Croke, Leonard Score Four Goals Apiece in 16-11 Loss to BU

Wednesday, April 26

Durham, NH

4 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-13

Boston University

8-7

Boston U.

New Hampshire

4/26/2017 7:22:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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DURHAM, N.H. – Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.) and Rylee Leonard (Coventry, R.I.) scores four goals apiece but the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team was defeated by Boston University, 16-11, on Wednesday afternoon at Wildcat Stadium.

Croke matched her personal best of four goals and was also credited with two ground balls and two caused turnovers, while the four goals and four points both marked career highs for Leonard. Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) made eight saves.

BU was led offensively by Kailey Conry's 11 points (3g, 8a). Mickinzie Larivee (4g), Avery Donahoe (3g), Taylor Hardison (2g) and Elisabeth Jayne (2g) also tallied multiple points for the Terriers. Caroline Meegan stopped 17 shots.

UNH ends the regular season with a 3-13 overall record that includes 3-3 in America East. The Wildcats are the No. 4 seed in the America East Championship and will play at top-seeded Stony Brook University in a May 5 (5:30 p.m.) semifinal.

BU, which outscored the 'Cats 11-4 in the second half, improved to 8-7.

NEXT GAME (America East semifinal): Friday, May 5 at Stony Brook, 5:30 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
Date: April 26, 2017 (4 p.m.)
Location: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 87
Score: Boston University 16, University of New Hampshire 11
Updated Records: UNH (3-13), Boston U. (8-7)

GOALS
UNH (11) Devon Croke (4), Rylee Leonard (4), Krissy Schafer, Anna Vogt, Carly Wooters
BU (16) Mickinzie Larivee (4), Kailey Conry (3), Avery Donahoe (3), Taylor Hardison (2), Elisabeth Jayne (2), Mackenzie Howe, Kelly Mathews

ASSISTS
UNH (2) Amy LeBel, Lizzie Suschana
BU (8) Kailey Conry

SAVES
UNH Kate Clancy 5-3–8 (16 GA) {58:16} [loss]
BU Caroline Meegan 8-9-17 (11 GA) {60:00} [win]

GAME RECAP

BU opened the game with a player-up advantage for two minutes and parlayed that into a 2-0 lead on goals by Larivee at 29:42 and Conry at 28:51.
UNH responded with three consecutive goals to take a 3-2 lead. Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) scored the Wildcats' first goal at 27:06 and Croke leveled the score, 2-2, at 23:12. Leonard gave the home team its first lead of the game at 20:39.
That lead was short-lived, however, as Larivee struck again 20 seconds later.
Leonard and Croke netted consecutive goals at 15:03 and 12:15 to put the 'Cats back in front, 5-3.
The Terriers closed within 5-4 at 9:59, but Croke and Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) scored 71 seconds apart to extend the advantage to three goals at 7:11.
At the other end of the field, Jayne finished a feed from Conry at 6:43. UNH took that 7-5 lead into halftime.
BU scored four straight goals less than five minutes into the second half to surge back in front, 9-7. Contry tallied a goal and two assists during that run.
Leonard's third strike trimmed the deficit to 9-8 at 23:22 and Croke followed with her fourth goal of the game 49 seconds later to level the score at 9.
The Terriers reached double digits first to regain the lead at 19:05.
Leonard forged the fifth tie of the game, 10-10, at 16:29.
Boston U. scored five consecutive goals in a span of 4:29 to quickly build a 15-10 lead. Conry initiated the spurt with a goal at 13:25 and set up three other goals.
BU extended the run to 6-0 when Conry set up Hardison at 3:01.
Anna Vogt (Stratham, N.H.) closed the scoring on a free-position goal with 17 seconds on the clock.

'CAT NIPS

Cat Sennott (Westford, Mass.) recorded a career-high five ground balls and matched her best of three caused turnovers.
Hope Kissick (Cohasset, Mass.) tallied a personal-best six draw controls; she also had two ground balls.
Lizzie Suschana (Somers, Conn.) recorded her first career point with an assist in the first half. She caused a turnover and corralled the ground ball at midfield, then quickly found Croke behind the defense to earn the helper on the tally that gave UNH a 5-3 lead.
Suschana was also credited with three ground balls, one draw control and one caused turnover.
Amy LeBel (Charlton, N.Y.) picked up her first career assist – second career point – be setting up Schafer's strike at 7:11 of the first half; she also corralled two draw controls.
Wooters extended her point streak to 11 games with her first-half goal; she has a point in 15 of 16 games this season.
Croke's point streak is now six games; she has 20 points (14g, 6a) in that span.
New Hampshire finished with the edge in both shots (37-28) and ground balls (21-15). BU had the slight advantage in draw controls (15-14) and the turnovers were even at 16.
UNH recorded season highs in shots (37) and shots on goal (28).
The home team had won each of the previous eight matchups in this series.
Prior to Wednesday, BU's most recent win in Durham was in the '09 season.

SHOTS
UNH: 21-16–37 … BU: 13-15–28

GROUND BALLS
UNH: 11-10–21 … BU: 9-6–15

DRAW CONTROLS
UNH: 7-7–14 … BU: 6-9–15

TURNOVERS
UNH: 7-9–16 … BU: 9-7–16

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points (4): Devon Croke, Rylee Leonard
Goals (2): Devon Croke, Rylee Leonard
Assists (1): Amy LeBel, Lizzie Suschana
Shots (11): Devon Croke
Ground balls (5): Cat Sennott
Draw controls (6): Hope Kissick
Caused Turnovers (3): Cat Sennott