Saint Anselm Topped By New Haven
Chargers Strike Last, Win 9-8

Katelynn O'Connell had three goals and one assist in a losing effort Thursday. -Photo by Marc Hagemeier

West Haven, Conn. (April 17, 2003)-The Saint Anselm women's lacrosse team tied a team record with its eighth loss of the season by falling, 9-8, in overtime to New Haven University in a non-conference game Thursday afternoon.
The Hawks plummeted to 1-8 on the season whereas the Chargers improved to 6-4 overall.

Freshman Jacquelyn Trayers (Sandwich, Mass./ Sandwich) registered a pair of goals in the first half, the latter of which put the Hawks ahead 5-3 with 5:21 remaining until halftime.

The Saint Anselm defense could not hold down the Chargers, though, as sophomore Eileen Perchinski (Hicksville, N.Y.) brought the hosts to within one, 5-4, with 2:32 remaining in the initial period. Casandra Schmidt (New Milford, Conn.) then tied the game at five goals apiece with just 23 seconds until the intermission.

After falling behind 8-7 midway through the second half, senior Katelynn O'Connell (Sandwich, Mass./ Sandwich)-who scored a goal to send the Hawks into overtime in their lone win this season-once again came through with late-game heroics, scoring her third goal of the contest, to tie the game at 8-8 with 46 seconds left to force the extra frame.

Unfortunately, Saint Anselm would not emerge victorious this time around as Chargers' freshman Brittany Tregear (Victoria, British Colombia) netted the only score of the overtime period with 2:23 remaining.

Sophomore goalkeeper Karen Spellman (Woburn, Mass./ Arlington Catholic) played all 66 minutes in the cage for Saint Anselm and made eight saves in the loss. Spellman's counterpart, Heather Gebhardt (E. Rochester, N.Y.), stopped 16 shots earning the victory.

The Hawks return to the field on Monday when they host NE-10 opponent American International in a 2:00 PM game.

Score By Period	1	2	OT	F
Saint Anselm	5	3	0	8
New Haven	5	3	1	9