NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--An own goal with 17 minutes left lifted the Keene State College women's soccer team to a 3-2 road win over Smith College on non-conference action on Thursday.

The Owls improve to 8-4-2, while the Pioneers drop to 5-5-3.  It was career win No. 350 for KSC head coach Denise Lyons, moving her into fifth place amongst active NCAA Division III coaches.

Twice the teams traded goals less than three minutes apart - Olivia Mallari had given Smith a 1-0 lead in the 32nd minute, but Kali Santino equalized 2:44 later with an unassisted goal.  

Jackie Foody restored Smith's lead 13 minutes into the second half, only to see KSC's Rebecca Costello knot the score again just 1:43 later off a free kick.

The game remained at 2-2 until the 73:02 mark when Innis Hitt headed into her own net following a Keene State corner.

Taylor Farland rattled the post for the Owls with seven minutes left, and though the Pioneers forced a pair of corners in the final three minutes, they could not come up with a third goal.

Danielle Warhall made three saves in net for the Owls, while Smith counterpart Camryn Biasin did not have to make a stop.

Keene State heads to UMass Dartmouth on October 17 for a Little East Conference game that begins at 4 p.m.  Smith hosts MIT at 2 p.m. on the same day.