KEENE, N.H. 9/26/01 - Britt Kittelsen's (Minneapolis, MN) goal with 2:33 to play gave Middlebury College a come-from-behind women's soccer victory over host Keene State College on Wednesday.

Melissa Bergeron (Claremont, NH) led KSC with a goal and two assists.

The Owls took a 2-0 lead, scoring two goals within a six- minute span midway in the first half. Beth Vachon (Amherst, NH) took a centering pass and went top shelf for her second goal of the season and Bergeron made it a 2-0 game went she was sent in alone and netted her team-leading fourth goal of the year.

Middlebury cut the lead in half with seven minutes to play on a goal by Michaela Dietz (Cooperstown, NY).

After the Panthers tied the game on a goal by Leah Cumsky-Whitlock (Newton, MA.), Keene State took its last lead of the game on a goal by Jen Ortisi (Allenstown, NH). Following a throw-in by Bergeron, Vachon fed the ball to Ortisi, who had the ball go off her shoulder into the net. It was her second goal of the season.

Middlebury came right back to tie the game four minutes later on a goal by Meg Bonney (Norwich, Vt.). With time running out Kittleson got the game-winner when she picked up a lose ball in the crease and slid it past Owl goalie Michelle Mason into the open net.

Mason, who made several outstanding saves for KSC, finished with eight saves. Ali Connolly (Marblehead, MA.) had five saves for the Panthers (5-2).

Keene State (7-3) returns to LEC play on Saturday when they travel to Southern ME.