No. 7 Stony Brook Comes to Town March 26 (12 p.m.)

UNH Women's Lacrosse

No. 7 Stony Brook (6-1, 0-0 America East) at New Hampshire (0-9, 0-0 AE)
Sunday, March 26 • 12 p.m. • Wildcat Stadium • Durham, N.H.
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The Matchup

UNH has a 7-9 lifetime record, including 4-3 at home, against Stony Brook.
These teams have met annually since SBU joined America East in 2003.
The Seawolves have won seven consecutive meetings against the Wildcats.
2016 America East semifinal: at SBU 17, UNH 4 (May 6) Recap • Box
2016 regular-season game: at SBU 11, UNH 4 (April 16) Recap • Box
UNH's most recent win in this series was April 16, 2011 (12-6 at home); that game was played at Memorial Field.
The 'Cats have not scored more than five goals the past five matchups.

The State of New Hampshire

UNH has an overall record of 0-9 that includes 0-4 at home.
The Wildcats are coming off Tuesday's 13-10 home loss to Hofstra University. UNH led 4-1 until the Pride closed the first half with nine consecutive goals. The 'Cats closed within three goals twice (11-8 & 12-9) in the second half but the visitors fended off New Hampshire's second-half charge.
New Hampshire committed a season-low 14 turnovers against Hofstra.
UNH is averaging 8.00 goals and 23.7 shots per game while allowing averages of 13.67 goals and 29.3 shots.
New Hampshire has scored double digits four times in nine games and the opponent has reached double figures every game.

'Cat Nips

Junior attack Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) scored three goals and had an assist against Hofstra to match her personal best of four points.
Schafer has a four-game goal-scoring streak and eight multiple-goal games this season; she has 9-1-10 during the current streak.
Junior midfielder Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) scored twice and tied her career high of two assists to finish with four points vs. Hofstra.
Wooters also extended her goal streak to four games and she has a tally in 8 of 9 games; she has 8-4-12 during the current streak with nine points (6g, 3a) the past two games.
Senior midfielder and captain Marissa Gurello (Manorville, N.Y.) equaled her personal best of three goals vs. Hofstra.
Sophomore midfielder Anna Vogt (Stratham, N.H.) recorded her first career point with a goal against Hofstra.
Junior goalkeeper Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.), who has four double-digit save efforts this year, is No. 5 in the nation (as of March 22) in saves with 88. She is tied for second on the squad in ground balls with 15.
Clancy has started all 42 games since arriving at UNH. She has a 13.43 GAA and .419 save percentage in nine games this season, and her 2017 highlights include a career-high 19-save effort in the season opener vs. Harvard.

The Leaderboard

Krissy Schafer has scored a team-high 21 goals as part of a team-best 22 points; she also ranks second in draw controls (15) and shooting percentage (.500), and is third in shots (42).
Senior defender and captain Hope Kissick (Cohasset, Mass.) is the top 'Cat in caused turnovers (nine); she is also second in ground balls (15) and third in draw controls (13).
Junior midfielder Cat Sennott (Westford, Mass.) is No. 1 in ground balls (16) and is No. 2 in caused turnovers (eight).
Carly Wooters has a team-high 51 shots and is atop the leaderboard in draw controls (21). She ranks second in points (19) and third in goals (13).
Senior attack Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.) is second in goals (15) and shots (47) as well as third in points (17).
Marissa Gurello is third in caused turnovers (seven), fourth in both goals (11) and draw controls (seven), and fifth in points (12).

Shoot

New Hampshire has been outshot in 6 of 9 games, but that total was close three times – at Fairfield (23-20), vs. UMass (24-23) and vs. Hofstra (26-25). At the other end of the spectrum, Harvard was +20 (43-23), and both Dartmouth and Southern California were +19.
The bigger disparities are in shooting percentage (UNH 33.8% … Opponents 46.6%) and shots on goal percentage (UNH 70.4% … Opponents 79.9%).

Free and Clear

UNH has scored on 14 of 52 free position shots (26.9%) in comparison to 26-for-52 (50.0%) for the opposition.
The Wildcats struggled on clear attempts against Dartmouth College (15 of 24) and at USC (particularly in the second half at 5x10) but are a combined 106-for-118 (89.8%) in the other seven games – including a perfect 12-for-12 at San Diego State and 12 of 13 vs. Hofstra – for a total of 133-161 (82.6%); in comparison, the opposition has 142 successful clears in 166 attempts (85.5%).

Up and Down

UNH has scored two player-up goals in eighth opportunities through nine games. They were 1-for-1 March 13 at USC, but did allow two player-down goals by the Women of Troy before that tally.
Opponents have converted 12 of 16 player-up advantages into goals.
The Wildcats have scored one goal while serving a yellow card and allowed two player-down goals – both scored by fourth-ranked Southern California.

Possession Is Nine-Tenths The Law

The opposition has a 161-131 edge in ground balls, which calculates to 17.9 to 14.6 per game. UNH has recorded the edge in three games, including 17-11 at San Diego State, and opponents have had the edge five times; the total was also even one game.
The opponents also have the advantage in draw controls at 119-92, which is 13.2 – 10.2 per game.

Working Overtime

New Hampshire suffered its second overtime loss of the season March 15 at San Diego State University; the Aztecs scored 69 seconds into the extra session to prevail 12-11.
UNH was defeated 11-10 in overtime at Holy Cross on March 1 when the Crusaders scored with 42.3 seconds remaining in the six-minute extra session.
That was UNH's first OT loss since 2013, when the 'Cats were defeated by Boston College and Navy, both of whom were nationally-ranked, in overtime.
The Wildcats were 1-0 in OT in both 2016 and 2015; we did not play an overtime game in 2014.

Scouting the Seawolves

Stony Brook University (Stony Book, N.Y.) is ranked No. 7 in the nation and enters the weekend with a 6-1 overall record; the Seawolves play host to nationally-ranked Southern California on March 24 before traveling to UNH.
SBU has a 4-1 road record.
Kylie Ohlmiller is No. 1 in the nation in points per game and No. 2 in both goals per game and assists per game. She has 29 goals and 21 assists for 50 points.
Taryn Ohlmiller ranks second on the team in goals (16) and points (23).
Dorrien van Dyke ranks third in goals (14), assists (eight) and points (22); she is the only SBU player who has recorded double digits in ground balls (13), draw controls (20) and caused turnovers (10).
Anna Tesoriero has started all seven games and played all 420 minutes in goal She has 61 saves with a .508 save percentage and GAA of 8.43. She ranks 12^th in the nation in save percentage.
Samantha DiSalvo has a team-high 16 ground balls while Keri McCarthy is atop the team leaderboard in draw controls (30).
Stony Brook is averaging 15.57 goals and 30.9 shots per game while allowing 8.43 goals and 22.7 shots per game.

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Kate Clancy

Devon Croke

Marissa Gurello

Hope Kissick

Krissy Schafer

Cat Sennott

Anna Vogt

Carly Wooters