Box Score SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--Sophomores Justin Bard and Keegan Dudeck each tallied three points on two goals and an assist for Western New England, but nationally No. 8-ranked Endicott led wire-to-wire in a 19-9 victory Saturday over the host Golden Bears at Golden Bear Stadium. Endicott improves to 12-3 on the season and 7-0 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference, clinching the top seed in the upcoming CCC men's lacrosse tournament. Western New England, which has claimed the last three conference championships, will be the second seed after falling to 10-5 overall and 6-1 in the CCC.

Senior Dan McKenna also scored twice for the Golden Bears, who went 3-for-9 in man-up opportunities and won 17 of 32 face-offs.

Endicott's Nick Pinciaro led all scorers with six points on three goals and three assists, followed by Harrison Cotter with four goals and five points, Colin Bannon with a hat trick among five points and Kyle Weber scored four times.

The Gulls raced to an 8-3 advantage after the first quarter. The Golden Bears were able to stay close early after McKenna's man-up goal at 9:02 to make it 2-1, Bard's first goal of the day pulled WNE within 3-2, and senior captain Garrett Mullins's 23rd goal of the season cut the deficit to 4-3 with 3 minutes and 37 seconds to go.

Endicott, however, reeled off seven goals for the rest of the first quarter and into the second for a commanding 11-3 cushion. Bard scored WNE's only tally of the second as the Golden Bears trailed 11-4 at the intermission.

Both teams scored three goals in the third quarter, making the score 14-7 Endicott. Pinciaro figured in all three Gull scores with two tallies and an assist. Junior Taylor Dubose and sophomore Frank Medlicott notched man-up goals for WNE, which also saw Dudeck find the back of the cage for the first of his two on the day.

Junior David Cedrone won 12 of 19 face-offs and scooped up a WNE-best seven ground balls. His counterpart in the face-off "X", Tommy Hughes won 14 in 31 attempts and collected 10 ground balls to lead all student-athletes.

The fourth quarter scoring began with Endicott goalie Cameron Bell, who ended up with 10 saves, picking up a ground ball after a turnover and racing up field to net his first goal, unassisted.

Western New England will close the regular season at 4 p.m. Wednesday at CCC foe Wentworth in Boston.

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