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BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Western New England University held off a furious University of New England second-half rally to take a 4-3 Commonwealth Coast Conference men's soccer win Saturday afternoon (Oct. 10) at Barbara J. Hazard Field.

The Golden Bears (7-5), 5-0 CCC) opened up a 2-0 lead before halftime. Logan Pingree converted a header off a long throw-in from Colin Macdonald to give the visitors a 1-0 advantage in the 20th minute. Nearly 20 minutes later, Western New England struck again on another head ball. This time it was Brandon Bolger who converted a service from Neil Williams.

The Golden Bears dominated the opening frame, outshooting UNE 10-1 and recording four corner kicks to Big Blue's zero.

UNE halted Western New England's momentum early in the second half when Nick Paine headed home a corner kick by Will Bushey for his first career goal.
 
Western New England pushed its cushion back up to two (3-1) less than eight minutes later as Scott Trautwein collected a loose ball, took one touch and deposited a high shot into the net.

The Nor'easters sliced into their deficit for the second time when Finn Ducker one-timed a cross from the right flank by Ryan Rousseau to make the score 3-2 in the 68th minute.

UNE continued to press, but Western New England notched what would prove to bea crucial insurance goal in the 81st minute when a Nor'easter defender inadvertently knocked in a long throw-in by Macdonald.

With just under two minutes remaining, the Nor'eastersgot to within one (4-3) yet again. Bushey sent in a corner kick from the right side that Dan Good one-timed into the net from point-blank range.

Big Blue, which led 9-5 in shots after halftime, was unable to come up with a quality scoring chance the rest of the way in an effort to tie the match.

Goalkeeper Kevin Strobel had four saves in a winning effort for Western New England, which hosts UMass Boston Tuesday at 3 p.m.

UNE (2-10, 0-5) received seven saves from Elijah Leverett. The Nor'easters will look to get back into the win column Tuesday when they host Colby College at 4 p.m.