WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The nationally-ranked Saint Anselm College field hockey team wrapped up the 2022 season in style on Saturday, claiming a share of the Northeast-10 Conference's Regular Season Championship with a 3-0 victory at the University of New Haven.
The nationally-ranked Saint Anselm (13-5) squad matched Assumption this season with an 11-2 record in league play and will enter the upcoming league championship as the No. 1 seed by virtue of a head-to-head victory over the Greyhounds earlier this season.
The top-seeded Hawks will host the Penmen from Southern New Hampshire University on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. in an NE10 Quarterfinals showdown. Saint Anselm picked up a 3-1 victory over the Penmen earlier this season, moving to 14-0 all-time versus the cross-town rival.
Senior Maggie Malloy (Canton, Mass.) scored twice in the winning effort, giving her a program-record 44 points this season via 19 goals and six assists. She passed the previous team record, established over a decade ago by Kristina Katsikis '13 during the 2011 season.
Off an interception by senior Shelby Dunn (Yarmouthport, Mass.), junior Maddie Davis (Exeter, N.H.) scored a goal just 3:45 into the game and added an assist as well, building upon her single-season record with 12 assists. She also cracked the 30-point plateau on the year, becoming just the fifth in team history to do so.
Malloy scored five minutes into the second half, upping the Hawks lead to 2-0 before adding an insurance goal in the game's final three minutes. Her 19 goals on the season continues to add to her single-season team record.
Davis now has a career-long streak of eight games with at least one point, racking up nine goals and six assists for 24 points (9-6=24) in that span. Malloy has points in seven of her last eight games, scoring five goals of her team's last 10 goals in the last two games.
Junior Mackenzie McConnell (Concord Township, Maine) went the distance in net for Saint Anselm, making one save to record the fifth shutout of her season and the 13th of her career. New Haven, outshot 22-to-2, was paced by a 13-save performance from Keira Integlia.
