'KEENE, N.H. 11/13/02 - Annie Timson's (Derry, N.H.) goal with 12:45 to play lifted Keene State College to a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Babson College in a ECAC quarterfinal field hockey game played Wednesday in Keene, N.H.

With the victory KSC (15-8) advances to the semifinal round where they will play the winner of the Clark/Endicott College game on Saturday.

Deb Morris (Canton, MA.) gave Babson a quick 1-0 lead when she scored on a rebound just over a minute into the game.

After missing several scoring opportunities in the first half, KSC finally got on the board six minutes into the second half on a penalty corner goal by Kaitlin Henley (Somers, N.Y.). "It came across and I just swept it in," said Henley describing her eighth goal of the season.

The game-winner by Timson, her team-leading 16th of the season, also came on a penalty corner opportunity. "They were defending the high pass and Justina (Wentworth) sent it down to me for the goal," said Timson.  It's my senior year, I wanted to keep the season going."

The Beavers had a couple of good opportunities to tie the game.  Shannon Hawley (Shrewsbury, MA.) just missed the near post with a shot and KSC goalie Amy Carroll (Brunswick, ME) kicked away a drive by Kristy Mellinger (Stratsbury, PA) with 6:40 to play.

Carroll had six saves for KSC while Colleen Kelly (Limerick, PA) stopped eight shots for Babson, which concludes its season with a 14-9 record.

"We had a shaky start, but we were able to capitalize in the second half," said KSC Coach Amy Watson.  "We're at the play until you lose stage. This was a tough match-up #4 vs. #5 and could have gone either way. To get this win at home was nice.

In its last ECAC appearance in 2000, KSC lost to Clark (3-2) in a semifinal game.