MANSFIELD, Conn. - Sophomore forward Melissa Goffe (Newington, Conn.) tied Eastern Connecticut State University field hockey records with three goals and seven points as the Warriors recorded their first win of the season with a 7-1 verdict over Wheelock College Tuesday at the Mansfield Outdoor Complex.

Goffe unloaded nine of the team's 29 shots, scoring the last of the team's four first-half goals, the first goal of the second half, and capping the offensive onslaught by completing the hat trick with bad-angle marker from near the end line with four minutes left.

Goffe also set up Eastern's (1-3) first goal of the season when she found sophomore forward Ashley Del Vecchio (Fairfield, Conn.) at the left of the cage with a baseline pass in the sixth minute of play. Del Vecchio made it 2-0 11 minutes later on a feed from sophomore forward Ali Chapman (Watertown, Conn.), and the Warriors went on to post their second-highest goal total in program history.

Goffe's performance marks only the second time in the program's 12-year history that an Eastern player has collected as many as seven points in a match, the first since Nicole Otterspoor against Lasell College on Sept. 18, 1999. It is the fourth time that an Eastern player has scored as many as three goals in a match, the first since Mo Deegan on Nov. 2, 2003.

Chapman finished with a goal and assist, as did junior forward Melanie Proud (Wall Township, N.J.). First-year sophomore transfer back Lyndsey Zavisza (Suffield, Conn.) netted her first collegiate point when she set up Proud to make it 3-0 midway through the first half.

Sophomore goalie Danielle Reichardt (Ocean Township, N.J.) made four saves in the first half to register her fourth career win. She made her best save with four minutes left in the first half and Eastern leading 3-0. Reichardt extended her right leg to make a pad save when Wheelock's (0-4) Jacquilyn Hull deflected a pass from teammate Milbrey Hendrix.

Eastern's goal total is the second-highest in a match in program history, one behind the mark set in a 2004 season-opening 8-0 home win over Stevens Tech, a first-year program at the time.

Eastern visits Bridgewater State College Saturday at 4 p.m. in Little East Conference play.