Western New England Rallies for Thrilling 4-3 Victory over Keene State

Remillard registers first career hat trick, Young scores game-winner in 87^th minute

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (September 28, 2016) – The Western New England University men's soccer team scored two goals over the final 6:54 of regulation to earn a thrilling, 4-3 victory over Keene State College this afternoon in non-conference action at Suprenant Field.   

Top Performers
• Junior forward Troy Remillard (Palmer, Mass.) was a force offensively, registering his first career hat trick while firing a game-high five shots on goal. With Western New England trailing 2-0 early in the first half, he tallied a pair of goals to even the score. After the Owls pulled ahead early in the second half, Remillard headed home the equalizer in the 84^th minute. He also hit the crossbar with consecutive shots in the seventh minute.
• Junior forward Maurice Young (Walpole, Mass.) capped Western New England's comeback with the go-ahead goal in the 87^th minute.
• Senior midfielder Kory Caster (Wilbraham, Mass.) helped set up two of Western New England's goals with crosses into the 18-yard box.

• Junior forward Promise Kpee (Manchester, N.H.) scored Keene State's second goal and he led the Owls in both shots (four) and shots on goal (two).

Match Review
• Keene State jumped out to an early lead on junior midfielder Aidan Dean's (Laconia, N.H.) goal at the 6:00 mark, and the visitors made it 2-0 in the 18^th minute when Kpee found the back of the net with the help of an assist from sophomore Matthew Povall (LaGrangeville, N.Y.).
• Remillard got the Golden Bears on the board with exactly 15 minutes remaining in the first half when he pounced on a loose ball in the penalty area and fired a shot past Keene State sophomore goalkeeper Patrick Whelan (Windsor, Conn.). The junior netted his second goal just 1:13 later, finishing off a cross from Caster to even the score heading into halftime.
• Keene State regained a 3-2 lead in the 60^th minute on freshman midfielder LJ Luster's (Colchester, Conn.) third goal of the season.
• Still trailing with less than seven minutes remaining in regulation, Remillard completed his hat trick at the 83:06 mark with a header off another cross from Caster.
• The Golden Bears continued to attack, taking their first lead of the afternoon with just 3:17 left in the contest when Young redirected a low cross from junior midfielder Logan Pingree (Middletown, Conn.) past Whelan.

Notes
• Senior goalkeeper Kevin Strobel (Rockland, Mass.) made all three of his saves in the second half.
• Western New England's four goals are a season-high.
• Remillard's three-goal performance propels him ahead of Pingree for the team lead in both goals (six) and points (12).
• Young's game-winner was the fourth of his career. He scored two as a freshman and one last fall.

Up Next
Both teams return to conference play this Saturday, as Western New England (4-6) travels to Boston to take on Wentworth, and Keene State (5-4) hits the road for a match at Plymouth State.