Box Score

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St. Mary's City, Md. - Freshman midfielder Bridget McGovern (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip Regional) netted back-to-back goals in a 10-minute span to erase a 1-0 halftime deficit and give the St. Mary's College of Maryland women's soccer team a 2-1 triumph over Christopher Newport University Sunday afternoon on Senior Day.

Christopher Newport (10-6-1) struck first at 6:28 as the Captains' leading scorer, junior forward Emily Chesbro (Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson), collected a short drop pass from sophomore Megan Conheeney (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) and then beat one Seahawk defender before firing it past a diving Marie Oben (Glenn Dale, Md./St. Mary's, Annapolis).

St. Mary's (10-2-3) brought intense pressure during the first half as the Seahawks outshot CNU, 7-5, and held a 4-0 advantage in corner kicks.  However, the score remained in CNU's favor at halftime.

McGovern put SMCM on the scoreboard at 57:49 when she connected with freshman Allison Ahdieh's (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove) cross from the right with a sliding kick at the far left post.

Just a little bit over 10 minutes later, McGovern struck again but this time she headed in a cross from the left from junior midfielder Sophia Esparza (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair).  Three minutes before McGovern's header, Chesbro gave CNU hope of regaining its lead but Oben came up with a huge, point blank save.

The Seahawks finished the match with a 16-10 margin in shots and a 7-4 edge in corner kicks.  Oben came up with four stops, while senior Erin Wotjkun (Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson) made 10 saves in the CNU loss.

The game also marked the final regular-season home game for seniors Abby Bishop (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana), Katrina Borden (Hartfield, Va./Wakefield), Lauren Carrier (Crownsville, Md./Old Mill), Taylor Cervenka (Damascus, Md./Damascus), Caitlin Evans (Poolesville, Md./Poolesville), Sarah Grady (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron), Katie Klotz (Bowie, Md./Good Counsel), and Marie Oben (Glenn Dale, Md./St. Mary's, Annapolis).  In the past four seasons, the senior class is 37-25-7 overall, which includes a 19-9-2 conference record.  The Seahawks made back-to-back appearances in the Capital Athletic Conference semifinals in 2005 and 2006 and will be making another one this season.  St. Mary's advanced for the first time ever to the CAC Championship game in 2006 as well.

St. Mary's will be idle for the next eight days before hosting one of two conference semifinal match-ups on Tuesday, November 4 at 2:30.  The Seahawks drew a first round bye in the upcoming CAC Tournament which begins November 1 after finishing as the No. 2 seed in the league standings.