Hawks Celebrate Senior Day In Style, 12-11
Saint Anselm Tops Merrimack, Remains Hopeful
For Tournament
Manchester, N.H. (April 23, 2003)-The Saint Anselm
women's lacrosse program was faced with a must-win situation on
Senior Day against Merrimack in a Northeast-10 game Wednesday afternoon
at Grappone Stadium, and the Hawks did just that-in nail-biting
fashion-by a final count of 12-11.
Saint Anselm kept hope alive for a bit to the upcoming NE-10 tournament
by raising its record to 3-8 on the season and 2-5 in league play
following the team's second consecutive victory. Merrimack dropped
to 3-9 for the year and 1-6 against NE-10 opponents with the loss,
eliminating the Warriors from having any shot at the postseason.
Following a two-goal outburst from Merrimack in the initial three
minutes of the game, the Saint Anselm defense quickly found its
feet and buckled down allowing the offense to go to work. Freshman
Jillian Colonese (Guilford, Conn./ Guilford) put the hosts
on top for the first time, 3-2, with six minutes remaining until
the intermission, but another Warriors' goal at 5:24 from sophomore
Kate Condon (Columbia, Md.) would knot the affair at 3-3 before
the teams reached the midpoint.
The teams traded goals for much of the second half until with 2:51
remaining, senior Katelynn O'Connell (Sandwich, Mass./ Sandwich)
netted her third score of the afternoon to put the Hawks up 12-8.
With less than two minutes left, and Saint Anselm nursing a four
goal lead, the Warriors stormed back with three unanswered free
position goals from 1:48 to 1:08 to close the gap to a single point
at 12-11, but a final free position chance sailed just wide with
two seconds left to give the Hawks the win.
Condon led the Warriors offensively with three goals on the day,
and goaltender Andrea Johnston (Holden, Mass.) made six saves in
the losing effort.
Saint Anselm was led by three goals from Colonese and a hat trick
plus two assists from O'Connell while the defense was anchored by
seven saves from junior goaltender Karen Spellman (Woburn,
Mass./ Arlington Catholic) who earned her third victory of the season.
The Hawks must now travel to Worcester, Mass. on Saturday to take
on Assumption in a game scheduled for 1:00 PM.
| Score By Period |
1 |
2 |
OT |
F |
| Merrimack |
3 |
8 |
- |
11 |
| Saint Anselm |
3 |
9 |
- |
12 |