MANCHESTER, N.H.
-- The Saint Anselm women's soccer team returned
from their two-week road trip this afternon on a crisp fall day at
Melucci Field. The Hawks took on the Dolphins of Le Moyne
College for their first home game in two weeks, and, behind the
strong offense of Teresa Vercollone (Pembroke,
Mass.), the Hawks came out with a 3-1 victory. Vercollone
scored two goals of the Hawks' three goals in the game.
The Hawks got on the board early in the first half, as sophomore
Teresa Vercollone drove the ball from midfield down the left side
and passed it in to Keara Dolan (Madison, Conn.)
in the box. She then tapped it back to Vercollone, who laced
a hard shot into the top of the net to give the Hawks an early 1-0
lead.
The Hawks held onto their lead for the rest of the first half,
but at 56:15, 11 minutes into the second period, Rachel
Farneti (Marcellus, N.Y.) sent a corner kick into the box
to Alex Dwyer (Syracuse, N.Y.). Hawk
goalkeeper Jacqueline Cooney (Braintree, Mass.)
came up to make the save, but the ball got loose and Megan
O'Shea (East Syracuse, N.Y.) recovered it and scored the
empty net goal to knot the score at one apiece.
However, the game wasn't tied for long, for less than four
minutes later, at 59:55, Jennifer Pearl (Stoughton,
Mass.) set up a perfect pass from midfield to Vercollone
in the box, who dribbled past the last defender and the goalie and
netted the ball to regain the Hawks' lead. 20 minutes later,
freshman Jackie McEvoy (Spring, Tex.) sent a free
kick from just outside the box to sophomore Hillary
Sanacore (Wakefield, R.I.), who scored her first career
goal and solidified the Hawks' lead at 3-1.
The Hawks outshot Le Moyne 16-10, including 9-2 in the first
half. Dolphin goalkeeper Melissa Stevens (Camillus,
N.Y.) had seven saves in the game, and Cooney had
six. With the win, the Hawks improve to 4-2-1 (4-1, NE-10)
and the Dolphins fall to 4-2-2 (1-2-2, NE-10). The Hawks look
for their fifth conference win on Tuesday, September
22nd as they host the Purple Knights of Saint Michael's
College at Melucci Field, beginning at 4:00 pm.
