Hawks Winless After Maryland Trip
Saint Anselm Falls To 0-2 After Saint Mary's Loss

Saint Mary's City, Md. (March 7, 2003)-The Saint Anselm women's lacrosse team dropped its second match of the season, 19-2, to Saint Mary's College of Maryland on Friday afternoon to complete the team's two-game, season-opening, trip to the mid-Atlantic.

Saint Mary's-the fifth-ranked team in the NCAA Div. III-improved to 4-0 with the win, while Saint Anselm fell to 0-2 for the fourth consecutive year.

The Seahawks scored 10 unanswered goals in the first 17 minutes of play with sophomore Karli Libertini (Baltimore, Md./ Catonsville) registering two goals and three assists in the run to lead the charge. Saint Anselm senior Meg Shea (Rochester, N.Y./ Mercy) tallied the first goal for the visitors with 11:57 to play before halftime and sophomore Ally Maslowski (Billerica, Mass./ Billerica) also netted a score for the Hawks before the break, but Saint Mary's would hold a firm 13-2 advantage at the intermission.

Saint Mary's would add six goals in the second half, including three goals and an assist from Libertini, to end the game at 19-2.

Sophomore goalkeeper Karen Spellman (Woburn, Mass./ Arlington Catholic) played all 60 minutes in the cage for Saint Anselm and made eight saves. Her counterpart, sophomore Jen Chumley (Bel Air, Md./ Bel Air), allowed both Hawks' goals and made four saves in 44:24 minutes before being relieved by freshman Holly Stone (Germantown, Md./ Poolsville) who made three saves in the remaining 15:36.

Saint Anselm is now off until March 22nd when the Hawks will host Stonehill for a 1:00 game.

Score By Period 1 2 OT F
Saint Anselm 2 0 - 2
Saint Mary's 13 6 - 19