MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Anselm women's
soccer team traveled to Easton, Mass. this morning to take on the
Stonehill College Skyhawks in Northeast-10 Conference play.
Sophomore Hillary Sanacore (Wakefield, R.I.) and
junior Jennifer Pearl (Stoughton, Mass.) both
scored in the game, but the defense could not hold off the
advancing Skyhawks, as the Hawks fell 3-2.
Saint Anselm got on the board first, when Hillary Sanacore
converted a pass from Jennifer Pearl to score her second career
goal at 36:52 in the first half. However the Skyhawks scored
two quick goals before the end of the half to take a 2-1
lead. 15 minutes into the second half, Skyhawk Kelsey
Mahoney (Rehobeth, Mass.) netted a third goal to increase
Stonehill's lead to two. Ten minutes later, at 69:53, the
Hawks staged a comeback, as Jennifer Pearl laced a hard shot up
into the upper-right corner of the net, knocking in her
team-leading fifth goal of the season. However, the Hawks
were unable to put together any further offense, as they fell to
Stonehill, 3-2.
The Skyhawks outshot the Hawks 14-10, but the Hawks had a better
shots-on-goal percentage, shooting eight on target for a .800
average, while the Skyhawks were accurate 10 times, for a
percentage of .714. Hawk goalkeeper Jacqueline Cooney
(Braintree, Mass.) had seven saves in the game, and her
Skyhawk counterpart Sarah Hickey (Lee, Mass.)
blocked six shots.
Today's win lifts Stonehill to 6-7 (4-6 NE-10) while Saint
Anselm falls to 6-6-1 (5-5 NE-10). The Hawks return home on
Wednesday, October 14th, to host cross-town rivals Southern New
Hampshire University in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup beginning
at 4:00 pm.
