Box Score SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--Western New England's defense produced two turnovers that led to a pair of scores, sophomore quarterback Anthony Service threw for a career-high 213 yards, and the Golden Bears' offense piled up 532 yards of total offense in a 41-14 non-conference victory Saturday over Union College (N.Y.) at Golden Bear Stadium. Western New England begins the season 3-0 in back-to-back years for the first time in its NCAA history, while the Dutchmen fall to 0-3.

Service came off the bench to complete 10 of 16 passes for 213 yards and two touchdowns--his first going for 70 yards on a perfectly thrown ball down the left sideline for senior Andy St. Fleur who ran into the end zone to help WNE tie the score 7-all with 7 minutes and 10 seconds left in the first half.

Junior Nick Connell led WNE with 122 yards rushing on 18 carries and a touchdown, St. Fleur ended up with a career-high 117 receiving yards, and sophomore wide receiver Mark Dietrich had career highs of eight receptions and 103 yards.

St. Fleur's initial scoring catch-and-run for the longest play for the Golden Bears this season ignited a 34-point streak that put the game away. Connell had a 1-yard TD run, junior Andrew Campbell caught an 18-yard TD pass from Service and senior quarterback Kevin Peabody tossed a pair of TDs to St. Fleur and Dietrich for 19 and 11 yards, respectively, as WNE went up 34-7 with 3:08 remaining in the third quarter.

Western New England grabbed the lead for good just 70 seconds later as sophomore defensive back Sam Olsson picked off Dante Cioffi and returned the interception 34 yards for a TD to make it 14-7. Olsson finished with two interceptions, two pass breakups and six tackles.

Connor Kinzelmann ran the ball 16 times for 44 yards, including a 1-yard plunge into the end zone for a 7-0 Union lead with 13:18 showing on the second quarter clock. Kyle Reynolds and Packy Brown each had four receptions for 53 yards.

Nick Casicione closed the scoring for the Dutchmen 9-yard run with 14:38 left in the game, taking advantage of an interception by Jack Reilly that was returned 37 yards to the WNE 12.

Brian Alebiosu led the UC defense with nine tackles including six solo, and Jake Larovera had four solo and eight total. For WNE, senior Blair Cook led the way with a game-best 10 tackles, classmate Adam Glynn had nine (5 solo) and senior Steve Melino contributed six.

The Golden Bears hit the road Friday to commence the New England Football Conference circuit against Curry College in Milton; kickoff is set for 7 p.m.