Game Notes: Women's Lax Tussles With No. 8 Stony Brook

UNH Women's Lacrosse: GAME 14
UNH (6-7, 3-0 America East) at No. 8 Stony Brook (9-3, 3-0 America East)
Saturday, April 16 • LaValle Stadium • 2 p.m.
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THE MATCHUP
UNH has a 7-7 lifetime record, including 3-4 on the road, against Stony Brook. These programs have met annually since Stony Brook joined the America East conference in the 2003 season.

The Wildcats have lost its last five tilts against the Seawolves, including a 13-4 result last year at Cowell Stadium. In that game, UNH struck first and the score was tied at 2 midway through the first half. The 'Cats also scored first in the second half to pull within 5-4, but SBU scored 38 seconds later and ended the game on an 8-0 run – including two goals in the last minute – to pull away for the 13-4 victory.

The Wildcats have lost three consecutive meetings at LaValle Stadium. SBU prevailed 13-5 in a 2014 America East semifinal and also won 15-5 earlier that year in the regular season.

New Hampshire's most recent victory in this series occurred April 16, 2011 in Durham by a score of 12-6. The 'Cats last won at Stony Brook, 12-8, in April 2010.

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
UNH enters Saturday's game at Stony Brook with a 6-7 overall record that includes 3-0 in America East and 2-5 on the road (1-0 in conference road games).

The Wildcats are coming off Wednesday's 14-7 loss at Boston University. UNH had entered the game on a season-best three-game win streak. There were three ties and three lead changes in the opening 24 minutes. The Terriers took a 6-4 lead at 6:12 of the first half and stayed in front the rest of the way.

UNH has limited the opponent to single-digit goals six times and has won all six; conversely, the 'Cats are 0-7 when surrendering 10+ goals. UNH is 4-3 when scoring in double digits.

UNH is averaging 10.15 goals and 20.9 shots per game. The 'Cats have scored in double digits seven times with a high of 16 twice. The opposition has averaged 10.46 goals and 22.5 shots per game.

UNH has recorded the shot advantage in 4 of 13 games, the edge in ground balls 5 of 13 games and more draw controls in 7 of 13 games. The Wildcats have committed more turnovers in 8 of 13 games.
'CAT NIPS
Sophomore midfielder Carly Wooters has scored a goal every game this season with six multiple-goal efforts, including four of the last five games. She recorded a career high of four at Dartmouth College (Feb. 23) and had two tallies this past Wednesday at Boston University.

Wooters leads the team in goals (23) and shots (45), and she is third in points (26). In other stats, she ranks second in ground balls, fourth in draw controls and tied for fourth in caused turnovers.

Senior attacker Laura McHoul has recorded a point every game this season with an assist in 11 of 13. She has nine multiple-point games, including every game during a six-game assist streak that spanned March 12 to April 9. McHoul leads the team in assists (26) and points (39).

Sophomore attacker Krissy Schafer extended her point – and goal – streak to 11 games with one tally at BU. She has a goal in 12 of 13 games overall this season with seven multiple-point efforts, including six games with multiple goals. Schafer ranks second on the squad in goals (21) and is fourth in points (23), as well as tied for fourth in draw controls.

Junior attacker Devon Croke scored a pair of first-half goals at Boston University. 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 9 of 10 games played with four multiple-goal performances.

Junior defender Amy LeBel recorded career highs in both caused turnovers (four) and ground balls (five) at BU.

INSIDE THE WIN STREAK
New Hampshire outscored the opposition 37-20 with a 76-32 shot advantage during its three-game win streak that spanned March 26 to April 9. 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 also recorded sizable advantages in ground balls (44-28), draw controls (37-25) and turnovers (32-52) during their win streak.

DOUBLING UP
Senior co-captains Nicole Grote (16g, 17a) and Laura McHoul (12g, 27a) are the two Wildcats who have reached double digits in both goals and assists.

CENTURY MILESTONES
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 enters Saturday's game at SBU with 77 goals and 128 assists for 205 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 currently has 62 goals and 40 assists for 102 points.

NO. 9 CLIMBS TO NO. 4
Laura McHoul climbed into fourth place on the program's career leaderboard April 13 with a goal at Boston University. She entered the game tied with Jessie Groszkowski at 204.

McHoul enters Saturday's game with 77 goals and 128 assists for 205 points in 62 career games; those calculate to averages of 1.24 gpg, 2.06 apg and 3.31 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 has increased that record total to 127 with 26 this season.

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).

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

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE
Kate Clancy has returned to reprise her role as starting goalkeeper. Through 13 games, the sophomore has stopped 100 of 232 shots on goal for a 10.83 GAA and .431 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 (26) and caused turnovers (15), and she ranks second in draw controls (21). 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 13 games.

SCOUTING THE SEAWOLVES
Stony Brook (Stony Brook, N.Y) has an overall record of 9-3 that includes 3-0 in America East and a 6-1 record at home (2-0 in home conference games). The Seawolves defeated UMass Lowell, 23-2, last Saturday to extend their win streak seven games. Junior Courtney Murphy tied a program single-game record with nine goals and SBU set a single-game program record with 23 goals. Stony Brook has outscored its opponents 92-28 the last five games.

Stony Brook scores an average of 14.33 goals per game on 26.2 shots per game. The Seawolves hold their opponents to 6.58 goals per game on 16.0 shots per game. There is almost a 100-goal disparity with SBU scoring 172 goals while yielding 79.

Murphy has started all 12 games and leads Stony Brook in both goals (58) and points (66) on a .637 shooting percentage. Sophomore Kylie Ohlmiller has also started all 12 games and leads the team with 27 assists. Ohlmiller is second in both goals (30) and points (57). Junior Dorrien Van Dyke has started every game and is third in points (41) recording 29 goals and 12 assists.

Alyssa Fleming has been strong on the defensive side of the ball with 22 ground balls and 25 caused turnovers, both of which are tops on the team. Keri McCarthy, Van Dyke and Kristin Yevoli are the ones to watch on draw controls with respective totals of 36, 29 and 26.

Freshman Anna Tesoriero has started all 12 games in net and has a 7-3 record with a 6.78 goals against average and .508 save percentage. In seven games off the bench, Kaitlyn Leahy is 2-0 with a 6.03 GAA and .345 save percentage.
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