Regular Season Closes April 26 at Home vs. Boston U.

REGULAR-SEASON FINALE
Boston University (7-7, 5-3 Patriot League) at New Hampshire (3-12, 3-3 AE)
Wednesday, April 26 • 4 p.m. Wildcat Stadium • Durham, N.H.
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The Matchup vs. Boston University

UNH has a 14-24 lifetime record against Boston U. that includes 7-7 at home.
The home team has won each of the last eight matchups. The Wildcats have won three straight in Durham, including a 9-8 victory in 2015. The 'Cats also recorded one-goal home wins in '13 and '11 (both by a score of 13-12).
BU prevailed 14-7 at Nickerson Field last year.
The Terriers' most recent road win in this series was in 2009 (9-8).
April 13, 2016: at BU 14, UNH 7 • Recap • Box Score

We Won. We're In.

The stakes were clear for UNH and Binghamton as the teams entered last Saturday's matchup at Wildcat Stadium – the winner would secure a berth in the America East tournament and the other team would be eliminated from postseason contention.
New Hampshire scored the last two goals of the first half and first two goals of the second half to build a 6-3 lead, and the Bearcats never leveled the score the rest of the way as UNH punched its postseason ticket with an 11-6 victory.

Developing the Playoff Picture

The seeds and matchups have been decided for the America East Championships that will be held May 5 & 7 at Stony Brook University's LaValle Stadium.
UNH is the No. 4 seed and will play top-seeded Stony Brook University in a May 5 semifinal. Game time is 5:30 p.m.
No. 2 Albany and No. 3 UMBC battle in the second league semifinal at 8 p.m.
The championship game is May 7 (12 p.m.).

The State of New Hampshire

UNH has an overall record of 3-12 that includes 0-9 in non-conference games and 2-6 on the road.
The Wildcats went 1-0 last week with an 11-6 home win against Binghamton University on April 22.
New Hampshire is 3-2 in April.
UNH has a 1-3 record in games decided by two goals, including two OT losses.
The 'Cats played their six America East conference games consecutively spanning March 26 to April 22.
UNH recorded team highs in shots (34), shots on goal (27) and ground balls (24) against Binghamton. The Bearcats were limited to six goals, the lowest total by a UNH opponent this season; both their 20 shots and 13 shots on goal were the second-lowest opponent totals of 2017.
UNH is averaging 8.33 goals and 24.9 shots per game while allowing averages of 12.33 goals and 27.3 shots.
New Hampshire has scored double digits eight times in 15 games, including six of the last eight; the opponent has reached double figures 12 times, but just once the past four games.

Saluting the Seniors

UNH recognized its seven seniors in an April 22 post-game ceremony.
Our senior class is comprised of Devon Croke, Lily Ford, Marissa Gurello, Hope Kissick, Amy LeBel, Lexi Moirano and Francesca LoVerde.
In the 11-6 win vs. Binghamton, the seniors combined to produce four goals, one assist, nine ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers.

'Cat Nips

Junior midfielder Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) extended her point streak to 10 games with two points (1g, 1a) this past Saturday against Binghamton; she has 15-7-22 during the streak and has tallied a point in 14 of 15 games this season.
Senior attack Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.) has a five-game point streak with five consecutive multiple-point games; she has 16 points (10g, 6a) the past five games and that includes last weekend's three points (2g, 1a) vs. the Bearcats.
Senior midfielder and captain Marissa Gurello (Manorville, N.Y.) tallied two goals against Binghamton to extend her point streak to five games. Gurello has 11 points (9g, 2a) the past five games.
Junior midfielders Teagan Northrup (Longmeadow, Mass.) and Rebecca Sennott (Westford, Mass.) both recorded a career-high two goals last Saturday. Sennott also had an assist to match her personal best of three points.
Junior goalkeeper Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) has started all 48 games since arriving at UNH. She has a 12.13 GAA and .419 save percentage in 15 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.) has tallied one point each of the last five games with three goals and two assists.

