McHoul, Grote Record Century Milestones in Women's Lax 12-9 Win vs. Vermont

Saturday, April 9

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

6-6, 3-0AE

University of Vermont

5-8, 1-3AE

VERMONT

New Hampshire

McHoul, Grote Record Century Milestones in Women's Lax 12-9 Win vs. Vermont

4/9/2016 9:49:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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McHoul Records 200th Career Point; Grote Tallies No. 100

UNH women's lax fends off Vermont, 12-9
McHoul records 200^th career point, Grote tallies 100^th point

DURHAM, N.H. – Senior co-captains Laura McHoul (Westwood, Mass.) and Nicole Grote (Ellicott City, Md.) recorded six and four points, respectively, and both attained a century milestone to lead the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team to Saturday night's 12-9 victory against University of Vermont at Cowell Stadium.

McHoul, who tallied two goals and four assists, assisted on a goal by Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) at 24:23 of the first half to record her 200^th career point and she also set up Grote's tally at 14:38 of the opening half, and that point was the 100^th of Grote's career. Grote finished the game with two goals and two assists.

GAME INFORMATION
Date: April 9, 2016 (12 p.m.)
Location: Cowell Stadium (Durham, N.H.)
Attendance: 366
Score: University of New Hampshire 12, University of Vermont 9
Updated Records:
UNH (6-6, 3-0 America East), UVM (5-8, 1-3 America East)

GOALS:
VERMONT (9)- Vanessa VanderZalm (5), Alison Bolt (1), Jenna Janes (1), Brynne Yarranton (1), Courtney Cole (1)
UNH (12)- Devon Croke (3), Krissy Schafer (3), Laura McHoul (2), Nicole Grote (2), Carly Wooters (1), Marissa Gurello (1)

ASSISTS:
VERMONT (1)- Vanessa VanderZalm (1)
UNH (7)- Laura McHoul (4), Nicole Grote (2)

SAVES:
VERMONT- Maddy Kuras 5-1–6 (12 GA) {60:00} [loss]
UNH- Kate Clancy 4-2–6 (8 GA) {60:00} [win]

Next Game: Wednesday, April 13 (4 p.m.) at Boston University
Next Home Game: Saturday, April 23 (12 p.m.) vs. Albany [SENIOR DAY]

GAME RECAP

This game was billed as All 'Cats Wear Pink as both the UNH Wildcats and UVM Catamounts donned pink shooting shirts during pre-game warmups. Similar t-shirts were sold and there was a prize raffled off as a fundraiser for the Seacoast Cancer Center at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (Dover, N.H).
Vanessa VanderZalm (five goals, one assist) quickly gave Vermont a 1-0 lead with a goal 39 seconds into the game.
UNH responded with three consecutive goals in less than three minutes to take a lead they would not relinquish.
McHoul set up back-to-back goals by Grote at 25:13 and Schafer at 24:23 to give the Wildcats a 2-1 lead, then McHoul scored off a rebound in front to extend the advantage to 3-1 at 22:43.
UVM closed within one goal three times – at scored of 3-2, 7-6 and 8-7 – but never pulled even the rest of the way.
Grote's milestone goal gave New Hampshire a 4-2 lead and ignited a 3-0 run. Devon Croke (three goals) and Schafer followd with goals at 12:14 and 4:46, respectively, to send UNH into halftime with a 6-2 lead.
Jenna Janes score nine seconds into the second half to quickly trim the deficit to three goals.
After a goal by Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) pushed UNH's lead to 7-3 at 28:08, the visitors responded with three consecutive goals by Brynne Yarrranton and VanderZalm (two) to close within 7-6 at 24:29.
Croke struck again at 23:53 to create a two-goal cushion, but Alison Bolt answered 43 seconds later to once again make it a one-goal game.
The roles of the senior captains reversed when Grote set up McHoul's goal at 20:52 and Croke potted her third goal of the game at 12:16 to push the lead to 10-7.
Courtney Cole netted a free-position goal to lift Vermont within 10-8 at 11:30.
New Hampshire called time out, Grote won the ensuing draw control and that possession led to a goal by Marissa Gurello (Manorville, N.Y.) at 10:21.
VanderZalm kept UVM's hopes alive by gaining possession on the next draw control, but the Catamounts lost the ball less than 30 seconds later.
The Wildcats went into a spread offense before Shafer's goal pushed the lead to 12-8 at 7:46.
After Vermont's timeout, McHoul won the draw control. UNH turned the ball over with six minutes remaining, but got it back with 5:16 to play when Schafer caused a turnover.
UNH once again went into a spread offense, but lost the ball with just under three minutes on the clock at VanderZalm scored her fifth goal of the game to make it 12-9 at 2:19.
UNH's Amy LeBel (Charlton, N.Y.) scooped up the ensuing draw control and the Wildcats maintained possession the rest of the way to win the Battle of the 'Cats.

UNH NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire improved to 3-0 in America East for the first time since the 2008 season. The Wildcats are tied atop the standings (with Stony Brook and Albany) midway through the conference slate.
The 'Cats extended their win streak to three games, the longest since the 2011 season.
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.
UVM had won the five previous Battle of the 'Cats. UNH had not defeated Vermont since May 2010.

'CAT NIPS

McHoul extended her point streak to 12 games and assist streak to six. Her career numbers include 76 goals and a school-record 128 assists for 204 points.
Grote has 62 goals and 40 assists for 102 points.
Wooters extended her goal streak to 12 games with her one goal.
Schafer tied her career high of three goals to push her goal streak to 10 games.
Croke also matched her personal best of three goals.

SHOTS
VERMONT: 6-10–16
UNH: 14-7–21

GROUND BALLS
VERMONT: 4-7–11
UNH: 9-2–11

DRAW CONTROLS
VERMONT: 5-5–10
UNH: 4-9–13

TURNOVERS
VERMONT: 9-5–14
UNH: 5-7–12

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points: Laura McHoul (6)
Goals: Devon Croke (3), Krissy Schafer (3)
Assists: Laura McHoul (4)
Shots: Devon Croke (6), Nicole Grote (6)
Ground balls: Francesca LoVerde (3)
Draw controls: Devan Miller (4)
Caused Turnovers: Hope Kissick (2)

VERMONT LEADERS
Points: Vanessa VanderZalm (6)
Goals: Vanessa VanderZalm (5)
Assists: Vanessa VanderZalm (1)
Shots: Vanessa VanderZalm (6)
Ground balls: Maddy Kuras (2), Vanessa VanderZalm (2), Avery Hogarth (2)
Draw controls: Vanessa VanderZalm (5)
Caused Turnovers: six with (1)

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