Late Comeback Falls Short in 4-3 Loss to Maine

Friday, October 13

Durham, NH

3 PM

University of New Hampshire

(5-8, 2-2AE)

University of Maine

(9-4, 3-1AE)

MAINE

New Hampshire

10/13/2017 6:17:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score Video Highlights

van den Brekel and Scafidi Score in Last Eight Minutes of Regulation

DURHAM, N.H. – Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherland) and Taylor Scafidi (Waltham, Mass.) scored goals in the last eight minutes of the game, but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team's comeback fell short in Friday afternoon's 4-3 loss to the University of Maine at Memorial Field.

Katie Audino (Severn, Md.) scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season to account for the Wildcats' other goal. Ashley Mendonca (Brampton, Ontario) and Gianna Bensaia (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) recorded assists.

Kelsey Rudert (North Grafton, Mass.) was credited with two saves and Maine counterpart Emma Cochran stopped three shots both halves for a total of six saves.

Maine's offense was led by Brianna Ricker (two goals) and Casey Crowley (1g, 1a).

UNH moves to 5-8 overall and 2-2 in America East. Maine is now 9-4, 3-1.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Oct. 15 (1 p.m.) at the University of Vermont. The Wildcats' next home game is Oct. 22 (1 p.m.) vs. UMass Lowell.

GAME INFO
Date: October 13, 2017
Location: Memorial Field (Durham, N.H.)
Attendance: 140
Score: Maine 4, UNH 3
Updated Records: UNH (5-8, 2-2 AE), Maine (9-4, 3-1 AE)

GAME RECAP

Maine opened the game scoring at 16:23 when Ricker dribbled deep on the right wing parallel to the end line and struck a rising shot into the cage.
Casey Crowley scored on a shot 10 yards straight out from the right post to increase the advantage to 2-0 at 33:06.
It looked as if the Black Bears would take a two-goal lead into halftime, but UNH scored with seven seconds on the clock to trim the deficit to 2-1.
On a restart just inside the 25, Mendonca's hit from the top-left side was redirected by Audino into the cage.
Maine reestablished a two-goal lead, 3-1, at 41:59. Lydia Gavner drove along the right end line and centering pass in front of the goalmouth was redirected in by Ricker.
New Hampshire called time out at 44:40, but the Black Bears pushed the margin to 4-1 at 50:53. Crowley's hit to the top of the circle was corralled by Riley Field, who blasted a reverse-stick shot into the cage.
The Wildcats closed within 4-2 at 61:59 when Bensaia advanced along the right end line and her centering pass in front was one-timed by van den Brekel into an open cage.
Maine called a timeout at 64:25, but the Wildcats generated a penalty corner two minutes later. van den Brekel inserted the ball to Bensaia, and Jessica Schmidt (Warrington, Pa.) blasted a direct shot toward the right post. Cochran, with her leg pads stacked, made the save to preserve the two-goal lead.
The 'Cats continued to pressure, however, and pulled within 4-3 with 2:17 remaining in regulation.
Scafidi dribbled deep on the right side of the circle. Cochran came out to challenge and stacked the pads, which allowed Scafidi to lift a shot into the cage.
UNH gained possession at midfield with 45 seconds remaining but could not advance the ball inside the 25 as Maine withstood the late charge.

UNH NOTEBOOK

UNH is now 4-1 when scoring 3+ goals in a game.
von den Brekel has recorded a point each of the last three games and in 5 of 6. She has 1-2-4 the past three games and 3-4-10 the last six.
Audino has three goals the last two games.
This was UNH's first loss to an unranked team this season.

SHOTS: UNH 8-6–14. Maine 4-6–10.

PENALTY CORNERS: UNH 3-2-5. Maine 1-0–1.

GOALS
UNH (3): Katie Audino, Taylor Scafidi, Bloem van den Brekel
Maine (4): Brianna Ricker (2), Casey Crowley, Riley Field

ASSISTS
UNH (2): Gianna Bensaia, Ashley Mendonca
Maine (2): Casey Crowley, Lydia Gavner

SAVES
UNH: Kelsey Rudert 1-1–2 (70:00; 4 GA) [loss]
Maine: Emma Cochran 3-3–6 (70:00; 3 GA) [win]

DEFENSIVE SAVES
UNH (0)
Maine (0)