KEENE, N.H. 9/15/07 - Senior midfielder Kathleen Keniston (Minneapolis, Minn.) finished with two goals and three assists and freshman forward Katie Bradford (Lebanon, N.H.) had two goals and an assist to lead Keene State College to a 7-2 Little East Conference women's soccer victory over Southern Maine at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday.
 

The Owls took a 1-0 lead when Keniston headed in a cross ball from Bradford at the 13:18 mark.
 

The Huskies tied the game at the 19:26 mark.  Natasha Levandowski (Portland, Me.) got possession of a loose ball and fed Caitlin Brown (Camden, Me.) for the goal.

KSC scored the next three goals of the game to take a 4-1 lead.
 

The Owl pulled ahead 2-1 just 34 seconds after the USM goal when Bradford finished off a lead pass Keniston.  It was Bradford's team-leading sixth goal of the season.  Molly Brunelle (Walpole, N.H.) set up the Owls' third goal with a lead pass into the box.  Keniston took the ball and fired it into the far corner for her second goal of the game.  Kaitlin Waltz (Southington, Conn.) completed KSC's first half scoring when she brought the ball down the right side and fired a shot off the hands of USM goalie Alison Bradley (Auckland, New Zealand).It was Waltz's first collegiate goal. 

In the second half, Bradford, Renee Halsey (Francestown, N.H.), and Jodi Theriault (Woodstock, Conn.) scored for the Owls.  Levandowski found the back of the net for USM.
Both teams split the goaltending duties. Samantha Hirsh (Holliston, Mass.) and Ashley Molloy (Manchester, N.H.) finished with three saves each in their half of play for the Owls.   Bradley had seven first half saves for the Huskies and Meghan Ibar (Milwaukee, WI.) stopped five Owl shots in the second half.

Keene State is back home on Tuesday for a non-conference game against Middlebury (6 p.m.).  Southern Maine hosts Maine-Farmington on Wednesday (3:30 p.m.).