Manchester, N.H. (January 16)-The Saint Anselm women's ice hockey team skated to a 5-1 ECAC East victory over the Purple Knights of Saint Michael's College on Friday afternoon at Sullivan Arena. The win moves the Hawks to 9-3-1 overall and 7-3-0 in ECAC East play, while the loss drops Saint Michael's to 3-11-0 overall and 1-9-0 in ECAC East action.

The Hawks hit the scoreboard first as freshman forward Cierra Romaldo (Chuluota, Fl.) took a pass from freshman Aly Zappen (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and sophomore Alexa Hingston (Charlestown, Mass.) to make it 1-0 Saint Anselm just over four minutes into the game. Saint Michael's College evened the game with a goal from Desiree Biron (Bow, N.H.) at the 12:32 mark.

In the second period, senior tri-captain Kathleen Twomey (Londonderry, N.H.) gave the Hawks the lead with an unassisted shorthanded goal to give the Hawks a 2-1 lead. With less than a second left in the period, senior defenseman Maggie Dwyer (Elkridge, Md.) took a shot from just inside the blue line that ricocheted off a Saint Michael's player and beat Purple Knight goaltender Alysia Goldman (Bollston Lake, N.Y.) to make it 3-1 Hawks going into the third period.

Four minutes into the third stanza freshman forward Bridget Sylvester (Randolph, N.J.) extended the Hawks lead off helpers from Zappen and senior Bianca DeSantis (Georgetown, Mass.). Freshman forward Michelle Lacombe (Delafield, Wisc.) added another goal for the 5-1 final.

Three Hawks had multiple point games. DeSantis and Zappen had two assist, while Dwyer finished the game with a goal and an assist.

Freshman goalie Amy Zappen (Huntington Beach, Calif.) made 19 saves in the victory, while Goldman finished with 32 saves in the losing effort.

The Hawks return to action tomorrow, January 17th, as they will host the Engineers of M.I.T. at 1 p.m. at Sullivan Arena.