'KEENE, N.H.  4/26/07 - Lanaya Nelson (Chester, Conn.) and Samantha Martella (Dixhills, N.Y.) scored two goals each to lead Keene State College to a 10-7 Little East Conference women's lacrosse victory over Southern Maine at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday.

Keene State (7-5, 4-2 LEC) will enter the Little East Tournament with a two game winning streak.  The third seeded Owls will find out its LEC first-round opponent on Sunbday when R.I. College plays Southern Maine. The loser will come to Keene on Tuesday.

 Southern Maine (5-7, 1-4 LEC), the fifth seed will face fourth seed UMass-Dartmouth in its first-round game.

Keene State took a 4-3 halftime lead on Nelson's second goal of the game.  Martella gave the Owls a 5-3 lead less than a minute into the second half, before the Huskies erupted for three straight goals.  Caitlin Albert (Scarborough, Me.) put USM  up 6-5 when she came from behind the net to beat Owl goalie Jen Gearing (Westfield, Mass.).  Andrea Mitchell (Bow, N.H.) tied the game less than a minute later when she walked in and beat USM goalie Katie Quartuccio (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.).  Following the face-off, Lauren Cooper scored as KSC regained the lead 7-6. Dene Tully (Peabody, Mass.) and Martella added goals to make it 9-6.

Mitchell finished the game with a goal and three assists for the Owls.

Virginia Flood (Acton, Me.) had two goals and an assist to lead USM.

Gearing made 14 saves for KSC.  Quartuccio stopped 16 shots for USM.