MANCHESTER, N.H. – Sophomore Carrie Brophy (Mansfield, Mass.) and junior Meghan Smith (Pittsford, N.Y.) each notched four goals to power the Saint Anselm College women's lacrosse team to a 15-10 victory against American International College in both teams' Northeast-10 openers Saturday evening at Southern New Hampshire University's Larkin Field.

The Hawks grab their first win of the season to improve to 1-2 overall, 1-0 NE-10, while the Yellow Jackets suffer their first loss of the season to fall to 3-1, 0-1 NE-10.

Brophy matched a career high with the four goals, which all came in the first half – including two straight that gave Saint Anselm a 6-4 lead with just over five minutes remaining. Smith, who has tallied at least three scores in all three games this season, leads the team with 12 goals. Smith netted her third goal of the opening half with just nine seconds remaining to close the scoring and pad her team's lead. The Hawks went into the break ahead 8-6.

Leading 12-10 with 4:25 to play, Saint Anselm broke the game open with three unanswered goals, including two in the final minute.

Junior Shawna Walsh (Woburn, Mass.) tallied two goals and an assist, while sophomore Britini Hickman (Farmington, N.H.) also scored two goals and senior Kristen Vassalotti (South Easton, Mass.) added a goal and a pair of assists. Sophomores Lauren Alfis (Hanover, Mass.) and Bryanna Hayes (Mansfield, Mass.) each notched goals, while sophomore Kaleigh Hunt (Sudbury, Mass.) and Leigh Krzyston (Bedford, N.H.) handed out assists.

Freshman goalkeeper Katherine Amato (Bedford, N.H.) made three saves to earn the first win of her career. Nicole Sawula stopped six shots in the first half for the Yellow Jackets, while Gina Gallow made eight saves in the second half.

Saint Anselm outshot AIC, 36-22, including 20-9 in the second half, and held a 13-9 edge in draw controls.

The Hawks return to action Saturday, March 26 at noon when they travel to take on Adelphi.