SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Junior forward Dale Totman (Conway, Mass.) recorded a natural hat trick in the first 27:31 of the contest and senior keeper Steve Hennessey (Essex Junction, Vt.) made a pair of saves as the Wentworth New England men’s soccer team won the 2007 The Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship with a 3-0 win over Wentworth.
The Golden Bears, playing for the title in their inaugural season in TCCC, wasted little time drawing first blood when Totman buried a shot to the left side at the 4:32. Three minutes and 16 seconds later Totman would find the back of the for the second time when a sophomore midfielder Justin Martins (Ludlow, Mass.) corner kick was initially deflected by Wentworth senior keeper Joe Simon (Pittsfield, Mass.) and sent out through the box where Totman got a foot on it to give WNEC a 2-0 lead.
At the 27:31, Totman completed his hat trick, as well as all of the scoring for the day, when he converted a pass from senior midfielder Ben Wells (Morrissville, Vt.) and beat Simon to the left.
Hennessey picked up his eighth shutout of the season, needing to make just two saves. Simon turned aside four shots in the loss. The Golden Bears outshot the Leopards, 13-9.
With the win, Western New England improves to 14-5-2 and will be making its fourth consecutive appearance the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Tournament, where the pairings will be announced on Monday. Wentworth, making its first TCCC title game appearance since 2000, falls to 13-5-1 and is under consideration for an ECAC Tournament berth, which the pairings will also come out on Monday.
Soccer Box Score (Final) 2007 Wentworth Leopard Soccer #3 Wentworth vs #1 Western New England (11/03/07 at Springfield, Mass.) Wentworth (13-5-1) vs. Goals by period 1 2 Tot Western New England (14-5-2) ------------------------------- Date: 11/03/07 Attendance: 200 Wentworth........... 0 0 - 0 Weather: Cloudy, 46 degrees; Wind NNE (17-23 mph) Western New England. 3 0 - 3 Wentworth Western New England Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A Fo Min Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A Fo Min ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ GK 31 Joe Simon........... - - - - - 90 GK 1 Steve Hennessey..... - - - - - 90 FWD 4 Kyle Becker......... 1 - - - - 74 MID 7 Mike Stewart........ 2 - - - - 29 MID 6 Nick Maryanopolis... - - - - - 47 FWD 10 Dale Totman......... 3 3 3 - - 38 DEF 7 Ben Hamlin.......... - - - - - 90 MID 13 Jim Maples.......... - - - - - 69 MID 8 Geoff Hackett....... 2 1 - - - 90 DEF 14 Nick Zarka.......... - - - - - 90 FWD 10 Kyle Nasman......... 3 - - - - 73 MID 17 Tony Rosa........... 1 1 - - - 62 DEF 11 Pat Flynn........... - - - - - 36 MID 18 Justin Martins...... 2 2 - - - 55 FWD 14 Dan Hester.......... - - - - - 35 FWD 19 Dan Hare............ - - - - - 38 DEF 15 Kevin Neilan........ - - - - - 90 DEF 20 Marco Gomes......... - - - - - 83 DEF 21 Joe Carroll......... 1 1 - - - 88 MID 21 David Fitzpatrick... - - - - - 90 MID 24 Chris Hartmann...... 1 - - - - 90 DEF 23 Kevin Zimbal........ - - - - - 79 ---------- Substitutes ---------- ---------- Substitutes ---------- 2 Taylor Webber....... - - - - - 42 2 Joey Carmichael..... 1 1 - - - 12 3 Jeff Dube........... - - - - - 13 4 James Mawson........ - - - - - 16 5 Dave Fustino........ - - - - - 8 5 Evan Hagan.......... - - - - - 11 12 Anthony Berntsen.... - - - - - 46 6 Ryan Praleikas...... 1 - - - - 23 17 Ben Nasman.......... 1 - - - - 49 8 Conor Clifford...... - - - - - 19 18 Matt Martins........ - - - - - 21 9 Ryan Nugent......... - - - - - 16 Totals.............. 9 2 0 0 8 11 Casey Schick........ - - - - - 25 12 Brian Dill.......... - - - - - 21 15 Matt Sullivan....... 1 - - - - 31 16 Ben Wells........... 2 - - 1 - 43 22 John Parsons........ - - - - - 12 24 John Stather........ - - - - - 21 27 Kienan Garn......... - - - - - 17 Totals.............. 13 7 3 1 9 Wentworth Western New England ## Player MIN GA Saves ## Player MIN GA Saves --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 31 Joe Simon........... 90:00 3 4 1 Steve Hennessey..... 90:00 0 2 Shots by period 1 2 Tot Saves by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- ------------------------------- Wentworth........... 4 5 - 9 Wentworth........... 2 2 - 4 Western New England. 6 7 - 13 Western New England. 2 0 - 2 Corner kicks 1 2 Tot Fouls 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- ------------------------------- Wentworth........... 3 2 - 5 Wentworth........... 5 3 - 8 Western New England. 2 2 - 4 Western New England. 5 4 - 9 SCORING SUMMARY: GOAL Time Team Goal Scorer Assists Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 4:32 WNEC Dale Totman (6) (unassisted) Shot to left side 2. 7:44 WNEC Dale Totman (7) (unassisted) Off initial deflection of corner kick 3. 27:31 WNEC Dale Totman (8) Ben Wells Pass from right side; beat goalie to left CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS: YC-WNEC #21 (35:35); YC-WIT #14 (83:21) Officials: Referee: John Budynkiewicz; Asst. Referee: Mike Ferrarini; Alex Goncalves; Scorer: Bill Gorman; Offsides: Wentworth 0, Western New England 3. 2007 The Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship Game Western New England wins its first TCCC title and advances to fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament