ORLANDO, FL (03/05/01) - Even though the two schools are located only 15 miles from one another, Villanova and St. Joseph's traveled nearly 1,000 miles to do battle over Spring Break at The Rebel Games held in Orlando, Florida. The two teams battled in a 10-inning early season thriller that saw Villanova's Kristen Romano single in Jackie Pasquerella in the tenth inning to secure the 2-1 victory for the Wildcats. In an extremely defensive battle, no pitcher allowed a run in the game's initial seven innings. Using the international tiebreaker rule both teams were given opportunities to score with a runner on second. Both teams failed to get a run across the plate in the first two extra innings. In the ninth inning, SJU tallied first to take a 1-0 advantage. Junior Teresa Andreani smacked a double, scoring Kristin Nau who was on second due to the tiebreaker rule. Villanova responded in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and send it into the fourth extra inning. After the Hawks were shut down in the top of the tenth, Pasquerella was placed on second for Villanova. Romano stepped to the plate and came through with a clutch hit to plate Pasquerella and give the Hawks their first loss of the season. Sophomore Brandi Adams took the loss for the Hawks. Adams struck out three while allowing only four hits. Andreani finished 2-4 with one RBI. The second game of the Hawks twinbill saw the debut of freshman hurler, Dana Travis. Bethune-Cookman proved to be too much for the rookie, as the Hawks were shutout, 6-0. Travis scattered seven hits with five strikeouts and three walks. Kristin Nau was the bright spot for SJU, posting two singles in the contest while freshman Lindsey McNamara collected her first career hit for SJU. The Hawks (0-2) take on Yale and Providence in a double header on Tuesday, March 6.