UNH WEEKLY ROUNDUP
April 19, 2010

WEEKLY AWARDS
Amber Casiano, women's lacrosse- Rookie of the Week (America East)
Ashlee Lathrop, women's track & field- Women's Field Performer of the Week (America East)

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Wednesday, April 14
Men's track & field at Holy Cross Decathlon
Women's track & field at Holy Cross Heptathlon
Thursday, April 15
Men's track & field at Holy Cross Decathlon
Women's track & field at Holy Cross Heptathlon
Friday, April 16
Men's track & field at Larry Ellis Invitational (Princeton University)
Women's track & field at Larry Ellis Invitational (Princeton University)
Saturday, April 17
Women's lacrosse- at UNH 17, Binghamton 8
 1985 NCAA national championship team (25th anniversary) honored at halftime
Men's track & field at Larry Ellis Invitational (Princeton University)- non-scoring meet
Women's track & field at Larry Ellis Invitational (Princeton University)- non-scoring meet

UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, April 20
Men's track & field vs. Rhode Island at Holy Cross, 2 pm
Saturday, April 24
Women's lacrosse vs. Albany, 1 pm (Senior Day)
Men's track & field- Wildcat Invitational, 11 am
Women's track & field- Wildcat Invitational, 11 am
Wednesday, April 28
Women's lacrosse at Boston College, 4 pm

WOMEN’S LACROSSE (9-4, 3-1 America East)
    •    UNH scored a season-high 17 goals in a nine-goal victory against Binghamton on April 17 to improve to 6-1 at home this season. The Wildcats have won five of their last six games overall.
    •    Shaunna Kaplan (Framingham, Mass.) recorded her 100th career goal with the second of her two tallies vs. Binghamton. She is currently third on UNH's career assist leaderboard (73) and eighth in points (173).
    •    Freshman midfielder Amber Casiano (South Windsor, Conn.) was honored as the America East Rookie of the Week for the second straight week. It marked the fourth consecutive week and fifth time overall this season a UNH player received the honor.
    •    Seven Wildcats scored multiple goals vs. Binghamton. JoJo Curro (Amherst, N.H.) tallied a team-high three goals and also had an assist for a total of four points.
    •    UNH will honor Kaplan and Kellen Millard (Reading, Mass.) – the two seniors – prior to the April 24 game vs. Albany. It is the last regular-season home game for the 'Cats, who conclude the regular season with road games against Boston College and Vermont.

MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
    •    UNH had one competitor at the Holy Cross Decathlon (April 14-15) and then traveled to compete at the non-scoring Larry Ellis Invitational that was held April 16-17 at Princeton University.
    •    Anders Nordquist (Wolfeboro, N.H.) finished in sixth place at the decathlon. He recorded the best effort in the shot put (12.71 meters) and tied for second in the high jump (1.90m).
    •    Brice Paey (Milton, N.H.) took first place in the shot put at the Larry Ellis Invitational with an NCAA Regional-qualifying throw of 17.48 meters.
    •    Michael Simon (Durham, Conn.) finished first in the javelin with a throw of 59.33 meters. Chris Morgan (Goffstown, N.H.) placed fourth with a mark of 57.46m.
    •    UNH had seven other top-six efforts that included runner-up finishes by Matt O'Connor (Rhinebeck, N.Y.) in the 3,000m steeplechase and Will Brehm (Pembroke, N.H.) in the 100m. O'Connor crossed the finish line with an NCAA Regional-qualifying time of 8 minutes, 58.57 seconds.
    •    Paul DeTurk (Durham, N.H.) had an NCAA Regional-qualifying mark of 60.34m in the hammer throw; he placed fourth in the event.
    
WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
    •    UNH sent three student-athletes to compete at the Holy Cross Heptathlon (April 14-15) and then traveled to the non-scoring Larry Ellis Invitational that was held at Princeton University from April 16-17.
    •    UNH won three events at the Larry Ellis Invitational. Ashlee Lathrop (Sherburne, N.Y.) won the hammer throw with a toss of 55.51 meters. Erica Jesseman (Scarborough, Maine) ran to victory in the 3000m by crossing the finish line in 10 minutes, 13.27 seconds. In the 1500m, Elizabeth Campbell (Colonia, N.J.) led a 1-2 finish with a time of 4:41.05; Jennifer Racine (Haverhill, Mass.) followed in 4:42.38.
    •    Camille Quarles (Derry, N.H.) had a strong meet with second place in the long jump with a leap of 5.65m and fourth place in the triple jump at 11.86m.
    •    The Wildcats' 4x400m relay team of Megan Dohohue (Stratham, N.H.), Allison Letourneau (Kingston, Nova Scotia), Brittany Verville (Bow, N.H.) and Allison Brehm (Pembroke, N.H.) finished fourth with a time of 3:57.33.
    •    UNH's 4x100 relay team comprised of Tayla Ryan (Norwood, Mass.), Chelsey Canavan (Stoneham, Mass.), Elizabeth Adejuyigbe (Penacook, N.H.) and Brehm placed fifth in 49.47 seconds.
    •    At the Holy Cross Heptathlon, Kelly Thomas (Chichester, N.H.) finished third overall with 4,416 points and was followed by Kate Early (Corning, N.Y.) and Kaitlyn Duggan (Hatfield, Pa.) in fourth and fifth, respectively, with 4,411 and 4,307 points.
    •    Thomas was the second-fastest runner in the final event – the 800 meters – with a mark of 2 minutes, 24 seconds. She had the third-best effort in the shot put (10.12m).
    •    Early recorded the top mark of 10.85 meters in the shot put, the second-longest throw in the javelin (30.64m) and the third-best mark in the high jump (1.63m).
    •    Dugan recorded the third-fastest time in the 200m with a time of 26.76 seconds as well as the third-best mark of 5.22m in the long jump.