PHILADELPHIA (5/6/01) - The St. Joseph's softball seniors were treated to a nice Senior Day ceremony prior to Sunday's game with La Salle, and a party after the game. In between, the quartet of Heather Chapman, Kristin Doris, Jess Ryan and Michele Wolfe took the field as starters together for the first time in their four-year careers. Although the scoreboard (La Salle 8, SJU 5) did not proclaim them winners following the game, they will always be winners on Hawk Hill. La Salle, which ended the season 9-8, took an early 1-0 lead, collecting four first inning hits off Doris (2-3) with second baseman Lisa Ferraina driving home Jilian Stombock with an RBI single. A Missy Rhoades RBI single tied the game for SJU in the bottom of the inning, and then the Hawks took charge with three runs in the second to take a 4-1 lead. Ryan started the inning with a one-out walk. Co-captains Kristin Nau (3-4, 2 2Bs) and Teresa Andreani then delivered hit back to back RBI doubles for the big blows in the inning. La Salle cut it to 4-3 with two runs in the fourth with Alexis Schneider (4-5 on the day) delivering a two-run single. The Explorers broke the game open an inning later, scoring five runs in the frame. Ferraina and Julie Reiss each contributed RBI singles in the inning. SJU's last run came on a sacrifice fly by Andreani in the fifth, driving in Nau who had doubled. Ali Wood retired the final nine in a row to pick up her fifth win of the year for the Explorers. For the Hawk seniors, it was a day to remember. Chapman, a regular starter, is used to playing every day, but it was a first to have all four on the field in the same starting lineup. Doris was making just her sixth start on the mound this season and Ryan and Wolfe were making just their seventh and fourth starts, respectively. With the team's spot in the A-10 Tournament resolved, the Hawks could relax and not worry about the outcome. And that was exactly what the squad did, making it a good break before the pressure again starts to mount with next week's games. The Hawks (21-21-1, 12-9 in A-10) will open at the Verizon Atlantic 10 Softball Championships as the #3 seed, playing Temple, the #2 seed, on Thursday at Dayton at 2:00 PM. Top-seed UMass will take on #4 seed Rhode Island in the other game (Noon).