Game Notes: Women's Lax Battles Former League Foe Boston U. (April 13)

UNH Women's Lacrosse: GAME 13
UNH (6-6, 3-0 America East) at Boston University (6-6, 4-2 Patriot League)
Wednesday, April 13 • Nickerson Field • 4 p.m.
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THE MATCHUP
UNH has a 14-23 lifetime record against former conference rival Boston University. The Wildcats and Terriers have split the matchups since BU left the America East conference in 2013 with each team winning at home. UNH has won two out of the last three and three out of last five matchups against BU. New Hampshire has had recent success at home by winning the last three matchups in Durham. The 'Cats have not won at BU since 2004, when they won 7-6.

The most recent matchup was a 9-8 overtime victory for UNH at home last April. New Hampshire opened the game with a 2-0 run before BU scored its first goal of the game. The Terriers eventually tied the game at 3-3 before the Wildcats scored four straight to take a 7-3 lead. BU battled back to tie the game at 8-8 with two-and-a-half minutes to play. The game went in to overtime, where Rachael Nock scored the game winner on a player-up goal with 3:23 left in the overtime period.

UNH recorded the advantage in shots (25-15), ground balls (15-10), draw controls (15-6), and turnovers (14-19).

The last matchup that took place at BU was a 19-9 loss in the 2014 season. UNH tied the game early on at 3-3 before BU went on a 10-0 run to seize control of the game.

CENTURY MILESTONES
Senior captains Laura McHoul and Nicole Grote both attained a century milestone in the April 9 home game against Vermont. McHoul became the sixth player in program history to record 200 career points with the second of her six points, and Grote reached the 100-point milestone with the second of her four points.

McHoul entered that game with 198 career points and tallied an assist on each of UNH's first two goals to get to 200 five minutes into the game. She has 76 goals and a school-record 128 assists for 204 points.

Grote entered last Saturday's game vs. UVM with 98 career points and scored goals at 25:13 and 14:38 of the first half to reach 100 career points. She has 62 goals and 40 assists for 104 points.

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
UNH has won three consecutive games and 4 of 5 to improve to 6-6 overall. The Wildcats are 3-0 in America East and 2-4 on the road (1-4 in non-conference road games). The one non-conference road win was March 16 at Monmouth University (9-7).

The Wildcats' three-game win streak is the longest since the 2011 season, and the 'Cats are 3-0 in conference play for the first time since 2008, when they opened with wins against UMBC, Binghamton and Stony Brook.

New Hampshire has held the opposition to single figures in scoring each of the past three games, including a low of three by UMass Lowell on March 26. Overall, UNH has limited the opponent to single-digit goals six times and has won all six; conversely, the 'Cats are 0-6 when surrendering 10+ goals. UNH is 4-3 when scoring in double digits.

UNH is averaging 10.42 goals and 21.3 shots per game. The 'Cats have scored in double digits seven times with a high of 16 twice. The opposition has averaged 10.17 goals and 21.7 shots per game.

UNH has recorded the shot advantage in 4 of 12 games, the edge in ground balls 5 of 12 games and more draw controls in 6 of 12 games. The Wildcats have committed more turnovers in 7 of 12 games.

'CAT NIPS
Sophomore midfielder Carly Wooters has scored a goal every game this season with five multiple-goal efforts, including a career high of four at Dartmouth College (Feb. 23). Wooters leads the team in goals (21) and shots (40), and she is third in points (24). In other stats, she ranks second in ground balls, third in draw controls and fifth in caused turnovers.

Senior attacker Laura McHoul has recorded a point every game this season and that includes an active six-game assist streak. She has nine multiple-point games, including every game during the current assist streak. McHoul leads the team in assists (26) and points (38).

Sophomore attacker Krissy Schafer matched her career high of three goals against Vermont to extend her point streak to 10 games. She has a goal in 11 of 12 games overall this season with seven multiple-point efforts, including six games with multiple goals. Schafer ranks second on the squad in goals (20) and is fourth in points (22).

Junior attacker Devon Croke tied her personal best of three goals vs. UVM. After missing the first three games of the season, Croke opened the year with a seven-game goal streak and she has a goal in 8 of 9 games played with three multiple-goal performances.

INSIDE THE WIN STREAK
New Hampshire has outscored the opposition 37-20 with a 76-32 shot advantage during its three-game win streak. Those numbers calculate to a goal differential of 12.33 to 6.67 per game and a 25.3 to 10.7 shot margin.

The Wildcats have also recorded sizable advantages in ground balls (44-28), draw controls (37-25) and turnovers (32-52) during their win streak.

Laura McHoul has recorded a point on 16 of the team's 37 goals with two goals and 14 assists the past three games.

