Box Score MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's soccer team saw the best start in program history come to an end on Tuesday with a 2-1 Northeast-10 Conference loss at regionally-ranked Saint Anselm College on Melucci Field. The Hawks were fifth in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-1-1, 0-1-1 NE10), Saint Anselm (3-1-2, 1-0-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Scarlett Brookes (Rockaway, N.J./Morris Knolls), 1 goal
• Junior Bella DelVecchio (Saugus, Mass./Bishop Fenwick), 1 assist
• Junior Juliana Anastopoulos (Chestnut Hill, Mass./Brookline), 7 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Fifth-year Tara McCleary, 1 goal
• Senior Sydney Wnek, 1 goal
• Senior Riley DiGilio, 2 assists
• First-year Samantha Swidorski, 3 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights played their sixth game in six states to begin the season.
• Saint Michael's took two of the game's three corner kicks, while the Hawks held a 16-10 lead in shots.
• First-years have scored eight of the Purple Knights' last 10 goals.
• This was the seventh straight meeting decided by a goal or less.

THE ACTION

• The Hawks went ahead 1:29 into the contest when McCleary one-touched DiGilio's end-line cross past a rushing Anastopoulos.
• Just 2:27 later, Wnek made it 2-0 on a similar play, one-touching DiGilio's cross across the goal mouth into the right netting.
• The Purple Knights halved their deficit in the 54th minute, as DelVecchio dropped a cross into the right side of the box, where Brookes slipped a shot past a rushing Swidorski.
• With her team down a goal, DelVecchio lofted a shot from 25 yards toward the right post late in the 84th minute, with Swidorski securing the catch. DelVecchio quickly turned and shot from the top of the box in the 87th minute for her team's final bid.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Southern Connecticut State University, 2 p.m.
• The Purple Knights open their home schedule with Senior Day.