Wooters' Late Goal and Defensive Stop Give 'Cats 12-11 Win at Vermont

Saturday, April 1

Burlington, VT

3 PM

University of New Hampshire

1-10, 1-1

Vermont

1-11, 0-2

UNH

Vermont

Photo by: Joey Walker

Wooters' Late Goal and Defensive Stop Give 'Cats 12-11 Win at Vermont

4/1/2017 7:27:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) broke the 11-11 tie with 4:52 remaining to lift the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team to Saturday afternoon's 12-11 victory against the University of Vermont at Virtue Field.

Wooters finished with two goals and an assist and secured the victory with a caused turnover and ground ball with 45 seconds to play; the Wildcats maintained possession the rest of the way to win the Battle of the 'Cats.

Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) matched her career high of four points with three goals and an assist. Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.; 1g, 2a), Marissa Gurello (Manorville, N.Y.; 2g) and Anna Vogt (Stratham, N.H.; 1g, 1a) also tallied multiple points.

Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) held UVM scoreless the last 11:33 of the game to allow the Wildcats overcome an 11-8 deficit. Clancy made five of her eight saves in the second half. Rebecca Sennott (Westford, Mass.) led UNH in both ground balls (three) and caused turnovers (three), and scored her first goal of the season.

The Catamounts were led offensively by Jenna Janes (5g), Alison Bolt (2g) and Molly Little (2a). Starting goalie Catherin Green made two saves and allowed six goals. Maddy Kuras, who had started the first 11 games of the season, was credited with seven saves.

UNH, which improved to 31-8 lifetime against UVM, earned its first win of the year to improve to 1-10 overall and 1-1 in America East. Vermont is now 1-11, 0-2.

NEXT GAME: Wednesday, April 5 at UMass Lowell, 5 pm
NEXT HOME GAME: Friday, April 7 vs. UMBC, 12 pm.

GAME INFORMATION
Date: April 1, 2017 (3:55 p.m.)
Location: Virtue Field
Attendance: 135
Score: University of New Hampshire 12, University of Vermont 11
Updated Records: UNH (1-10, 1-1 America East), Vermont (1-11, 0-2 AE)

GOALS
UNH (12) Krissy Schafer (3), Marissa Gurello (2), Carly Wooters (2), Devon Croke, Hope Kissick, Rylee Leonard, Rebecca Sennott, Anna Vogt
UVM (1) Jenna Janes (5), Alison Bolt (2), Alice Cumpston (2), Elena McWright, Meredith Moore

ASSISTS
UNH (6) Devon Croke (2), Krissy Schafer, Michele Smith, Anna Vogt, Carly Wooters
UVM (3) Molly Little (2), Courtney Cole

SAVES
   UNH Kate Clancy 3-5-8 (11 GA) {60:00} [win]
UVM Catherine Green 2-x-2 (6 GA) {23:27}
             Maddy Kuras 0-7-7 (6 GA) {36:33} [loss]

GAME RECAP

This game had six ties, five lead changes and six runs of 3 or more goals.
Alice Cumpston's goal at 11:33 gave the home team an 11-8 lead.
Croke ignited the comeback with a goal at 7:22. Hope Kissick (Cohasset, Mass.) won the ensuing draw control, drove to the goal and scored 12 seconds later to quickly lift UNH within 11-10.
A pair of rookies combined to level the score, 11-11, at 6:13 when Rylee Leonard (Coventry, R.I.) finished a feed from Michele Smith (Wantagh, N.Y.). It marked UNH's third goal in 69 seconds.
Wooters ripped a shot from the top of the 8-meter under the crossbar to give New Hampshire its third lead of the game, 12-11, at 4:52.
The Wildcats were issued a yellow card with three minutes to play, but Clancy denied Little with 2:30 on the clock to preserve the lead and Wooters made a key defensive play in the closing minute.
UVM scored two goals in the opening 82 seconds of the game to take a 2-0 lead.
UNH responded with three consecutive goals – Vogt (at 23:30), Schafer (20:38) and Gurello (19:18) – in 4 minutes, 12 seconds to take a 3-2 lead.
Vermont called time out at 16:14 and answered with a 3-0 run to retake the lead, 5-3, at 12:54; Janes scored the team's first, second, fourth and fifth goals.
New Hampshire netted four goals in a span of 2:49 to go back in front, 7-5. Schafer fueled the spurt at 8:43 and Wooters struck at 7:36 to forge the third tie of the game (at 5). Gurello scored a player-up goal at 6:33 and Sennott struck 39 seconds later.
The home team closed the first half on another 3-0 run to take an 8-7 lead into halftime.
Schafer potted her third goal of the game – 25^th of the season – off a pass from Croke to tie the score, 8-8, at 27:52 of the second half.
Vermont recorded its third three-goal run of the game to build its largest lead of the game, 11-8, before the visiting 'Cats rallied to victory.
UNH outscored the hosts 5-3 in the second half with the edge in shots (17-9), ground balls (8-6), draw controls (6-3) and turnovers (6-8).

'CAT NIPS

The 12 goals and six assists marked season highs for New Hampshire.
Both Schafer and Wooters extended their goal streaks to six games, and both have a goal in10 of 11 games this season. Schafer has 13-2-15 during the streak and Wooters has 11-5-16.
The three-goal effort marked Schafer's ninth multiple-goal effort of the year.
Croke's two assists is a personal best.
Leonard and Smith both recorded their first career points.
Vogt tallied her first career assist and finished with a personal-best two points.

SHOTS
UNH: 12-17–29 … UVM: 13-9–22

GROUND BALLS
UNH: 10-8–18 … UVM: 4-6–10

DRAW CONTROLS
UNH: 6-6–12 … UVM: 10-3–13

TURNOVERS
UNH: 9-6–15 … UVM: 9-8–17