DANBURY, Conn. -- All-Little East Conference senior midfielder Sarah Swann (Oxford, Conn.) may not exactly have been a Colonial-killer in her four-year career, but she's certainly had her share of success against Western Connecticut State University.

Saturday night, Swann scored her first goals of the season less than 10 minutes apart in the first half as women's soccer edged three-time defending conference playoff champion Western Connecticut at the Westside Athletic Complex.

The win is the first for Eastern Connecticut (3-2-1, 1-0-0 Little East) over the Colonials (3-3-0, 0-1-0) since 2004 (0-5-3 since then) and represents the Warriors' first win ever over Western Conn. in Danbury (0-8-2 since 1995). Over the last four years, Western has compiled a 24-1-3 record in Little East regular-season play and as this year's preseason favorite to claim the conference title. The teams shared last year's regular-season title with identical 6-0-1 records, but Western defeated Eastern for the second straight year in the tournament finals at Danbury, both by 2-1 scores.

Western is ranked sixth in New England.

Swann's first goal off a corner kick by senior midfielder Taylor MacDonald (Oak Bluffs, Mass.) in the 20th minute swung the early momentum Eastern's way. Less than 10 minutes later, Swann used her quickness to split two defenders and head a pass from freshman midfielder Kelly Wallace (South Windsor, Conn.) under the crossbar and into the left corner of the net to make it a two-goal game.

The goals give Swann 20 in her career and 50 points. Four of her career goals have come against Western for Swann, who has scored four of Eastern's five goals against the Colonials the last four times the teams have met. Last year, Swann tied the regular-season match midway through the second half in the Warriors' 1-1 overtime tie at Thomas Nevers Field. As a sophomore in 2007, Swann also provided Eastern with its only goal in a 2-1 loss to the Colonials in the LEC championship game at the Westside Athletic Complex.

The teams played on near-even terms. Both teams had three corner kicks and recorded nearly identical shot totals. However, with the exception of a penalty-kick goal in the 65th minute on a hand ball violation, Western managed only one other shot on goal, with Eastern senior keeper Kim Church (Farmington, Conn.) registering the save. The Warriors put five of their shots on net, scoring twice and forcing Western freshman keeper Amanda Simon to come up with three saves.

Eastern's starting defense consisted of senior Christine Lemieux (South Windsor, Conn.), juniors Lauren Hickey (Southwick, Mass.) and Stephanie Norell (Stratford, Conn.) and freshman Rachel Cutler (Guilford, Conn.).

Eastern Connecticut visits the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Tuesday at 7 p.m.