Nerbonne Scores Three Goals in 6-2 Win vs. Dartmouth

Sunday, October 30

Durham, NH

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

(7-11)

Dartmouth College

(4-12)

Dartmouth

New Hampshire

10/30/2016 5:19:00 PM | Field Hockey

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Nerbonne, Hozza Celebrate Senior Day with Victory

DURHAM, N.H. – Senior forward Lindsey Nerbonne (Bow, N.H.) scored three goals on Senior Day to propel the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Sunday afternoon's 6-2 non-conference victory against Dartmouth College at Memorial Field.

UNH, which honored Nerbonne and classmate Jackie Hozza (Sinking Spring, Pa.) prior to the game, has won four of its last five games to end the regular season at 7-11. Dartmouth is now 4-12.

The three goals and six points matched career highs for Nerbonne.

The Wildcats will be the East Division third seed in next week's America East Championships at the University of Pacific. UNH will face either Stanford University or University of Pacific – the host school – in a Nov. 4 quarterfinal.

GAME INFO
Date: October 30, 2016
Location: Memorial Field (Durham, N.H.)
Attendance: 212
Score: UNH 6, Dartmouth 2
Updated Records: UNH (7-11, 4-4 America East), Dartmouth (4-12, 0-6 Ivy)

GAME RECAP

New Hampshire scored four times in a span of 11 minutes, 16 seconds to take a 4-0 lead less than 22 minutes into the game.
Ashley Mendonca (Brampton, Ontario) struck first at 9:55 when she advanced from the 25 to the top of the circle and blasted a low shot into the cage.
Nerbonne extended the advantage to 2-0 at 13:09. She corralled the ball low in the circle, turned and, while falling to the ground, swept a low shot inside the right side of the goal.
The Wildcats converted a penalty corner into a goal and 3-0 advantage at 19:24. Katie Audino (Severn, Md.) inserted the ball to the top of the circle for Rachel Bossi (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Jessica Schmidt (Warrington, Pa.) scored on a direct shot.
Another corner resulted in a goal to make it a 4-0 margin at 21:11. Audino executed a short corner to Nerbonne on the left side, and her low drive deflected off goalkeeper Emma Plumb's leg pads into the cage.
Dartmouth earned its first corner of the game in the 32^nd minute and parlayed that into a goal that trimmed the deficit to 4-1. On the left side, Morgan Philie collected Sarah Tabeek's pass from the top of the circle and scored on a low shot at 32:21.
UNH took that three-goal lead into halftime with sizable advantages in shots (15-3) and penalty corners (5-1).
The Big Green closed within 4-2 just 1:51 into the second half to give the visitors two goals in a span of 5:30. Dartmouth was awarded a penalty stroke and Amrit Ahluwalia entered the game. She calmly flicked a shot inside the right post, and returned to the bench.
New Hampshire regained momentum, however, and the 'Cats were given a penalty stroke at 50:01. Nerbonne, who was on the bench, reentered the game and rifled a shot to the bottom-right corner for her third goal of the game and a 5-2 lead. She also returned to the bench after scoring on the stroke.
Tiana Morin (Barre, Mass.) closed the scoring with 40 seconds remaining as she drove on the right endline and slipped a shot into the cage.

'CAT NIPS

Nerbonne is No. 9 on the program's career goals leaderboard with 37. Her 81 points is tied for 11^th with Becky Craigue (1995-98).
Nerbonne and Mendonca are now tied for the team lead in goals with 12.
Nerbonne's three-goal effort marked the first hat trick by a Wildcat since Aug. 29, 2015, when she struck three times vs. UMass.
Audino matched her personal best of two assists and she is second on the squad with nine helpers this season.
Madelyn McAteer (Annapolis, Md.) entered the game in goal for the final 8:13 and did not face a shot, but she did make a sliding tackle to deny a Dartmouth scoring chance with two minutes left in the game.
The six goals marked a season high for UNH, which had scored a high of three goals three times.
The 28 shots tied the season high established Oct. 2 vs. Vermont.

SHOTS: UNH 15-13–28. DC 3-2–5.

PENALTY CORNERS: UNH 5-5–10. DC 1-0–1.

GOALS
UNH (6): Lindsey Nerbonne (3), Ashley Mendonca, Tiana Morin, Jessica Schmidt
DC (2): Amrit Ahluwalia, Morgan Philie

ASSISTS
UNH (3): Katie Audino (2), Rachel Bossi
DC (1): Sarah Tabeek

SAVES
UNH: Kelsey Rudert 2-0-2 (61:47; 2 GA) [Win] … Madelyn McAteer x-0–0 (8:13; 0 GA)
DC: Emma Plumb 5-5–10 (70:00; 0 GA) [Loss]

DEFENSIVE SAVES
UNH (0)
DC (0)