STANDISH — Sophomore guard Sadie DiPierro knocked down four 3-pointers and tallied a career-high 16 points to help the University of New England women’s basketball team to a 60-52 non-conference victory over Saint Joseph’s College on Monday evening at the Harold Alfond Center.

The Nor’easters move to 15-2 overall with the triumph, while the Monks slip back to 13-4 on the year. It marks the 10th straight meeting between the teams where UNE has come out on top.

UNE got a team-high 17 points out of junior Kelly Coleman, who also picked up six rebounds. Sophomore Meghan Gribbin added nine points, and classmate Lauren Hayden had eight to go with seven rebounds and four steals. First-year Alicia Brown ended with seven points and a game-high 10 boards as well as four blocks.

St. Joe’s was led by Abby Young with 18 points and eight rebounds. Morgan Cahill added 14, and Lindsay Moore recorded 11 points to go with four steals.

The teams traded the advantage in the early stages of the first half, and the Monks were ahead by one (9-8) before a 9-0 run from DiPierro and Gribbin left the Nor’easters with the lead for good.

The margin swung between nine (20-11) and three (22-19) as the period continued, and settled on a 26-23 UNE edge at halftime.

Cahill netted the opening hoop of the 2nd frame to trim the deficit to one, but that would be as close as the home side got. The Nor’easters answered with seven straight points, and maintained a cushion between five (49-44) and 13 points (60-47) the rest of the way.

With the out-of-league portion of its schedule complete, UNE will get back to its Commonwealth Coast Conference docket on Wednesday with a home match against Eastern Nazarene College at 5:30 p.m.