Manchester, N.H. (September 13) - The Saint Anselm women's soccer team grabbed its first conference victory of the year with a 4-0 victory over Merrimack College at Melucci Field on Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Hawks record to 2-3-0 overall and 1-1-0 in conference, while the loss drops the Warriors record to 2-1-2 overall and 0-1-1 in conference play.

The first half was kept scoreless by Hawk goalie Jacqueline Cooney (Braintree, Mass.) and Warrior keeper Shannon Rowan (Fair Haven, N.J.).

Saint Anselm started the scoring in the second half when Mary Kate Heavey (Medfield, Mass.) scored off a corner kick from Jennifer Pearl (Stoughton, Mass.) to put the Hawks up 1-0. In the game's 65th minute, Teresa Vercollone (Pembroke, Mass.) took a crossing pass from Pearl and fired it in the goal for a 2-0 lead. Five minutes later, Pearl took a pass from Vercollone and made the score 3-0. In the 75th minute, Pearl added another to put the Hawks up for the 4-0 final.

The Hawks return to action Wednesday, September 17th, against Saint Michael's in Colchester, Vermont. Merrimack returns to action on Wednesday, September 17th, at home as they will take on conference rival Bentley at 6:30 p.m.