Stonehill Rallies Past Holy Family, 3-1
St. Martin hat trick erases early deficit as Skyhawks open season with win
Junior Kirstie St. Martin netted a first half hat trick to lift Stonehill to a season-opening win over Holy Family this afternoon. |
LAKEWOOD, N.J. (August 29, 2009) - Stonehill College junior Kirstie St. Martin (Providence, R.I./Mount Saint Charles Academy) scored all three goals to lead the Skyhawks to a 3-1 victory over Holy Family University at Georgian Court University this afternoon.
St. Martin's hat trick erased an early goal scored by Holy Family freshman Megan Tole (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) just 4:58 into her collegiate debut. Junior Julia Swierzoski (Albany, N.Y./Albany) and sophomore Kelsey Mahoney (Rehoboth, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth) collected assists on St. Martin's first two goals before she completed her three goal burst with an unassisted tally in the 43rd minute.
Sophomore Sarah Hickey (Lee, Mass./Lee) preserved the win for Stonehill with eight saves (six second half) in goal. Holy Family sophomore goalkeeper Gina Mansi (Washington Township, N.J./Washington Township) finished with seven stops as the Skyhawks finished with a 12-9 advantage in shots for the afternoon (7-2 first half).
Tole opened the scoring in the fifth minute off a feed from senior Ashley Antczak (Westville, N.J./West Deptford). St. Martin equalized for Stonehill in the 26th minute, assisted by Swierzoski, and then netted the go ahead goal in the 39th minute, assisted by Mahoney, before completing her hat trick just before halftime.
Stonehill (1-0-0, 0-0-0 NE-10) is back in action tomorrow when it faces Georgian Court at 1 p.m. Holy Family (0-1-0, 0-0-0 CACC) will face No. 4-ranked The College of Saint Rose tomorrow at 4 p.m.
