SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (October 15, 2025) – WNE hosted the Gulls of Endicott College on Wednesday in a pivotal CNE midweek matchup. Endicott would find the back of the net once on a Hannah Lord goal, and that would be all they would need to defeat WNE, 1-0, on Suprenant Field.
Records:
- Western New England: 5-5-4 (3-3-1)
- Endicott College: 7-7-1 (4-3-0)
How it Happened:
First Half:
- Ainsley Napolitano and Samantha MacCormack started the afternoon's contest in goal for WNE and Endicott.
- Endicott would maintain much of the possession of the ball in the first half, with WNE winning a few free kicks.
- Endicott would send pressure at WNE with a few shots, including two from Samantha Klimas, which Napolitano saved.
- Liza Pinette would answer with a breakaway shot that MacCormack saved.
- Alyssa McColl also had a shot on goal saved in the 16th minute before Hannah Lord found the back of the net in the 17th minute. Endicott led 1-0.
- WNE would regain momentum after the goal by keeping possession of the ball longer and taking another shot on goal later in the first half.
- Victoria Wilson had a shot saved by MacCormack in the 32nd minute before Rhiann Dugan had a shot saved in the 34th minute.
- After 45 minutes of play, Endicott led 1-0 and had more shots, 9-2, shots on goal, 5-2, corner kicks, 3-0, and both teams had four fouls.
Second Half:
- The second half started with a 49th-minute Alyssa McColl shot saved by Napolitano.
- The play went back and forth after that, with neither side able to find a goal-scoring chance until the 66th minute, when Chloe Bauman had a shot saved by Napolitano.
- Endicott earned a few corner kick chances before Abigail Alicandro had a shot saved by MacCormack in the 76th minute.
- The teams traded shots, with Endicott testing Napolitano in the 80th minute.
- WNE had one last chance in the 82nd minute, when Victoria Wilson went for goal off a free kick, but the shot went wide right of the goal.
- Both teams would garner one more corner kick chance, but the 17th-minute goal would hold, and WNE fell to Endicott, 1-0.
Inside the Lines:
- Endicott defeated WNE 1-0 on Wednesday.
- The lone goal of the game came in the 17th minute, when Hannah Lord scored an unassisted goal.
- Neither team scored in the second half.
- Endicott had more shots than WNE, 16-6, and more shots on goal, 8-3.
- Endicott had more corner kicks, 8-1, and fouls, 13-7.
- WNE had more saves, 7-3.
Up Next on the Schedule:
- WNE will travel to Boston, Massachusetts, to take on the Wentworth Institute of Technology Leopards. The time of the game has changed from 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm on Saturday, October 18, 2025.