BOX SCORE

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Sophia Saint Paul (Brockton, MA) recorded a career-high three goals to lead Southern New Hampshire University to a 4-1 Northeast-10 women's soccer victory over Stonehill College on Tuesday night.  The Penmen, who are ranked fourth in the adidas/NSCAA East Region poll and are receiving votes in the Division II national poll, won their third in a row to improve to 4-1-1 overall and 3-1 in the NE-10, while the SKyhawks are now 3-4-1 and 2-3-1 in the league.

Saint Paul got the Penmen on the board just 8:48 into the match when she scored off an assist from Alyssa Thayer (Hooksett, NH).  Southern New Hampshire would hold the 1-0 lead until halftime before Saint Paul made it 2-0 5:06 into the second half on an unassisted tally.

Stonehill got on the board at the 64:14 mark when Alexandra Murphy scored an unassisted goal.  Just 2:56 later, the Penmen would regain a two-goal advantage when Nicole Ebner (Rochester, NY) scored off a feed from Kristina Cardoso (Stoughton, MA).  Saint Paul closed out the scoring with her third goal at the 82:28 mark when she collected a rebound of a shot from Ebner and one-timed it from 12 yards.

Stef Young (Natick, MA) turned aside four shots for the Penmen, who outshot the Skyhawks 19-9.  Marissa Bramwell made seven saves for Stonehill.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Saturday when it travels to American International for a 1:00 match.