Clancy Makes 12 Saves in 15-4 Loss at No. 4 USC

Monday, March 13

Los Angeles, CA

7 PM Eastern

University of New Hampshire

0-7

USC

5-1

New Hampshire

USC

Photo by: Audrey Powell

3/13/2017 8:34:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

LOS ANGELES – Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) recorded 12 saves but the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team was defeated by fourth-ranked University of Southern California, 15-4, at McAlister Field on Monday.

This marked Clancy's third double-digit save effort of the season. She opened the second half with four consecutive saves to raise her game save percentage to .500, and the junior goalie finished the second half with seven saves. Clancy was also credited with a team-high four ground balls.

Teagan Northrup (Longmeadow, Mass.), Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) and Catherine Sexton (Niskayuna, N.Y.) recorded two points apiece. Schafer scored two goals, Northrup had two assists and Sexton tallied a goal and an assist.

USC was led offensively by Michaela Michael (3g, 5a) and Kylie Drexel (3g, 2a). Starting goalie Gussie Johns stopped 4 of 6 shots on goal in 43 minutes, 52 seconds to earn the win. Hannah Upshaw allowed two goals and made three saves the rest of the way.

UNH moves to 0-7 and USC is now 5-1.

NEXT GAME: Wednesday, March 15 at San Diego State, 6 pm (Eastern)
NEXT HOME GAME: Tuesday, March 21 vs. Hofstra, 4 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
Date: March 13, 2017 (7 p.m. Eastern)
Location: McAlister Field
Attendance: 123
Score: University of Southern California 15, University of New Hampshire 4
Updated Records: UNH (0-7), USC (5-1)

GOALS
UNH (4) Krissy Schafer (2), Catherine Sexton, Carly Wooters
USC (15) Kylie Drexel (3), Michaela Michael (3), Kerrigan Miller (3), Gabby McMahon (2), Kaeli Huff, Alexis Kardias, Gabbi Klein, Sarah Larkin

ASSISTS
UNH (3) Teagan Northrup (2), Catherine Sexton
USC (9) Michaela Michael (5), Cynthia Del Core (2), Kylie Drexel (2)

SAVES
   UNH Kate Clancy 5-7–12 (15 GA) {60:00} [loss]
USC Gussie Johns 2-2-4 (2 GA) {43:52} [win]
            Hannah Upshaw x-3–3 (2 GA) {16:08}

GAME RECAP

USC scored the first seven goals of the game and never looked back.

Kerrigan Miller opened the scoring at 26:18 and struck again at 21:16 to give the home team a 2-0 lead.

The Women of Troy slowly extended the advantage to 5-0 midway through the first half, then scored goals nine seconds apart to take a 7-0 lead.

Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) finished a feed from Northrup at 13:04 to end USC's run.

The Trojans scored the last two goals of the half to take a 9-2 lead into the locker room.

Sexton opened the second-half scoring at 26:54 when she converted Northrup's pass into her first goal of the season.

The Trojans extended the advantage to double digits with a 4-0 run.

Schafer scored consecutive goals at 12:50 and 9:56 to trim the deficit to 13-4.

'CAT NIPS

Northrup's two assists marked a personal best.

The 12 saves matches Clancy's third-highest single-game save total in her career. Her other double-digit save performances this season were a career-high 19 vs. Harvard University and 10 against Dartmouth College.

Schafer has scored a goal in 6 of 7 games with six multiple-goal efforts. She is UNH's leader in both goals (16) and points (16).

Wooters has tallied a point in 6 of 7 games.

SHOTS
UNH: 4-8–12 … USC: 18-13–31

GROUND BALLS
UNH: 7-6–13… USC: 10-11–21

DRAW CONTROLS
UNH: 4-5–9 … USC: 7-5–12

TURNOVERS
UNH: 10-9–19 … USC: 7-9–16

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points (2): Teagan Northrup, Krissy Schafer, Catherine Sexton
Goals (2): Krissy Schafer
Assists (2): Teagan Northrup
Shots (5): Krissy Schafer
Ground balls (4): Kate Clancy
Draw controls (4): Carly Wooters
Caused Turnovers (1): six tied