The Leaderboard

Devon Croke has a team-high 33 points on 25 goals and eight assists; she ranks second in both goals and assists, as well as shots (76).
Junior attack Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) has scored a team-high 29 goals and is second in points (31); she also ranks third in both shots (64) and draw controls (20).
Senior defender and captain Hope Kissick (Cohasset, Mass.) ranks second in draw controls (25), is tied for second in caused turnovers (13) and is third in ground balls (22).
Junior midfielder Cat Sennott (Westford, Mass.) is the top 'Cat in both ground balls (29) and caused turnovers (14). Goalie Kate Clancy is next with 27 ground balls.
Carly Wooters has a team-high 88 shots and is also atop the leaderboard in both assists (nine) and draw controls (30). She ranks third in goals (20) and points (29), as well as fourth in ground balls (19) and caused turnovers (11).
Marissa Gurello is tied at No. 3 in goals (20) and is No. 4 in points (23), shots (58) and draw controls (12) ; she is also No. 5 in caused turnovers (nine).
Senior defender Amy LeBel (Charlton, N.Y.) is tied for second in caused turnovers (13) and is tied for fifth in ground balls (18).

Shoot

New Hampshire has been outshot in 8 of 15 games, but that overall trend has reversed the past month. In the last five games (since April 1), UNH has recorded the shooting edge three times and the opponent once; the shot total was even one time.
The bigger disparities are in shooting percentage (UNH 33.5% … Opponents 45.2%) and shots on goal percentage (UNH 71.6% … Opponents 77.5%).

Free and Clear

UNH has scored on 23 of 74 free position shots (31.1%) in comparison to 36-for-79 (45.6%) for the opposition.
The Wildcats have excelled on clear attempts in 11 of 15 games; they are 170-for-190 (89.5%) in those 11 games, including a perfect 12-for-12 at San Diego State, 17 of 18 at Albany, 16-for-18 vs. both No. 7 Stony Brook and Vermont, and 12 of 13 vs. Hofstra.
In 15 games overall, New Hampshire is 229-for-273 (83.9%) on clears; in comparison, the opposition has 240 successful clears in 291 attempts (82.5%).
UNH has been strong on the ride the past five games as the opposition has committed 25 turnovers on 103 clear attempts for a 75.7% clear percentage.

Up and Down

UNH has scored five player-up goals in 20 opportunities through 15 games. They are 2-for-3 the past two games.
Opponents have converted 18 of 28 player-up advantages into goals.
The Wildcats have scored two goals while serving a yellow card and allowed four player-down goals.

Possession Is Nine-Tenths The Law

The opposition has a slight 248-245 edge in ground balls, which calculates to 16.5 to 16.3 per game. UNH has recorded the edge in seven games, including each of the past four games, and opponents have had the edge six times; the total has been even twice.
The opponents also have the advantage in draw controls at 185-152, which is 12.3 – 10.1 per game.

Conference Call

In six America East conference games, UNH finished with the edge in shots (160-145), ground balls (114-87) and turnovers (100-106), as well as a better clear percentage (85.7% to 78.4%).
The Wildcats averaged 8.83 goals and 26.7 shots per game while yielding 10.33 goals and 24.2 shots in conference play.

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 Terriers

Boston University travels to Durham with an overall record of 7-7 that includes a Patriot League conference record of 5-3 and an away record of 3-5.
The Terriers are coming off last Saturday's 12-11 win at Army in which BU closed the game on a 3-1 run; Kailey Conry (2g, 4a), Mickenzie Larivee (4g) and Taylor Hardison (3g, 1a) led the attack.
Conry was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week and Caroline Meegan was tabbed Defensive Player of the Week.
BU has won two straight games – both by one goal – and is 3-2 the last five.
Conry leads BU in assists (39) and in points (48) with Hardison next in assists (24) and points (42). Larivee leads the Terriers in goals with 32; she and Avery Donahoe (25g, 8a) are tied for third in points at 33.
Meegan has started all 14 games and has 174 saves for a 12.60 GAA and .512 save percentage.
BU averages 11.57 goals per game and 31.7 shots per game, while allowing 12.36 goals per game and 33.4 shots per game.

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