Garden City, N.Y. (September 6) -- In their first meeting as Northeast-10 opponents, the Saint Anselm field hockey team dropped a 5-2 final to Adelphi University on Sunday afternoon. The Panthers joined the Northeast-10 as a member beginning this fall.

The Hawks got out to a fast start as Maddie Cantarow (Norwood, Mass.) scored on a penalty stroke at the 13:51 mark of the first half. Just 3:08 later though, Julianne Gerbino found the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1. The Hawks bounced back though with the second goal of the season by freshman Kristina Katsikis (Hanover, Mass.), which was assisted on by freshman Maura Hurley (Holden, Mass.). The Panthers managed to tie the game though just 19 seconds before the halftime break on a goal from Brittany Kinsley.

In the second half it was all Adelphi as the Panthers tallied three goals to pull away for the 5-2 victory.

Lindsey MacDonald (Dedham, Mass.) made 10 saves in net and took the loss, while Lucia Vigliotti made six stops in the victory.

With the loss, the Hawks drop to 0-3 overall, while Adelphi is now even at 2-2. The Hawks are back in action on Thursday, September 10th as the team travels to Merrimack for a 7 p.m. start.