October 18, 2009
LATE GAME HEROICS
DePasquale nets game winner

Traci DePasquale scored in the 88th minute to give La Salle a 2-1 win over Saint Joseph's in an Atlantic 10 Conference game Sunday afternoon at McCarthy Stadium.

With the victory, La Salle (10-5-2, 4-3-1 A-10) wins its 10th of the season, tying for the third most wins ever in a single season and marks the 39th win over the last four years, the best mark ever for a senior class.

Saint Joseph's (6-7-3, 3-4-1 A-10) took the lead, as Jen Pfeiffer took a cross from Lauren Sawyer and tallied her fourth of the season 21 minutes into the match.

La Salle answered back seven minutes later as Lauren Barker headed home a corner kick from DePasquale for her first goal of 2009.

With less than three minutes left in the game, DePasquale took a cross from Morgan Golden and tallied her eighth goal of the season and her second game winner of the year, the sixth of her career.

With the three-point afternoon, DePasquale now has 27 points, which leads the conference and is tied for the seventh most in a single season at the school.

Her 85 career points is now second all-time for a women's player at La Salle and she becomes just the fifth player, men's or women's, to reach the point total.

In net for the Explorers, picking up her 20th career victory was Melissa Sanger, who stopped eight Hawk shots, including two in the 83rd minute to keep the game tied. Christine Neal made three saves for the Hawks who outshot the Explorers 15-9.

The Explorers head to Fordham for a 7 PM game on Friday.