Lowell, Mass. (September 23)-The Saint Anselm women's soccer team battled conference rival UMass Lowell to a 2-2 tie Tuesday night at Cushing Field in Lowell, Massachusetts. The tie makes the Hawks 3-3-2 overall and 2-1-2 in NE-10 play, while the tie gives the Riverhawks a 3-2-3 record overall and a 2-1-3 record in conference play.

The first half was kept scoreless by Hawk goalkeeper Jacqueline Cooney (Braintree, Mass.) and by Riverhawk goalie Jamie Gillis (N. Billerica, Mass.).

In the second half, UMass struck quickly as Hannah Merullo (Wakefield, Mass.) took a crossing pass from teammate Natalia Mendoza (Haverhill, Mass.) and put it past Cooney to make it 1-0. Less than a minute later, Maddy Bissaillon (Merrimac, Mass.) received a pass from Brianne Bozzella (Wilmington, Mass.) to put the Riverhawks up 2-0.

The Hawks fought back, and in the games 65th minute Ryann Cullinan (Windham, N.H.) took a rebound off the post and put it past Gillis to put the Hawks on the scoreboard. Seven minutes later, Kathleen Kennerly (Weymouth, Mass.) put a good boot on a free kick and Michele Dickson (Manchester, N.H.) headed it to notch the game at 2.

After the rest of the second half, and two overtime periods with few chances, the game ended in a 2-2 tie.

The Hawks return to the field on Saturday, September 27th, as they will travel to Bridgeport, Connecticut for a non-conference game at 6 p.m.