The Saint Anselm Hawks are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent

Saint Anselm College Saint Anselm College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1889, it is named after Saint Anselm of Canterbury. As of 2024, the college's enrollment was 2,094 students. History ...

, located in

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. They are members of

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Division II for most sporting competitions. The Hawks are primarily members of the

Northeast-10 Conference The Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states o ...

, where 21 of their 23 sports compete. The two exceptions are women's ice hockey and women’s bowling, which compete as de facto Division I member in the

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and the

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, respectively.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports (11) *Baseball *Basketball *Cross country *Football *Golf *Ice hockey *Lacrosse *Soccer *Indoor track & field *Outdoor track & field Women's sports (13) *Basketball *Bowling *Cross country *Field hockey *Golf *Ice hockey *Lacrosse *Soccer *Softball *Tennis *Indoor track & field *Outdoor track & field *Volleyball

National championships

Team

Individual programs

The college's athletic teams have been known as the Hawks since the mid-1930s. Prior to that, teams were "referred to as the Saints, the Hilltoppers, or simply St. Anselm's." In 1934, a contest was held to select a name, with Blue Jays as the winning entry. However, that name was dropped in favor of Hawks in 1935.

Football

The 1936 Saint Anselm Hawks football team finished the season undefeated, allowed zero points on defense, and knocked Holy Cross out of contention for the

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returned to the Hilltop in 1999 after a 58-year hiatus brought about by the onset of World War II. The team has played its home games at Grappone Stadium since the program's resumption. One of the college's greatest athletes was Ray "Scooter" McLean; he was coach of the

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in 1953 and 1958 and a

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(NFL) player for the

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, winning

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s in 1940, 1941, 1943 and 1946. In more recent years, Michael Geary (class of 2005) was a Second Team All NE-10 offensive lineman in 2003.

Ice hockey

Saint Anselm is known by locals as a "hockey school" as both the men's and women's teams have earned championships in their respective conferences. The men's team has won nine Northeast-10 Conference championships, (four in a row) most recently by defeating Saint Michael's in 2023. The Hawks performance in the 2012 Championship game set NE-10 records for most goals scored and largest margin of victory in a championship game. The women's team has earned the title of ECAC champions for two consecutive years, by defeating

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. In the 2012–13 season, the women held a record of 19–4–4 including a victory over

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ending their 40-game win streak and earning them 3rd place over all in the D-III ECAC East standings. The campus has a multimillion-dollar, ice arena, named after Thomas F. Sullivan. It is located next to Davison Dining Hall, and has a capacity of 2,700 fans.

Lacrosse

The Saint Anselm men's lacrosse team was runners up in the NEC-10 Championship in 2021 and wa
nationally ranked at #8
after an undefeated regular season. They qualified for the NCAA Division II Championship where they beat Seton Hill in the 1st round of playoffs, and lost to Le Moyne in the Quarterfinals.

References

External links

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