St. Mary's junior forward Kaitlin Boswell scored in the 66th minute for the only goal of the match as the Seahawks captured the program's first Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) championship with a 1-0 victory over York (Pa.) College Saturday afternoon.

The second-seeded Seahawks (12-2-3) were making only the program's second appearance in the CAC title match.  Their first trip to the championship game was two years ago in head coach Brianne Weaver's first year at the helm, resulting in a 4-0 setback vs. Salisbury.

With today's 1-0 win, St. Mary's earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament.  The tournament bracket announcement will be streamed online on Monday, November 10 at noon on NCAA.com.

After getting by a York defensive tackle, Boswell picked up her dribble and went deeper in the box before sailing a high chip over the head of freshman goalkeeper Sarah Spanarkel (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) for what proved to be the lone game-winner.

York (11-7-2), the defending CAC champion, had two good opportunities to get on the scoreboard - one in each half. 

Their first opportunity came in the 31st minute when sophomore Steph Mergler (Street, Md./North Harford) blasted in a shot from outside the box that SMC senior goalie Marie Oben (Glenn Dale, Md./St. Mary's, Annapolis) tipped over the crossbar.  The next one came with 6:30 left in the game when sophomore Ali Jones (Riva, Md./Archbishop Spalding) took a hard, 10-yard shot that Oben quickly reacted to for the save.

The Spartans posted the advantage in both offensive categories as YCP outshot the Seahawks, 12-9, and earned nine corner kicks to SMCM's three.

 Oben finished the contest with five stops while Spanarkel came up with four.