Manchester, N.H. (September 6) - In a game that featured 11 goals, the Saint Anselm women's field hockey team, led by two-goal efforts from Laura Urko (Attleboro, Mass) and Annie Heaney (East Kingston, N.H.), defeated Southern Connecticut State University by a final score of 6-5 in Northeast-10 Conference action. The win makes the Hawks 2-1 overall and in conference play, while the loss puts the Owls at 1-3 overall and 1-1 in conference games.

In the first half, the Hawks struck first when Heaney took a pass from Maddie Cantarow (Norwood, Mass.) and buried it past Owl goaltender Lauren Zarrella (Morris, Conn.). Six minutes later, the Hawks tallied another as Urko took a crossing pass from Karrie Muma (N. Falmouth, Mass.) and fired it past the keeper to give Saint Anselm a 2-0 lead.

The Owls fought back less than a minute later as Sara Winterbottom (Burlington, Conn.) struck the ball past Hawk goalie Riley Haddock (Falmouth, ME) to cut the lead in half. Then the Owls knotted the game at 2-2 when KellyAnne McCafferty (Durham, N.H.) tipped it past Haddock with just over eight minutes to go in the first half.

The scoring was not done though as Saint Anselm scored with just over five minutes to go in the half when Sara Sterling (Mansfield, Mass.) took a pass from Ellen O'Neil (Willington, Conn.) and buried it to give the Hawks a 3-2 lead at the break.

Southern Connecticut scored first in the second half when Jennifer Sousa (Hartford, Conn.) redirected a shot by McCafferty to even the game at 3-3.

Off a corner, Saint Anselm took the lead back when Maggie Dwyer (Elkridge, MD) rocketed a shot just inside the circle past the goalkeeper to give the Hawks a 4-3 lead. Three minutes later, Sara Bassett (Stoneham, Mass.) passed it to Heaney to score her second goal of the game and give the Hawks a 5-3 advantage.

Just over a minute later, the Owls answered when Whitney Martin (Harwinton, Conn.) cut the lead in half with an unassisted goal to make it 5-4.

With just over eight minutes left in the game, Urko notched her second goal of the game with a reverse flick shot to put the Hawks up for good 6-4.

Winterbottom added another goal with just over four minutes left to make it a one-goal game again, but it was not enough as the Hawks went on to a 6-5 thrilling conference victory.

The Hawks return to action Wednesday, September 10th, as they will take on conference rival Franklin Pierce at 4 p.m. Southern Connecticut returns to action Wednesday, September 10th, as they will take on conference foe Stonehill College at 7 p.m. in New Haven, Conn.