MADISON, N.J. - Senior Bella DelVecchio (Saugus, Mass./Bishop Fenwick) and junior Bridget Hanley (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield) both scored in the final 6:47 of regulation to rally the Saint Michael's College women's soccer team past Millersville University of Pennsylvania, 3-2, on Thursday during each team's season opener at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham's Robert T. Shields Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-0), Millersville (0-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• DelVecchio, 1 goal
• Hanley, 1 goal
• Sophomore Scarlett Brookes (Rockaway, N.J./Morris Knolls), 1 goal
• Sophomore Sarah Gormley (East Moriches, N.Y./Westhampton Beach), 1 assist
• First-year Chloe Laizer (Belchertown, Mass./West Springfield), 3 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Aubrey Strohecker, 2 goals
• Junior Emma Moss, 6 saves

GAME FACTS

• All of the scoring occurred during the second half, including four in the final 16:41.
• Laizer earned the win in her college debut.
• The teams met for the first time.
• Saint Michael's held sizeable advantages in shots (21-8) and corner kicks (6-1).

THE ACTION

• In the 50th minute, Brookes picked up a loose ball near midfield and carried into the teeth of the Millersville defense before cutting back near the top of the box and putting a shot into the upper right corner for the opening strike.
• In the 74th minute, Strohecker bodied down sophomore Livia Messenger's through ball to the top corner of the box and sent a slow shot just beyond Laizer's extended right foot into the lower left corner for the equalizer.
• Just 7:13 later, Strohecker cleaned up a rebound at 80:32 after sophomore Nikki Tonello's one-touch shot hit the left post.
• The Purple Knights tied the game less than three minutes later, as Gormley served a corner kick that Hanley headed off the turf and in with 83:13 gone.
• DelVecchio lined up a free kick from 30 yards out and drilled the eventual game-winning goal off of a diving Moss' hand and into the right side at 85:03, only 1:50 after Hanley's tying goal.
• Millersville was unable to create any additional tying opportunities.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Chestnut Hill College, 12 p.m.