DOUBLING UP
Senior co-captains Nicole Grote (16g, 17a) and Laura McHoul (12g, 26a) are the two Wildcats who have reached double digits in both goals and assists.

NO. 9 CLIMBS INTO TIE AT NO. 4
Laura McHoul climbed into a tie for fourth place on UNH's career points leaderboard with her six-point effort against Vermont on April 9. McHoul entered that game at No. 6 with 198 points, recorded her 200^th career point, tied Sarah Von Bargen (203) and then tied Jessie Groszkowski (204) at No. 4 on the program's career leaderboard.

McHoul enters Wednesday's game with 76 goals and 128 assists for 204 points in 61 career games; those calculate to averages of 1.25 gpg, 2.10 apg and 3.34 ppg.

No. 3 on the all-time points list is Jess Burnap at 213. The top two are Karen Geromini (235) and Katie Leland (270).

ASSISTING HER WAY TO THE TOP
Laura McHoul entered the 2016 season already 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 increased this season's total to 26 with her four-assist effort this past Saturday vs. Vermont.

McHoul holds three of the program's top 10 single-season assist marks. She broke New Hampshire's single-season assist record with 39 in the 2014 season. She also holds No. 3 with 33 in 2013, No. 5 with 30 in 2015.

McHoul will forge a four-way tie [with Shaunna Kaplan (2010), Mandy Kernan (1993) and Karen Geromini (1987)] at No. 8 with her next assist, which will be her 27^th of the season. Katie Leland currently is No. 7 (29 in 2006) and McHoul is tied at No. 5 with Leland (30 in 2004).

NOTABLE NUMBERS vs. VERMONT (April 9)
UNH utilized two first half runs of 3-0 and a 4-1 second-half spurt to defeat the University of Vermont, 12-9, under the lights at Cowell Stadium on April 9.

After falling behind 1-0 just 39 seconds into the game, UNH scored the next three goals – in a span of 2 minutes, 30 seconds – and held the lead the last 54:23 of the game.

The Wildcats outscored the Catamounts 3-0 the final 15 minutes of the first half to extend the advantage to 6-2 heading into halftime.

After UVM closed within 8-7 at 23:10 of the second half, UNH went on a 4-1 run the next 20 minutes to match its largest lead of the game at 12-8.

UNH recorded the edge in shots (21-16) and draw controls (13-10), and also committed fewer turnovers (12-14). The ground balls were even at 11.

Vermont had won each of the previous five matchups in this Battle of the 'Cats. New Hampshire had not defeated the Catamounts since May 1, 2010 (18-10 on the road) and the Wildcats' previous home win was 17-4 in April 2009.

CONFERENCE CALL
On the America East leaderboards, Laura McHoul is No. 3 in assists per game (2.17) and No. 10 in points per game (3.17). Nicole Grote ranks fifth in assists/game (1.42). Also of note, Hope Kissick (Cohasset, Mass.) is fifth in caused turnovers per game (1.17).

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE
Kate Clancy has returned to reprise her role as starting goalkeeper. Through 12 games, the sophomore has stopped 91 of 209 shots on goal for a 10.55 GAA and .435 save percentage.

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

GET THAT BALL
Hope Kissick leads UNH in both ground balls (25) and caused turnovers (14), and she ranks second in draw controls (18). Kissick matched her career high of five ground balls and tallied a season-high three caused turnovers vs. UMass Lowell (March 26). She has led the team in caused turnovers 5 of 12 games.

WINNING WEDNESDAYS
New Hampshire is unbeaten on Wednesday this season with a home win against Holy Cross (16-6 on March 2) and another victory at Monmouth (9-7 on March 16).

SCOUTING THE TERRIERS
Boston University has a 6-6 overall record that includes 4-2 in the Patriot League and 2-3 at home. The Terriers are 4-2 in their last six games and have alternated wins and losses the past five games. This past Saturday, BU won 15-10 at Lafayette by outscoring them 10-2 in the second half.

The Terriers average 11.83 goals and 29.4 shots per game while opponents are averaging 10.67 goals and 25.8 shots per game. BU has been a stronger second-half team with a 77-59 scoring edge and 185-139 shooting advantage; in comparison, the opponents hold a slight first-half edge in goals (69-65) and shots (171-169).

Name GP/GS G-A-Pts
Ally Adams 12/9 20-10-30
Mallory Collins 12-12 24-5-29
Mickinzie Larivee 12-12 24-4-28
Taylor Hardison 12-12 2-21-23

Name GP/GS Minutes GAA Sv% Rec
Caroline Meegan 9/9 524:08 10.42 .500 5-4
Christine Laible 5/3 195:52 11.33 .403 1-2

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