'Cats Return Home March 10 vs. UMass

Massachusetts (2-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10) at New Hampshire (0-5, 0-0 America East)
Friday, March 10 • 2 p.m. • Wildcat Stadium • Durham, N.H.
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The Matchup

UNH has a 21-21-3 lifetime record against UMass, but the Minutewomen have won each of the last six games to establish their longest win streak in the series and match the Wildcats' longest streak, which spanned the 1984-87 seasons.
Prior to UMass' current win streak, the 'Cats won five straight covering the 2006-10 seasons.
New Hampshire's most recent victory vs. UMass was March 3, 2010 (11-8 at McGuirk Stadium).
The Wildcats' most recent home win was March 18, 2009 – 13-10 at Memorial Field.
This rivalry began in 1977 with the Wildcats recording a 7-5 win at home.
These teams have met annually since '77 with the exception of the 1991 and 1992 seasons.
Feb. 20, 2016: UMass 16, UNH 4 • Recap • Box

The State of New Hampshire

UNH enters Friday's game with an 0-5 record that includes 0-2 at home.
The Wildcats are coming off three consecutive road games that ended with last Sunday's 10-5 loss at Fairfield University.
New Hampshire opened the 2017 season with back-to-back home games against Harvard University (18-11 loss) and Dartmouth College (18-8 loss).
The 'Cats scored the game's first goal each of the first four games of the season. Fairfield became the first opponent to take a 1-0 lead (and the Stags went on to build a 4-0 advantage).
UNH is averaging 8.60 goals and 24.4 shots per game while allowing averages of 14.00 goals and 31.2 shots.

'Cat Nips

Junior midfielder Devan Miller (Bristol, R.I.) scored a career-high three goals at Fairfield (March 5).
Miller is the only 'Cat who has tallied a point every game; she has four multiple-point efforts with multiple goals three times and multiple assists twice.
Senior attack Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.) has scored a goal in 4 of 5 games, including each of the last two and a career-high four tallies in the season opener vs. Harvard University.
Junior attack Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) scored multiple goals each of the first four games of the season before being held off the scoresheet March 5 at Fairfield.
Senior defender and captain Hope Kissick (Cohasset, Mass.), who entered the season with one career point, has two points the past three games and that includes her first goal (Feb. 26 at UConn).
Freshman midfielder Caroline Hernon (Hampton, N.H.) made her first career start last Sunday at Fairfield. Hernon had come off the bench each of the first four games of the season. She was the first freshman in the starting lineup in '17.
Senior midfielder and captain Marissa Gurello (Manorville, N.Y.) had her four-game goal and point streaks end Sunday at Fairfield. Gurello had tied her personal best of three goals the previous game at Holy Cross.
Junior midfielder Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) had her four-game goal and point streaks end Sunday at Fairfield; Wooters had tallied two points the previous three games.
Junior goalie Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) has started all 38 games since arriving at UNH. She has a 13.63 GAA and .425 save percentage in five games this season, and her 2017 highlights include a career-high 19-save effort in the season opener vs. Harvard.

The Leaderboard

Devan Miller is atop the UNH leaderboard in assists (seven) and points (15), as well as shooting percentage (.571).
Krissy Schafer has scored a team-high 12 goals; she is also tied for the team lead in draw controls (11), ranks second in points (12) and shooting percentage (.500), and is tied for second in shots (24).
Devon Croke is second in goals (10) and third in points (11), as well as tied for second in shots (24).
Cat Sennott (Westford, Mass.) is No. 1 in caused turnovers (six) and No. 2 in ground balls (11).
Hope Kissick is UNH's leader in ground balls (12) and is third in caused turnovers (three).
Carly Wooters has a team-high 30 shots and is tied for first in draw controls (11).

Conference Call

Hope Kissick enters the week ranked third in America East in ground balls per game.
Devan Miller is No. 10 in points per game and No. 6 in assists per game.
Krissy Schafer is tied for seventh in goals per game and Devon Croke is tied for 10^th in that stat.
Kate Clancy is No. 2 in saves per game (10.20).

Season Highs & Lows

New Hampshire held Fairfield to 10 goals, the lowest total by a UNH opponent this season.
UNH scored a season-low five goals on a season-low 20 shots at Fairfield.
One game earlier, the 'Cats tallied a season-high 32 shots at Holy Cross.
The Wildcats have a season-high 19 ground balls each of the past two games.

Free and Clear

UNH has scored on 8 of 30 free position shots (26.7%) in comparison to 15-for-29 (51.7%) for the opposition.
The Wildcats struggled on clear attempts against Dartmouth College (15 of 24) but are a combined 67-for-76 (88.2%) in the other four games for a total of 82-100 (82%); in comparison, the opposition has 78 successful clears in 93 attempts (83.9%).

Up and Down

UNH has scored one player-up goal in four opportunities in five games.
Opponents have converted 8 of 11 player-up advantages into goals.
The Wildcats have scored one goal while serving a yellow card and have not allowed a player-down goal.

Possession Is Nine-Tenths The Law

The opposition has an 89-76 edge in ground balls, which calculates to 17.8 to 15.2 per game. UNH has recorded the edge in two games and opponents have had the edge twice; the total was also even one game.
The opponents also have the advantage in draw controls at 67-55, which is 13.4 – 11.0 per game.

Working Overtime

UNH was defeated 11-10 in overtime at Holy Cross on March 1 when Mary Patalita scored with 42.3 seconds remaining in the six-minute extra session.
It 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 Minutewomen

UMass (Amherst, Mass.) has a 2-3 overall record that includes 1-1 on the road. The Minutewomen have not lost more than three games in a season since 2010, when they went 10-10.
In the most recent game, a 10-9 overtime win against UConn, six players scored a goal led by junior Hannah Burnett with four goals.
Holly Turner, another junior, leads the team in goals (eight), assists (seven) and points (15).
Freshman goalkeeper Lauren Hiller has played every second this season and has a 13.51 GAA with a .419 save percentage.
Senior Hannah Murphy has 32 of the team's 62 draw controls; she is tied atop the leaderboard in goals (eight) and ranks second in points (13). Murphy, a two-time A-10 Midfielder of the Year, was named to the initial 2017 Tewaaraton Watch List.
Senior Sarah Crowley leads UMass in both ground balls (15) and caused turnovers (nine).
Both of UMass' wins this season have been by one goal. In their losses, the Minutewomen have been outscored 18-10, 11-7 and 17-8.
UMass has played two nationally-ranked teams this season. On Feb. 8, they were defeated by No. 17 Boston College and on Feb. 25 they fell to No. 5 Syracuse University.
UMass averages 9.80 goals and 26.0 shots per game while allowing 13.60 goals and 32.8 shots per game.

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