Castleton, Vt. (January 24)-The Saint Anselm College women's ice hockey team, led by Samantha Rowe's (Chelmsford, Mass.) second period shorthanded game-winning goal, defeated the Spartans of Castleton State College 4-2 in ECAC East action. The win improves the Hawks to 11-4-1 overall and 9-4-0 in league play, while the loss drops the Spartans to 3-14-0 on the campaign.

The Hawks got the party started with a goal four and a half minutes into the first period on a goal by senior forward Bianca DeSantis (Georgetown, Mass.) off a pass from junior defender Daniella Lyons (Greene, Maine) to make it 1-0 Saint Anselm. Later in the period, Maria Dougherty (Middletown, R.I.) made it 2-0 off a pass from freshman forward Molly Corl (Danvers, Mass.).

The Spartans drew first blood in the second period off a goal from Adrianna Riggio (Buffalo, N.Y.) to the Hawks lead to 2-1. Midway through the second period, Rowe's eventual game-winner gave the Hawks a 3-1 lead off helpers from Dougherty and Chelsea Fillingim (Fairbanks, Alaska). Just over two minutes later Castleton State cut into the lead again off a goal from Amy Costa (Bristol, R.I.) to make it 3-2 going into the third period.

The third period belonged to the Hawks as they out shot the Spartans 8-3 and tacked on an empty-net goal by freshman forward Aly Zappen (Huntington Beach, California) for the 4-2 final.

Hawk goaltender Carley Berry (Danvers, Mass.) set aside 18 shots in the win, while Amanda Hoy (Brockport, NY.) made 20 saves while giving up three goals in the losing effort.

The Hawks return to the ice Wednesday, January 28th, as they will travel to Plattsburgh State for a 7 p.m. start.