BOSTON, Mass. - An offensive spark from Morgan Kathan and Katie Silegy in the second half led the Keene State women's soccer team to finish the regular season with a 6-1 victory over Little East Conference (LEC) opponent UMass Boston on Saturday evening at James Cotter Field. 

Records 

• Keene State: 14-5-0, 6-1-0 LEC
• UMass Boston: 3-13-2, 1-5-1 LEC

Up Next 

• With the win, the Owls earn the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Little East Conference (LEC) tournament and will play the winner of a No. 3 Western Connecticut/No. 6 Rhode Island College matchup for a LEC Semi-Final game on Thursday, November 3rd at 6 p.m. at Owl Athletic Complex.
• UMass Boston narrowly missed the LEC tournament and will finish the 2016 season in seventh place in the LEC standings. 

Tale of the Tape 

• This is the first win for the Owls over the Beacons since the 2011 season. 
• Keene State, the LEC's leading offensive team, racked up 29 shots to UMass Boston's five, and held a slight edge in corner kicks, 4-3. 
• Between the pipes, Danielle Warhall picked up two saves for the Owls, while her counterpart Alyssa Fugiel stopped 14 for the Beacons. 

First Half Highlights 

• The Owls came out with an offensive spark, as Keene State tallied five shots in the first 10 minutes of play, before Kali Santino fired off a shot, from a flick into the box sent by Kathan, to put the Owls up one early in the 14th minute.
• Keene State continued to put on the pressure are shots by Chloe Loos and Taylor Farland tested Fugiel, but the goal keeper was able to keep the Owls' lead to only one. 
• The Beacons evened the score at one apiece in the 40th minute, as Kate Leavitt made a breakthrough in the middle of the field, before sending a ball to Jessi Beverlin, who sent a shot past Warhall, sending the two sides into halftime all tied up. 

Second Half Highlights 

• Keene State showed its offensive dominance early in the second half, as four Owls scored five goals in the remaining 45, which began with a strike into top left corner from Kathan, off a feed from Silegy in the 52nd minute. 
• Silegy slotted one of her own in the 56th minute, after a run down the middle of the field by Santino made room for Silegy to one-touch the ball into the back of the net, adding an insurance goal for the Owls. 
• Less than a minute later, Silegy found the back of the net again, picking up her 12th goal of the season and second of the game. 
• In the 75th minute, Taylor Farland stepped up to take a free kick and sent the ball sailing to the far post, which was the Beacons were unable to defend, putting the Owls up 5-1 with a little over 15 minutes remaining. 
• Sierra Trzepacz tallied the final goal of the evening, placing a shot into an open goal off a feed from Kathan.