Box Score
BEVERLY, Mass. – The #4 seeded Endicott women’s soccer team scored twice in the first half to beat #5 Gordon 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the CCC Tournament on Saturday. 
 
The Gulls (11-7) move on to face the winner of the #1 University of New England and #8 Western New England quarterfinal match also being played on Saturday.  Gordon ends their 2011 season with a 10-8 overall record.  Endicott has played in the semifinals of their conference tournament in every year since 1997.
 
The Blue and Green got on the board in the 10^th minute of the first half on a goal by senior forward Colleen Pepin (Fairhaven, Mass.) who collected a pass from junior forward Vanessa Caruccio (Winthrop, Mass.), turned around and hit a low shot the lower left corner of the net to put Endicott up 1-0.  Pepin, this year’s CCC Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year, netted her 16^th goal of the season. 
 
Just under ten minutes later at the 19:21 mark, Pepin and Caruccio hooked up again after Pepin hit a left-footed cross from the end line and in front of Scots sophomore goalie Kari Christensen (Standish, Maine) that was redirected by Caruccio to the back of the net.  Caruccio’s second goal of the season put Endicott up 2-0. 
 
Both teams went scoreless for the final 70 minutes of the game.  Christensen made two fingertip saves on Endicott shots that hit the crossbar in the second half to keep the Scots in the game.  Gordon had their best opportunity to score after Scots forward Katie Whallon (Bedford, Mass.) found her way behind the defense in the 83^rd minute but her shot was saved by Gulls keeper Natalie Wyrsch (Dover, N.H.).
 
Wyrsch made two saves between the posts in the Endicott victory while her counterpart Christensen stopped five Gulls shots on goal.  Wyrsch and the Gulls backfield, led by 2011 CCC Defensive Player of the Year Caitlin Peters (Salem, N.H.), recorded their eighth shutout of the season.
 
Release courtesy of Endicott sports information.