Manchester, N.H. (April 5)-The Saint Anselm College softball team dropped two games to the University of New Haven Chargers 6-0 and 5-3 in NE-10 action on Sunday afternoon at the South Athletic Fields. The losses drop the Hawks to 11-12-1 overall and 3-4-1 in NE-10 play, while the wins lift the Chargers to 13-9 overall and 6-4 in league contests.

Game one was dominated by Charger pitcher Breanne Gleason (Bristol, Conn.) who went the distance and scattered four Hawk hits in the shutout victory. Saint Anselm starter Megan Lemire (Worcester, Mass.) went seven innings allowing 13 hits and five earned runs in the losing effort.

Hawk second baseman Liz Lebrun (Rowley, Mass.) had two hits for the Hawks but New Haven's second baseman Courtney Garland (East Meadow, N.Y.) went had four hits in as many at bats with a RBI and two runs in the win.

In game two, the Hawks jumped out to an early lead scoring a run in each of the first three innings. In the top of the first, Raylyn Glavin (Saugus, Mass.) cracked a RBI triple to give Saint Anselm a 1-0 lead. Kat Scafidi's (Hudson, N.H.) sac-fly would extend the Hawks lead to 2-0 after two innings, while Morgan Murphy's (Orange, Mass.) towering home run would give the Hawks a 3-0 lead.

However New Haven would score three in the top of the fifth and two more in the top of the seventh for the 5-3 Saint Anselm loss.

Lisa Caruso (Granby, Conn.) took the loss in game two going six innings allowing three earned runs and striking out three Chargers, while Gleason came on in relief for New Haven and pitched four scoreless innings to pick up her second win of the day.

The Hawks return to the field, Wednesday, April 8th, as they will travel to Southern Conn. for a 3 p.m. start.