DANBURY, Conn. - In a battled with defending Little East Conference regular-season and tournament champion, Western Connecticut State University, against newly crowned league regular-season champion University of Southern Maine, the Wolves prevailed, 1-0 in front of a Senior Day crowd at the Westside Athletic Complex.

Senior midfielder Myah Croze (Bristol, Conn.) supplied the game's only tally when she blasted her eight goal of the season following a feed from WestConn's leading scorer Suzana Imetovski (Seymour, Conn.) 4:43 into the second half.

The WestConn defense, led by center back Julia DePalma (Kings Park, N.Y.), Samantha Larkin (Wallingford, Conn.) and Ella Demers (Northfield, Conn.), held the Huskies potent offense at bay for 90 minutes.  Although the host attempted 13 shots at goal, senior net minder Kristen Roessler (Danbury, Conn.) was challenged just five times to make a save.  Virtually the remaining goal-scoring tries were blocked out in front of the pipes.

Southern Maine junior goalie Breanna Atwood (Franklin, Mass.) also made five saves in the morning dual.

The Wolves improve to 12-6-1 overall and reside in second place in the league at 6-1-1.  The Huskies drop to 15-3-0, following their first road setback of the season, and are 7-1-0 in conference action.

Saturday was WestConn's sixth shut out of an opponent while USM suffered its first blanking and have now lost two games in a row, also for the first time this season.

Both teams earned a first-round bye for the upcoming LEC Tournament, which begins on Tuesday, November 1, and will host a semifinal game on Thursday.  Opponents and game times are will be determined following the quarterfinals two days earlier.