MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Anselm women's soccer team hosted cross-town rival Southern New Hampshire this afternoon in a Northeast-10 Conference game.  After 95 minutes of play, the first and only goal of the game was finally netted, giving the Hawks a dramatic 1-0 overtime victory.  The win lifts the Hawks to 7-6-1 (6-5 NE-10), while the Penmen fall to 3-10-3 (1-8-3 NE-10).

While no goal was scored in regulation, there were a total of 31 shots taken in the first 90 minutes of the game.  The Penmen had two close chances to score in regulation, but both were saved by Hawks goalkeeper Jacqueline Cooney (Braintree, Mass.).  At 35:34, Kristen Moore (Weymouth, Mass.) took an open shot from within the six-yard box, but Cooney made a nice save to keep the Penmen off the board.  In the second half, at 61:34, Ariel Teixeira (Warren, R.I.) sent a corner kick to Andrea Wilson (North Kingstown, R.I.) who shot the ball off her chest towards the net, but Cooney made a nice diving save once again.

The Hawks had two late chances with under 20 minutes left in the game.  In the 72nd minute, senior Heidi Reece (Salem, N.Y.) had a fast breakaway, but the drive was stopped by Sara Martell (Milford, N.J.) at the top of the box.  Four minutes later, Reece sent a corner kick to senior Ashley Lafond (Goffstown, N.H.) who headed the ball towards the net, but Penman keeper Stef Young (Natick, Mass.) just got her fingers on it on it to keep the ball from going in.

After 90 minutes and no score, the game headed into overtime.  Then, at 95:15, freshman Jackie McEvoy (Spring, Texas) set up to take a corner kick.  McEvoy sent a hard pass into the box right in front of the net where sophomore Teresa Vercollone (Pembroke, Mass.) knocked the ball in to score her fourth goal of the season and give the Hawks a 1-0 overtime victory.  The Hawks outshot the Penmen 19-14 in the game, and both goal keepers made 10 saves.

The game was the fourth consecutive 1-0 loss for the Penmen and the 10th game in a row that has been decided by one goal or less. In fact, out of the team's 16 games, only two have had a scoring margin larger than one, and oddly enough, the two were back-to-back 5-0 games in early September, one in favor of the Penmen, the other a loss.  This was the eighth overtime game for the Penmen, and just the third for the Hawks, who have not gone past 90 minutes since the first two games of the season back in August.

The Hawks return to action on Saturday, October 17th, when they head down to Connecticut to take on the University of New Haven Chargers for a Northeast-10 Conference match-up beginning at 1:00 pm.