Manchester, N.H. (October, 2nd) - -The Saint Anselm Hawks women's soccer team played in a Northeast-10 Conference game this afternoon against the Setters of Pace University. The Hawks scored a season high 4 goals and won the game by a 4-2 final. The win improves the Hawks record to 3-5-1 (Northeast-10, 3-4-1), while the loss drops the Setters record to 3-7 (Northeast-10, 1-7).

The first half was very back-and-forth, as each team scored a goal within the first 15 minutes. Pace scored their first-half goal just three minutes into the game, when Cheyenne James (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) placed a ball just outside the reach of Saint Anselm goalkeeper Jackie Cooney (Braintree, Mass.). The Hawks scored their goal in the 15th minute when Siobhan Flaherty (Braintree, Mass.) scored from on top of the 18-yard box on a great pass from Jillian Disilva (East Taunton, Mass.) from behind half field. In the half, Cooney made two saves for the Hawks.

In the second half, it took just 17 minutes for a goal to be scored, when Flaherty scored her second goal of the game on another great ball from Disilva on a free kick. Saint Anselm added another goal in the 68th minute to make the score 3-1 on an Erika Sartor (Andover, Mass.) goal. Pace quickly countered and scored their second goal just one minute later to make the score 3-2. In the 75th minute, the Hawks added another goal on a great free kick shot by Kelli Duggan (Easton, Mass.) from 30 yards from the goal.

In the game, Cooney made four saves for the Hawks, while Flaherty's two goals came on three shots on goal.

The Hawks will return to action this Friday, October 8th against Southern Connecticut on the road. The game will begin at 7:00 pm.