Nerbonne's Two Goals Lifts Field Hockey Past UMass, 2-1, in OT

Friday, August 26

Durham, NH

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

(1-0)

University of Massachusetts

(0-1)

OT 2

UMass

New Hampshire

Nerbonne's Two Goals Lifts Field Hockey Past UMass, 2-1, in OT

8/26/2016 8:27:00 PM | Field Hockey

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Senior Scores Game-Winner 93 Seconds into OT

DURHAM, N.H. – Lindsey Nerbonne (Bow, N.H.) scored two goals, including the game-winning goal 93 seconds into overtime, to rally the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Friday night's 2-1 victory against University of Massachusetts in Day 1 action of the Wildcat Classic at Memorial Field.

Earlier in the day, 17^th-ranked Boston University scored the first two goals of the game and held on for a 2-1 victory against 16^th-ranked Northwestern. Friday's games marked the season opener for all four teams competing in the Wildcat Classic.

On Sunday, UNH plays Boston U. in the championship game; start time is 2 p.m. UMass and Northwestern battle for third place at 11 a.m. Both games are at Memorial Field.

UNH 2, UMass 1 (OT)

UNH scored the game-winning goal on a penalty corner. Aggie Sutherland (Dauphin, Pa.) inserted the ball to the top of the circle for Nerbonne, whose bounding shot went over goalkeeper Emily Hazard into the cage.
An outstanding individual effort by Nerbonne tied the score, 1-1, with 6:58 remaining in regulation. She stole the ball inside the 25 and charged the cage from the top-left of the circle to create a 1-v-1 rush before scoring on a close-range shot.
UMass broke the scoreless tie at 56:40 when Nicole Miller, the shortest player on the field at 4-foot-11, corralled a loose ball in the middle of the circle, turned a fired a shot inside the left post.
In her first career start, sophomore Kelsey Rudert (North Grafton, Mass.) made seven saves – six in the second half – to earn her first career victory.
Hazard also finished with seven saves, four in the second half.
The Wildcats recorded a 6-2 shot advantage in the first half and a 10-8 margin in the second half. The 'Cats scored on the only shot of the extra session.
UNH also had a sizable edge in penalty corners at 7-2 overall, including 4-0 in the opening 35 minutes.
With both of its stick-stops on the bench in the 54^th minute, UNH executed a short corner to generate one of its best scoring chances in the game. Sutherland inserted to Jackie Hozza (Sinking Spring, Md.), who blasted a low shot toward the right post. Taylor Scafidi (Waltham, Mass.) was in position for a redirection, but the ball sailed high and wide of the near post, however, to keep the game scoreless.
UNH has won three straight, five of the last six and 8 of 11 vs. UMass dating back to the 2001 season. Six of the last seven matchups have gone into OT.

Boston U. 2, Northwestern 1

Allie Renzi finished Kali Schumock's feed with a shot from the top of the circle inside the left post to give BU a 1-0 lead at 13:35.
Renzi set up Amanda Cassera's goal 5:10 into the second half to extend the advantage to 2-0.
NU trimmed the deficit to one goal five minutes later when Dominique Masters drove alone the right endline and scored on a high shot.
BU's Cammy Jensen made nine saves while NU counterpart Lindsay von der Luft stopped two shots.

Northwestern recorded the edge in shots (14-6) and penalty corners (5-2).