University of New Hampshire Athletics
Saturday, April 15
Albany, NY
12 PM
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Photo by: Elise Austin-Washburn
Off To Albany (April 15) For Last Road Game of Regular Season
4/12/2017 4:17:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
New Hampshire (2-11, 2-2 America East) at Albany (8-4, 3-1 AE)
Saturday, April 15 • 12 p.m. • John Fallon Field • Albany, N.Y.
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The Matchup vs. Albany
Saturday, April 15 • 12 p.m. • John Fallon Field • Albany, N.Y.
Video • Stats
The Matchup vs. Albany
- UNH has an 11-10 lifetime record against Albany that includes 4-5 on the road (0-5 spanning the 2009-16 seasons).
- The Great Danes have won nine consecutive meetings vs. the Wildcats.
- UNH's most recent win was 17-9 in the 2009 America East semifinals. The Wildcats' most recent win in Albany was 2007 (6-4).
- April 23, 2016: Albany 12, at UNH 3 • Recap • Box
The State of New Hampshire
- UNH has an overall record of 2-11 that includes 2-2 in America East and 2-5 on the road.
- The Wildcats went 1-1 last week with a 10-7 win at UMass Lowell (April 5) and 15-10 home loss to UMBC (April 7).
- New Hampshire recorded its two highest season totals in both shots on goal and ground balls last week. The 'Cats tallied 22 shots on goal and 23 ground balls at UMass Lowell, followed by 22 SOG and 21 GB vs. UMBC.
- UNH limited UMass Lowell to seven goals on 12 shots, both of which are season lows by a Wildcat opponent this season.
- UNH is averaging 8.15 goals and 23.8 shots per game while allowing averages of 13.08 goals and 27.6 shots.
- New Hampshire has scored double digits seven times in 13 games, including five of the last six, and the opponent has reached double figures 12 times.
'Cat Nips
- Junior midfielder Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) extended her point streak to eight games with her two-goal effort vs. UMBC; she has 13-6-19 during the streak and has tallied a point in 12 of 13 games this season.
- Senior attack Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.) matched her personal best of two assists last Friday against the Retrievers; one game earlier at UMass Lowell, Croke tied her career high of four goals as part of a personal-best five points; she has 10 points (5-5-10) the past three games.
- Senior midfielder and captain Marissa Gurello (Manorville, N.Y.) scored three goals vs. UMBC to match her career high for the third time this season. Gurello has seven points (6-1-7) the past three games.
- Junior attack Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) had her seven-game goal and point streaks end last Friday against UMBC.
- Freshman midfielder Rylee Leonard (Coventry, R.I.) scored a career-high three goals for a personal-best three points vs. UMBC. She has tallied all six of her points (5-1-6) the past three games.
- Senior defender Amy LeBel (Charlton, N.Y.) scored her first career goal – for her first career point – vs. UMBC.
- Junior goalkeeper Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) is No. 15 in the nation in saves with 119 (as of April 10).
- Clancy has started all 46 games since arriving at UNH. She has a 12.84 GAA and .415 save percentage in 13 games this season, and her 2017 highlights include a career-high 19-save effort in the season opener vs. Harvard; Clancy has tallied double-digit saves five times in 2017.
- Freshman midfielder Michele Smith (Wantagh, N.Y.) scored her first career goal at UMass Lowell. She has tallied one point each of the last three games.
- Freshman midfielder Caroline Hernon (Hampton, N.H.) tallied her first career point with an assist at UMass Lowell.
The End Is Near
- New Hampshire has just two America East conference games – three games overall – remaining in the regular season.
- Following this weekend's road trip to Albany, UNH plays host to Binghamton University on April 22 (12 p.m.) for Senior Day and is home against Boston University for the April 26 regular-season finale.
The Leaderboard
- Krissy Schafer has scored a team-high 27 goals as part of a team-best 29 points; she also ranks third in both shots (57) and draw controls (19).
- Senior defender and captain Hope Kissick (Cohasset, Mass.) ranks second in draw controls (24), tied for second in caused turnovers (12) and third in ground balls (19).
- Junior midfielder Cat Sennott (Westford, Mass.) is the top 'Cats in both ground balls (24) and caused turnovers (13).
- Carly Wooters has a team-high 74 shots and is also atop the leaderboard in both assists (eight) and draw controls (26). She ranks third in goals (18) and points (26), as well as fifth in caused turnovers (eight).
- Devon Croke is second in goals (20), points (27) and shots (62), and she is tied for second in assists (seven).
- Marissa Gurello is No. 4 in goals (17), points (19), shots (47), draw controls (10) and caused turnovers (nine).
- Amy LeBel is tied for second in caused turnovers (12) and is fourth in ground balls (17).
Shoot
- New Hampshire has been outshot in 8 of 12 games, but that total was close four times – at Fairfield (23-20), vs. UMass (24-23), vs. Hofstra (26-25) and vs. UMBC (33-30).
- At the other end of the spectrum, Stony Brook and Harvard were +20, and both Dartmouth and Southern California were +19.
- The bigger disparities are in shooting percentage (UNH 33.4% … Opponents 47.4%) and shots on goal percentage (UNH 71.5% … Opponents 80.5%).
Free and Clear
- UNH has scored on 18 of 65 free position shots (27.7%) in comparison to 33-for-71 (46.5%) for the opposition.
- The Wildcats have excelled on clear attempts in 10 of 13 games; they are 153-for-172 (89.0%) in those 10 games, including a perfect 12-for-12 at San Diego State, 16 of 18 vs. both No. 7 Stony Brook and Vermont, and 12 of 13 vs. Hofstra
- In 13 games overall, New Hampshire is 189 for 228 (82.9%) on clears; in comparison, the opposition has 208 successful clears in 251 attempts (82.9%).
Up and Down
- UNH has scored three player-up goals in 17 opportunities through 13 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. The 'Cats also had one player-up goal while allowing two player-down goals vs. UMBC (four UNH player-up situations).
- Opponents have converted 18 of 26 player-up advantages into goals.
- The Wildcats have scored one goal while serving a yellow card and allowed four player-down goals.
Possession Is Nine-Tenths The Law
- The opposition has a slight 215-204 edge in ground balls, which calculates to 16.5 to 15.7 per game. UNH has recorded the edge in six games, including each of the past three games, and opponents have had the edge six times; the total was also even once.
- The opponents also have the advantage in draw controls at 164-135, which is 12.6 – 10.4 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 Great Danes
- The University at Albany (Albany, N.Y.) has an overall record of 8-4 that includes an America East conference record of 3-1 and a 5-0 home record.
- Albany is coming off an 11-10 victory at eighth-ranked Cornell in which Dakotah Savitcheff scored two goals in the final 18 seconds; she finished the game with six goals.
- The Great Danes have won three straight games and are 4-1 the last five. The only loss in that stretch was at nationally-ranked Stony Brook (18-11).
- Senior Sarah Martin leads the team in points (72), goals (43) and assists (29), as well as groundballs (28) and draw controls (67). Martin is tied with classmate Sierra McIver in caused turnovers with 13 apiece. McIver follows close behind in groundballs with 26.
- Junior Emma Powlin is second in points (48) and assists (28), while Savitcheff is second in goals with 35.
- Freshman goalie Erin Leghart has played 11 of 12 games getting eight starts with a record 7-3. She has a 9.84 GAA and a save percentage of .414. Fellow freshman Georgia Schneidereith has played in 9 of 12 games getting the start in four with a record 1-1. She has a 11.74 GAA and a .295 save percentage.
- Albany averages 14.08 goals and 27.2 shots per game. The Great Danes allow 10.42 goals and 24.5 shots per game.
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