Manchester, N.H. (January 4)-In day two of the 2009 Saint Anselm Tournament, senior tri-captain Kathleen Twomey (Londonderry, N.H.) netted the game-winner to freeze the Polar Bears of Bowdoin 3-1. In the tourney finale, Manhattanville topped the Ephs of Williams 3-1 to move to 9-1-0 on the year.

In the afternoon game, the Hawks hit the scoreboard first as Maria Dougherty (Middletown, R.I.) took a pass from Kelsey Johnson (Byfield, Mass.) and Liz Burg (Minneapolis, Minn.) to put Saint Anselm up 1-0 just over a minute in the second period. Over five minutes later, Twomey's game-winner was assisted by freshman Aly Zappen (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and senior Bianca DeSantis (Georgetown, Mass.).

Bowdoin struck back when senior forward Scooter Walsh (Urbana, Ill.) redirected a shot from teammate Jill Campbell (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia). Junior defenseman Shana Natelson (Taos, New Mexico) was also awarded an assist on the goal.

In the third period the Hawks put the game out of reach on a goal by Burg assisted by Johnson and defenseman Jamie Comrie (Ashburn, Virg.).

Hawk goalie Amy Zappen (Huntington Beach, Calif.) finished the game with 23 saves in the victory, while Polar Bear netminder Sage Santangelo (Laporte, Colo.) had 38 saves in the losing effort.

In the second game, Williams jumped out to the lead as Samantha Tarnasky (Caroline, Ala.) beat Valiant goalie Karine Turmel (Ste-Marguerite, Quebec) to make it 1-0 Ephs.

After that it was all Manhattanville, as Alex Findlay (Collingwood, Ontario) and Shannon Coffey (Malden, Mass.) each scored only 18 seconds apart to make it 2-1 Valiants in the second period.

Manhattanville added a late empty-net goal by Sarah Fullerton (Port Tobacco, Maryland) to make it a 3-1 victory for the Valiants.

Turmel made 17 saves in the victory, while Ephs goalie Sara Plunkett (Barrington, R.I.) made 32 saves in the losing effort.