday at Suprenant Field. With the point, the Golden Bears (6-8-4 overall, 3-3-2 CCC) solidified their spot as the No. 6 seed (11 points) in the upcoming conference championship tournament, as Wentworth (7 points) fell to Endicott, 2-0, and Nichols (6 points) lost at Eastern Nazarene, 2-1, today. The Colonels (11-6-1), meanwhile, are barely alive for the postseason with a 1-6-1 CCC record and four points.

Before the game, the Golden Bears celebrated the contributions of tri-captains Gabrielle Bates, Avery Clark, Sarah Stevens, plus leading scorer Tayler Mazurski, with a Senior Day ceremony.

WNE took control when the second half started, leading to the tying goal headed home by Parlavecchio that came off a Golden Bears free kick in the 53rd minute. Mazurski was credited with the assist to push her team-leading points total to 15. After the goal, the WNE offense continued to pressure for the remainder of regulation behind Mazurski and junior Sarah Marois.

Ashley Bottis gave the visitors a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute with a header that found the back of the net. Cassandra Grasso and Kaitlyn Lima were credited with assists on Bottis' sixth goal of the season.

That goal kick started the Curry offense, and only some strong play by the WNE defense kept the deficit at one for the Golden Bears. Sophomore defender Katelyn Cummings may have made the biggest save of the day when she cleared away a Curry shot on the line of an empty net after Kubik was out of position after making a save on an initial shot seconds earlier.
 
Curry outshot WNE 19-11 (including 12-5 on frame), and Kubik came up big for the Golden Bears by finishing with double-digit saves for the sixth time this fall. Morgan Stott finished with four saves for the Colonels.

The teams played two scoreless 10-minute overtime periods, with neither side able to get on the scoreboard again. Curry pressured by getting all six shots in the extra periods, with Kubik stopping four shots.

Western New England had two prime chances to win it in the waning minutes of the second half when junior Emma Norden was stymied by Stott from close range and Mazurski hit the crossbar on a wind-aided cross that drifted toward goal.

Western New England will have its regular-season finale on Tuesday (3:30 p.m.) at Salve Regina in a CCC matchup.