Game Notes: Women's Lax Renews Series at Harvard (March 12, 1 pm)

UNH Women's Lacrosse: GAME 7
New Hampshire (2-4) at Harvard (3-1)
Saturday, March 12 • Jordan Field • 1 p.m.
Video | Stats

THE MATCHUP
UNH has a 17-19 lifetime record against Harvard University. The series began in 1978 and the teams met annually from 1987-2011, but have not played since then. The Crimson have won each of the last two meetings – 8-6 at home in 2011 and 10-9 in double overtime at UNH in 2010. The Wildcats prevailed 11-9 in overtime at Harvard (Cumnock Turf) in 2009.

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
UNH has a 2-4 overall record that includes 0-2 on the road with a 16-4 loss at UMass (Feb. 20) and 11-10 setback at Dartmouth College (Feb. 23).

The Wildcats went 1-2 on their three-game homestand with a 16-6 win against College of the Holy Cross surrounded by losses to No. 20 UConn and Fairfield University.

New Hampshire is averaging 9.50 goals and 20.0 shots per game. The 'Cats have scored in double digits three times with a high of 16 in the aforementioned win vs. Holy Cross. The opposition has averaged 11.67 goals and 25.7 shots per game.

Five of UNH's six games have been decided by a goal differential of at least six goals. The only exception was an 11-10 loss at Dartmouth.

'CAT NIPS
Sophomore goalkeeper Kate Clancy recorded a career-high 13 saves, including nine in the first half, in last Saturday's 16-6 loss to Fairfield. Clancy had tallied a personal best of 12 saves four times overall, including consecutive games at UMass and at Dartmouth this season.

Sophomore midfielder Carly Wooters extended her goal streak to six games with one tally vs. Fairfield.

Senior attacker Laura McHoul extended her point streak to six games with a goal against the Stags. She opened the year with an assist each of the first five games.

Sophomore midfielder Devan Miller was the only Wildcat to record multiple points last Saturday. She finished the game with two goals.

EIGHT IS ENOUGH
Senior attacker Nicole Grote recorded a career-high eight points vs. Holy Cross (March 2) by matching her personal bests in both goals (four) and assists (four). The eight points marked the highest total by a Wildcat since April 6, 2013, when Laura McHoul tallied nine points (two goals, seven assists).

Grote leads the team in assists (eight) and points (14), as well as shooting percentage (.667).

NO. 9 CLIMBS TO NO. 7
Laura McHoul climbed into a tie for seventh place on UNH's career points leaderboard with a goal vs. Fairfield on March 5. McHoul now has 179 career points, the same number that Liz Brickley amassed. Directly ahead of them is No. 6 Shaunna Kaplan (187).

McHoul enters Saturday's game with 72 goals and 107 assists for 179 points in 55 career games; those calculate to averages of 1.31 gpg, 1.95 apg and 3.25 ppg.

107 AND COUNTING
Laura McHoul entered the 2016 season as UNH's record holder for career assists with 102; she supplanted Karen Geromini, who tallied 101 assists, as the record holder last season. McHoul tallied one assist each of the first five games to increase that total to 107.

McHoul broke New Hampshire's single-season assist record with 39 in the 2014 season. She also holds No. 3 with 33 in 2013 and No. 5 with 30 in 2015.

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE
Kate Clancy returns to reprise her role as starting goalkeeper. Through six games, she has stopped 57 of 125 shots on goal for an 11.89 GAA and .456 save percentage.

Clancy made a career-high 13 saves last time out – March 5 vs. Fairfield. She matched her career high of 12 saves in consecutive games at UMass (Feb. 20) and at Dartmouth (Feb. 23).

GET THE BALL
Junior defender Hope Kissick has led New Hampshire in ground balls three of six games with a season high of three against both Hofstra and Holy Cross. She has also led the 'Cats in caused turnovers three times with a high of two vs. Holy Cross. Furthermore, Kissick has recorded the most draw controls twice.

FIRST STRIKE
UNH took a 1-0 lead each of the first three games of the season, but the opponent has struck first each of the last three games. The Wildcats have a 1-2 record regardless of who scores first.

AT THE HALF
New Hampshire has held the lead at halftime three times and has gone on to win two of those games. UNH is 0-3 when trailing at the half.

50/75
Senior attacker Nicole Grote recorded both her 50^th career goal and 75^th career point March 2 vs. Holy Cross. Grote recorded point 75 with the first of her four goals that game, which came at 27:53 of the first half. She netted goal No. 50 at 15:12 of the first half.

Grote currently has 52 goals and 31 assists for 83 career points in 55 games. Laura
McHoul is the only current 'Cat with more goals or points.

IT'S A DRAW
Devan Miller was in the center circle for UNH's draw controls against Holy Cross on March 2. The Wildcats won 18 of 23 draws (78.3%) with Miller gaining possession on 10 of them, and that is the highest total by any 'Cat since March 28, 2009, when Allie Duclos had 11 DCs.

NINE IN A ROW
The Wildcats scored nine consecutive goals in the second half vs. Holy Cross to extend their lead from 7-4 to 16-4. The run spanned 22 minutes, 12 seconds and is the longest stretch of consecutive goals by UNH this season.

NO GOAL FOR YOU
New Hampshire shut out Holy Cross for a stretch of 26 minutes, 22 seconds in the second half to mark the longest scoreless streak by an opponent this season. The 'Cats also held the Crusaders without a goal for 25:41 in the first half.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON
Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) enters Saturday's matchup vs. UNH with a 3-1 overall record that includes 1-0 in the Ivy League; all four games were on the road.

Harvard utilized an 8-0 scoring run in the first half to break away from Columbia University and pick up a 15-6 win in its Ivy League opener at Columbia on March 5. The Crimson kept the Lions scoreless for more than 30 minutes overlapping the first and second halves. Junior attack Marisa Romeo led all players with four goals and five points. Sophomore midfielder Julia Glynn led the team in assists with three while also scoring a goal for four points. Megan Hennessey led the team in ground balls with six. Senior goalie Kelly Weis made seven saves to earn her third victory of the season. The Crimson outshot the Lions, 28-16, and owned the edge in ground balls, 25-18. Harvard went 15-of-15 on clear attempts to make the team a perfect 53 of 53 on clears this season.

The Harvard women's lacrosse team is averaging 14.0 goals and 33.0 shots per game. Romeo is the team's leading scorer with 10 goals and is atop the shots leaderboard with 22, 16 of those being on net for a 72.7 shots on goal percentage.

Glynn is the team's leader in points by accumulating eight goals and six assists for 14 points; she also had a team-high eight caused turnovers. She has collected eight ground balls and won five draw controls, which is good for second and third, respectively.

Weis has started all four games and made 27 saves for a .491 save percentage. Weiss has allowed 28 goals for an 8.68 goals against average. Also of note, Hennessey has a team-high 13 ground balls and is second in caused turnovers (six).

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Recent Results