North Andover, Mass. – The Saint Anselm Hawks women's soccer team played in its second straight overtime game tonight at Merrimack College. After the 105 minutes of play, the Warriors found the back of the net for their second goal of the night, which ended the game and propelled them to their third Northeast-10 victory.  With the loss, the Hawks overall record falls to 1-3 (1-2, Northeast-10), while the win improves Merrimack's record to 3-1-1 (3-0, Northeast-10).

The Hawks got their offense going quickly, forcing Warrior goalkeeper Kiley Horne (Scituate, Mass.) to make two saves in the first seven minutes of the game. In the 10th minute and the momentum on their side, Saint Anselm kept the ball up front, which allowed freshman Siobahn Flaherty (Braintree, Mass) to score the first goal of her Hawk career. Senior captain Jackie Cooney (Braintree, Mass.) made two saves in the first half to keep the Hawks in front 1-0.

The second half remained scoreless through 29 minutes, until Merrimack tied the game on a goal by Jessica Peacock (Hopedale, Mass). The Warriors controlled the second half attempting 16 shots and forced Cooney to make six saves.

In the first overtime, Merrimack continued to force the issue by taking six shots in the 10-minute period. The Hawks were able to keep Merrimack in check, and forced another overtime period. The game ended just five minutes later in the second overtime when Merrimack won the game on Danielle Dion's (Grosvenordale, Conn.) fifth goal of the season. Cooney made 11 saves for the Hawks, while Horne made three for the Warriors.

The Hawks return to the field on Saturday September 18th to take on Le Moyne in Syracuse, N.Y. The game is scheduled to start at 1:00 pm.