Women’s Soccer Holds Off Western New England, 3-2

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Endicott women's soccer team earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Western New England on Saturday evening at Suprenant Field.

Jaymie Caponigro (Swampscott, Mass.) paced the Gulls with a pair of goals (13:37 | 48:23), while Riley Rischitelli's (North Brookfield, Mass.) tally at 60:46 served as the game-winner.

Despite trailing 3-0 late in the contest, Western New England put together a valiant comeback effort scoring back-to-back goals at 63:13 and 67:47, respectively, but Endicott buckled down defensively to come away with the victory.

Rosalina Caliri (East Greenwich, R.I.) stopped six shots on the day – three of which came after the Golden Bears' second goal – for her fifth win of the season (5-1-0).

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Gulls improved to 14-5-2 overall against Western New England.
• Endicott has now won four games in a row (10/12-10/23).
• Caponigro registered her second career multi-goal game (10/12/21 vs. Salve Regina).
• Rischitelli notched her fourth career game-winning goal.
• The Gulls snapped Western New England's four-game winning streak.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (9-3-2, 7-1-0 CCC) wraps up regular season play on the road against Nichols on Wednesday, October 27 at 3 PM. Western New England (10-6-0, 6-2-0 CCC) closes out its regular season slate at Wentworth on Tuesday, October 26 at 4 PM. 

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(Photo Credit- David Le '10)