GORHAM, Me. - Juniors Vicky Gracy (Bethel, Conn.) and Colleen Crotty (Peabody, Mass.) tallied three goals and one assist apiece to lift the Western Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team to an 11-8 victory at Southern Maine on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, the Wolves improved to 14-2 overall and 7-0 in league play, capturing their third-straight Little East Conference regular season crown and the top seed in the upcoming LEC Postseason Tournament. They receive a first round bye for the quarterfinal round to be played on Tuesday and will host a semifinal matchup on Thursday at 4 p.m. The championship game is slated for Saturday.

Senior attacker Alexa Riggio (Massapequa, N.Y.) and rookie midfielder Faye Junge (Centerport, N.Y.) each chipped in with a pair of goals for the visitors, while senior attacker Dominique DeMarsico (Danbury, Conn.) added a goal and two helpers. Four different players netted two goals apiece for the Huskies.

WestConn pierced the scoring column when Gracy netted her team-leading 56th of the campaign less than three minutes into play. The squads exchanged goals the rest of the first quarter. The scored would be deadlocked at 3-3 heading into the second.

Southern Maine seized its first lead when Maddie Kinney found the back of the net to make it 4-3. However, the Wolves responded with goals from Crotty and DeMarsico to regain a 5-4 advantage. It marked DeMarsico's 50th scoring strike of the season. The Huskies answered to knot the score at 5-5 at halftime.

The winners would net the lone goal of the third stanza when Riggio took a nifty feed from Junge and connected for her 32nd of the year. It began a five-goal Wolves run that extended into the fourth quarter. Gracy canned back-to-back goals to open up the final quarter, good for her 57th and 58th of the season. Riggio rounded out the spurt with her 33rd, giving the Wolves a 10-5 lead with just under six minutes left on the clock. The Huskies would not recover from the flurry. 

Senior goalkeeper Anna Schipf (Babylon, N.Y.) earned the win and stopped seven shots for the Wolves before being relieved by junior Molly Bresnahan (Groton, Conn.) who tacked on a pair of saves. Cece Racine took the loss for the Huskie en route to turning aside 13 shots. Southern Maine heads into the LEC Tournament at 9-8 overall and 5-2 in league play.