Croke Records Career-High Five Points in 10-7 Win at UMass Lowell

Wednesday, April 5

Lowell, MA

5 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-10, 2-1AE

UMASS Lowell

6-4, 0-2AE

UNH

UMass Lowell

Photo by: Joey Walker

Croke Records Career-High Five Points in 10-7 Win at UMass Lowell

4/5/2017 8:53:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

LOWELL, Mass. – Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.) recorded four goals and an assist to lead the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team to Wednesday evening's 10-7 win against UMass Lowell at Cushing Field.

Croke's four goals matched a personal best and the five points established a career high. Four other Wildcats recorded multiple points as Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) scored two goals and Marissa Gurello (Manorville, N.Y.), Rylee Leonard (Coventry, R.I.) and Teagan Northrup (Longmeadow, Mass.) each tallied a goal and an assist.

Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) made three of her four saves in the second half, when UNH went on a 6-0 run to take control of the game; Clancy was also credited with three ground balls. Cat Sennott (Westford, Mass.) led the defensive effort with four ground balls and three caused turnovers.

UMass Lowell was led by Jane Dudley (2g, 1a), Kendyl Finelli (2g) and Austin Trasatti (2g). Courtney Barrett stopped 12 shots and collected five ground balls.

UNH, which recorded a sizeable edge in both shots (29-12) and ground balls (23-13), won its second consecutive game to improve to 2-10 overall and 2-1 in America East. UMass Lowell is now 6-4, 0-2.

NEXT GAME / NEXT HOME GAME: Friday, April 7 vs. UMBC, 12 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
Date: April 5, 2017 (5 p.m.)
Location: Cushing Field
Attendance: 150
Score: University of New Hampshire 10, UMass Lowell 7
Updated Records: UNH (2-10, 2-1 America East), UMass Lowell (6-4, 0-2 AE)

GOALS
UNH (10) Devon Croke (4), Krissy Schafer (2), Marissa Gurello, Rylee Leonard, Teagan Northrup, Michele Smith
UML (7) Austin Trasatti (2), Kendyl Finelli (2), Jane Dudley, Kaylan DiModugno, Rebecca Idson
ASSISTS
UNH (6) Devon Croke, Marissa Gurello, Caroline Hernon, Rylee Leonard, Teagan Northrup, Carly Wooters
UML (3) Jane Dudley (2), Taylor Sokol

SAVES
UNH Kate Clancy 1-3–4 (7 GA) {60:00} [win]
UML Courtney Barrett 6-6-12 (10 GA) {60:00} [loss]

GAME RECAP

UMass Lowell scored consecutive goals at 26:12 and 22:53 of the second half to take a 6-4 lead, but the Wildcats responded with six consecutive goals to surge in front, 10-6.
Schafer finished a feed from Croke to trim the deficit to one goal at 20:01, then Michele Smith (Wantagh, N.Y.) scored her first career goal to tie the score, 6-6, at 17:58.
Caroline Hernon (Hampton, N.H.) caused a turnover near midfield and advanced the ball behind the defenders to Croke, who beat Barnett in a 1v1 to give UNH its first lead of the game, 7-6, at 14:02.
Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) slipped a pass from the top of the fan to Northrup, who turned and fired a shot into the cage for an 8-6 advantage at 11:39.
The 'Cats converted another turnover into a quick counterattack goal at 9:09 when Leonard caused a turnover, picked up the ground ball and quickly found Croke low on the left side to increase the margin to 9-6.
Leonard dodged through the middle of the fan to give UNH a 10-6 lead at 5:28.
The River Hawks called a timeout and ended the six-goal run when Kaylan DiModugno scored at 4:15.
Back in the first half, UMass Lowell opened up a 2-0 lead 2:13 into the game, but Croke responded with a free-position goal at 25:38.
The River Hawks reestablished a two-goal advantage at 18:28 before New Hampshire rallied to tie the score on strikes by Croke and Gurello at 7:51 and 2:51, respectively.
UMass Lowell scored with 39 seconds on the clock to take a 4-3 lead into halftime.
Schafer opened the second-half scoring at 28:21 to tie the score.

'CAT NIPS

Schafer extended her goal and point streaks to seven games.
Wooters extended her point streak to seven games; she carried a six-game goal streak into UMass Lowell.
Hernon's assist marked her first career point.
The goal and assist marked Leonard's first career multiple-point game.
Cat Sennott established a personal best in caused turnovers and equaled her career high in ground balls.
UNH improved to 3-0 lifetime vs. UMass Lowell.
The Wildcats have scored in double digits four of the last five games.
The 'Cats recorded a season-high 23 ground balls.
UNH limited the River Hawks to seven goals and just 12 shots; both totals are season lows by a UNH opponent this season.

SHOTS
UNH: 12-17–29 … UML: 5-7–12

GROUND BALLS
UNH: 13-10-23… UML: 8-5–13

DRAW CONTROLS
UNH: 5-6–11 … UML: 3-5–8

TURNOVERS
UNH: 11-6–17 … UML: 13-9–22

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points (5): Devon Croke
Goals (4): Devon Croke
Assists (1): Devon Croke, Marissa Gurello, Caroline Hernon, Rylee Leonard, Teagan Northrup, Carly Wooters
Shots (7): Devon Croke
Ground balls (4): Cat Sennott
Draw controls (2): Krissy Schafer, Hope Kissick
Caused Turnovers (3): Cat Sennott