Manchester, N.H. (October 18)-- The Saint Anselm women's soccer team defeated conference foe Le Moyne College 2-0 in a key conference game at Melucci Field Saturday afternoon. The win pushes the Hawks past the Dolphins in the conference standings putting them in eighth place with a record of 5-4-2 in the NE-10.

The scoring started when sophomore forward Jennifer Pearl (Stoughton, Mass.) passed it into the box for junior midfielder Bethany Dunn (Plymouth, Mass.) and she put it past Dolphin keeper Amanda Abbatiello (Liverpool, N.Y.) to make it 1-0. With four minutes left in the first half, the Hawks added another as Teresa Vercollone (Pembroke, Mass.) took a pass from Erika Sartor (Andover, Mass.) to make it 2-0 Hawks in the first stanza.

In the second half, Pearl stole the ball from the Dolphin defenders and found a cutting Vercollone to make it 3-0 with only 15 minutes to play.

Hawk goaltender Jacqueline Cooney (Braintree, Mass.) had five saves in the shutout victory, while Abbatiello had three saves in the loss.

The Hawks return to action Tuesday, October 21st, as they will travel to SNHU for another key conference match beginning at 7 p.m.