Wildcats Looking to Bounce Back at Colorado State

UNH (3-2-0) at Colorado State (1-2-1)
Sunday, September 3 • CSU Soccer Field • 3 p.m. EST
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The Matchup vs. Northern Colorado

UNC took down New Hampshire in overtime, 1-0.
The Wildcats were held to only two shots on goal.
New Hampshire was outshot 11-3 in the second half.
Northern Colorado had four of their five corner kicks in the first half.
Neas' robbed the bears of several scoring chances in the second half to hold on for overtime. She made five total saves in the half.
UNH committed 10 fouls in the game to UNC's four.

The Matchup vs. Colorado State

This is the first program meeting between UNH and Colorado State
New Hampshire is coming in off of two straight road losses, while Colorado State earned its first victory of the season at home on Friday evening.

Milestone Watch

Brooke Murphy is on the verge of becoming the program leader in both career goals and points.
Her three goals on the young season brings her to a total of 36, which ranks third all-time. The UNH benchmark of 38 established by Diane McLoughlin has stood since 1990. Murphy is one goal away from tying Chiara Best (37; 2001-04).
Murphy has seven points so far, bringing her career total to 82 points. She is now eight short of Chiara Best's mark of 88 points established from 2001-04. Currently No. 5, Murphy is on the heels of Kim Boyle (86; 1993-96) and Diane McLoughlin (87; 1987-90).

Last Line of Defense

Senior captain Mia Neas (Old Saybrook, Conn.) has been the go-to goalkeeper for the Wildcats this season after accumulating no career starts before this season.
Neas is 3-2-0 this season in her first four career starts, earning her first career shutout in game one, 2-0 over LIU Brooklyn. Before that, she made one appearance in '16 and stopped 4 of 6 shots on goal in the second half of a 2-1 loss at UMass Lowell. In three career games (61:53 of action), she had a 2.91 GAA and .667 save percentage.

'Cats Statistics Leaders

Goals: Murphy – 3, Hardy, Kaylan Williams (Marion, Ind.) Gaby Dorsey (Hubertus, Wisc.) - 1
Points: Murphy – 7, Hardy – 4, Williams – 3
Assists: Hardy – 2, Murphy, Williams, Caitlyn Keenan (Bow, N.H.) – 1
Saves: Neas – 32
Save %: Neas - .889
GAA: Neas - 0.80

Scouting Colorado State

The Rams (Fort Collins, Colo.) were 0-2-1 entering the weekend.
At home CSU is now 1-0-1 with a tie against Colorado, 0-0 and a victory over New Mexico State, 5-1.
Freshman forward Ally Murphy-Pauletto recorded the program's first hat trick, scoring three of CSU's five goals.
The five-goal tally against New Mexico State was also a program-best.
The Rams handed New Mexico State their first loss of the season.

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