Danbury, Conn. - Sophomore Anthony Nejame (Danbury, Conn.) scored five goals, including the game-winner in overtime, to lead the Western Connecticut State University Colonial men's lacrosse team to a 12-11 victory over the visiting Trinity College Bantams this afternoon at the Westside Athletic Complex.

Scoring for Trinity were sophomore Jack Castelli (Huntington, N.Y.), senior tri-captain Rob  Nogueras (Parkland, Fla.), and junior Chase Growney (Berwyn, Pa.) who each scored three goals.  Senior tri-captain Nick Shaheen (Williamsburg, Mass.) and sophomore James O'Connell (Middleton, Mass.) each added one goal.  Also scoring for Western were junior Ryan Foster (Ledyard, Conn.) with three goals, freshman John Foristall (Danbury, Conn.) with two goals, and sophomore Nick Foley (Walpole, Mass.) and freshman Nate Wilson (Norwich, Conn.) who each scored once.  Foristall led the Colonials with three assists.

Trinity wasted little time getting on the clock, winning the opening faceoff and scoring in the game's first five seconds when Nogueras scored on a pass from sophomore midfielder Tim Reichert (Williston, Vt.).  Twenty seconds later, Trinity scored again to take a 2-0 lead before a minute had been played when Shaheen scored an unassisted goal.  Western Connecticut then scored six unanswered goals, starting with a goal by Nejame, assisted by Foster, at the 10:20 mark.  Foristall then tied the game at 9:44 and Foster gave the Colonials their first lead at 6:15.  Goals by Najame, Foley, and another by Foster lifted Western to a 6-2 lead after one quarter of play.

The second quarter was all Trinity, as the Bantams scored five unanswered goals to take a 7-6 lead at the half.  Growney scored the first and the last goals of the period, while Castelli scored twice and assisted on two other talles in the second. The Colonials reclaimed the lead in the third quarter when Nejame scored twice in the opening four minutes, both times on assists from Foristall.  O'Connell and Nogueras scored back-to-back to give Trinity a 9-8 lead before Foristall took a turn scoring on a pass from Nejame, to even things at 9-9.  Castelli closed out the third-quarter scoring for a 10-9 Bantam lead heading into the fourth.

Wilson scored in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter for Western Connecticut to tie the score at 10-all.  Foster then scored an unassisted goal midway through the period for an 11-10 Western lead, but Growney's goal with 5:20 remaining evened the score at 11-11 and would be the final tally of regulation.  The overtime period opened with Trinity controlling action in the Western Connecticut end for the first three minutes, but the Colonials caused a turnover and raced down the field looking for a chance to end the game.  Freshman Spencer Penoro (Orange, Conn.) found Nejame in front of the Trinity goal and Nejame quickly deposited the game-winner to give the Colonials the 12-11 victory.  Sophomore Riley Cahill (South Glastonbury, Conn.) made 11 saves for the Bantams.

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