KEENE, N.H. (11/4/01) - Connie Spearnak's (Fort Collins, Co.) goal at the 9:38 mark of overtime gave seventh seed Wellesley College a 3-2 upset win over top seed Keene State College in the ECAC Division III Championship women's soccer game played Sunday in Keene.

Wellesely College (9-6-3), which upset #2 Springfield College (1-0) and #6 Babson (0-0, 8-7 penalty kicks) claims its first ECAC title. Keene State concludes its season at 19-6, the most wins in the program's history. Jennifer Ortisi (Allenstown, NH) gave KSC a 1-0 lead with her ninth goal of the season at the 29:30 mark. When Melissa Bergeron (Claremont, NH) collided with a Wellesley defender, Ortisi fired the loose ball into the net.

Wellesley tied the score minutes later when Lanie Lee (Damarest, NJ) broke in alone after KSC thought the played would be ruled offsides. Lisa Andruszkiewicz took advantage of an Owl turnover to put Wellesley ahead 2-1 four minutes into the second half. KSC got the equalizer with 17 minutes to play when senior Celena Chickering (Keene, NH), playing in her final Owl game, slid the ball under Wellesley goalie Elizabeth Senecal (Wellesley MA). for her eighth of the season.

That set the stage for the game-winner by Sprearnak, who headed in a shot served into the box by Bridget Jones (Seattle, Wash.).

"I thought we had the edge on them after regulation, but they came down and scored," said KSC Coach Denise Lyons. We played well, it was a game that could have went either way."

"Give Wellesley credit," she added. They're a very strong team that never gave up. But we lose just three players, so hopefully we can return to a tournament next year."

Michelle Mason (Fairport, NY) had four saves for KSC while Senecal finished with 11 saves for Wellesley.

Sophomore defender Kelly Kehm (York, Pa.) of Wellesley was named Tournament MVP.