BOSTON -- Salve Regina University women's basketball junior Sophie Hjerpe (Northborough, Mass.) led the Seahawks with a career-high 12 points but the Seahawks fell against the Rams of Suffolk University, 65-48, in non-league action at Smith Court in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday evening.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Suffolk 65, Salve Regina 48
Records: Salve Regina (0-2, 0-0 NEWMAC), Suffolk (3-0, 0-0 CNE)
History: These programs meet for the 17th time in women's basketball since the series began in 1985. With their in Boston, the Rams took an 9-8 edge in the all-time series. Salve Regina swept Suffolk (62-42 at home; 70-66 on the road) in its last season as fellow members of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (now known as the Conference of New England).

SUMMARY

• 1Q | Both teams took 14 field goal attempts with Suffolk making half (7) and Salve Regina making two fewer. Sofia Neary's layup at 4:40 gave Salve Regina its first lead (10-9) and Hannah Lauenstein followed with a pair of free throws. Emma Cochrane had two from the charity stripe in the final minute before Allison Bono closed out the first quarter scoring with a layup. | RAMS 17, SEAHAWKS 14
• 2Q | The Rams doubled up the Seahawks in this period, 12-to-6. Salve Regina made just two of 19 from the floor to shoot under 11 percent in the quarter. Marissa Forino's free throws at 5:09 kept the margin at three (21-18) before Jordan Moreau's layup started an 8-2 Ram run to close out the first half. | RAMS 29, SEAHAWKS 20
• 3Q | Salve Regina outscored Suffolk by three in the third. Sophie Hjerpe started the scoring with a layup before the Seahawks were down by a dozen (40-28 at 6:23). Hannah Lauenstein followed a defensive rebound by Hjerpe and started a 9-0 run for the Seahawks with a layup and then a 3-pointer. Sofia Neary's layup was followed by another basket from Hjerpe and the Seahawks trailed by only three (40-37 at 3:46). Olivia Verdile's 3-pointer were the last points in the period at 3:24. | RAMS 43, SEAHAWKS 37
• 4Q | Jordan Moreau's free throws got the Rams into a double-digit lead for the first time at 6:11 and Ava Thurman expanded the margin to 17 with four freebies in the final 1:09. | RAMS 65, SEAHAWKS 48

NOTEWORTHY

• Hjerpe was joined in double figures by Hannah Lauenstein (10 pts) and Sofia Neary (10 pts).
• Neary came up just shy of a double-double with nine rebounds; all her boards came in the first half.
• Salve Regina scored 38 of its 48 points in the paint.

ON THE HORIZON
Salve Regina plays in the Hamilton Tip-Off Classic against the host Continentals on Friday evening (7 p.m.) before a matchup with St. John Fisher University on Saturday afternoon (1 p.m.) in Clinton, New York.