Murphy Tallies 2 as Wildcats take down Raiders, 2-1

Friday, August 25

Durham, N.H.

4:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-0-0

Colgate University

0-2-0

Colgate

New Hampshire

Photo by: Joey Walker

8/25/2017 8:44:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score Video Recap Highlights

DURHAM, New Hampshire - Senior Brooke Murphy (Monson, Mass.) was the difference in New Hampshire's 2-1 victory over the Colgate Raiders, as she tallied both goals for the Wildcats as they finish their season-opening homestand with a perfect 3-0-0 record.

UNH (2-0-0) Team Stats
8 shots
6 on goal
2 corner kicks
2 goals

(0-2-0) Colgate Team Stats
18 shots
8 on goal
8 corner kicks
1 goal

Top UNH Performers
Murphy: 2 shots, 2 goals
Caitlyn Keenan (Bow, N.H.): 1 assist
Mia Neas (Old Saybrook, Conn.): 7 saves, 1 goal allowed

Colgate Top Performers
Leah Lewis: 1 shot, 1 goal
Dom DeMarco: 4 shots, 1 assist
Kelly Chiavaro: 4 saves, 2 goals allowed

Up Next: New Hampshire travels to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. to face the Marist Red Foxes on Sunday, August 27 at 2 p.m. The Wildcats will be on the road for five straight games before returning home September 14th to face Northeastern.

UNH Notebook:

UNH is 3-0-0 for the first time since 1991, when New Hampshire opened up the season with wins against Providence, St. Anselm, and Maine.
This was New Hampshire women's soccer's first program victory over Colgate. They are now 1-2-2 when facing the Raiders.
Murphys two goals in the contest put her in third place on the all-time leader board for UNH goals with 36 career goals, passing Kim Boyle who had 35 goals in 1993-96. Second place all-time is held by Chiara Best with 37 (2001-04) and the all-time leader is Diane McLouglin with 38 (1986-1990).
Murphy is also chasing the all-time points record, and is now at 82 career points. The all-time record is held by Chiara Best at 88 points.

Highlights:
-1^st Half-
Murphy's first goal came late in the first half, as Keenan played the ball into the box from the right side, and Murphy one-touched it and buried it past the keeper for a 1-0 lead going into halftime.

-2^nd Half-
Colgate tied the game quickly in the second half on a free-kick service from DeMarco all the way through to the right side of the box, where Lewis tapped it in past Neas to tie the game. 20 minutes into the second half, the 'Cats got a turnover in Colgate territory, and the ball landed at the feet of Murphy who dribbled past a defender and shot an 18 footer to the right post for the go-aheadd goal. Murphy had one more heroic moment as Colgate took a shot at a wide open net, but Murphy was able to block the shot at the last minute to keep the game from going to overtime.

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