Junior Amanda Considine and Senior Meg Shea (14) played strong but could not hold down No. 8 Stonehill.

Easton, Mass. (April 6, 2003)-Saint Anselm lost its third Northeast-10 women's lacrosse match in as many tries this season as Stonehill ran away with a convincing 28-1 victory today at Chieftains Stadium.

The loss dropped Saint Anselm to 1-5 overall and 0-3 against NE-10 opponents while the No. 8 Chieftains improved to 6-2 on the season and 5-0 in league play following their sixth consecutive win.

Stonehill opened up the game with a 12-0 run before freshman Jacquelyn Trayers (Sandwich, Mass./ Sandwich) netted the lone Hawks' goal with 7:50 remaining before halftime. From that point on, it was all Stonehill as senior Melissa Gross (Bow, N.H.) powered the Chieftains to a 15-1 halftime lead with six goals and three assists in the initial period.

The hosts continued to pour on the offense in the latter stanza with 11 unanswered goals in the second half to secure the 26-1 victory. Gross finished with a pair of Stonehill records for goals and total points in a game with nine and 13, respectively. Chieftains' senior Katie Lambert (Milton, Mass.) became the sixth player in NCAA Division II history to reach the 200 career goal plateau with five scores on the afternoon.

Junior Karen Spellman made a season-high 11 saves against the Chieftains.

Hawks' junior goalkeeper Karen Spellman (Woburn, Mass./ Arlington Catholic) endured the barrage of 55 shots by Stonehill and turned in one of her better performances of the year with a season-high 11 saves in the loss. Spellman's counterpart, senior Carissa Medeiros (New Bedford, Mass.) made two saves in 47 minutes of play for the win before being replaced by freshman Lauren Stone (Slingerlands, N.Y.) who was untested in the final 13 minutes of the contest.

Saint Anselm must regroup quickly as the Hawks travel to Colchester, Vt. to take on Saint Michael's in an NE-10 game scheduled for a 3:30 PM start.