Scafidi Strikes in 7-1 Loss at No. 17 Iowa

Sunday, September 10

Iowa City, IA

1 PM Eastern

University of New Hampshire

(3-2)

University of Iowa

(3-4)

New Hampshire

IOWA

9/10/2017 5:06:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Taylor Scafidi (Waltham, Mass.) scored a late first-half goal to lift the University of New Hampshire field hockey team within 2-1, but 17^th-ranked University of Iowa scored five unanswered second-half goals to record a 7-1 victory Sunday afternoon at Grant Field.

UNH left Iowa with a weekend split against the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes. The Wildcats prevailed 3-2 in overtime Friday. New Hampshire is now 3-2 overall. Iowa is 3-4.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Sept. 16 (1 p.m.) for its America East conference opener at No. 21 University at Albany.
The Wildcats play Sept. 17 (1 p.m.) at No. 18 Harvard University before returning home.
UNH's next home game is Sept. 22 (6 p.m.) against No. 13 Stanford University.

GAME INFO
Date: September 20, 2017
Location: Grant Field (Iowa City, Iowa)
Attendance: 103
Score: No. 17 Iowa 7, UNH 1
Updated Records: UNH (3-2), Iowa (3-4)

GAME RECAP

Iowa scored 96 seconds into the game on a goal by Taylor Omweg and never relinquished the lead. Katie Birch scored the first of her three goals – she also tallied an assist for a seven-point effort – to extend the advantage to 2-0 at 32:08.
Scafidi scored 1 minute, 39 seconds later to trim the deficit to 2-1. Katie Audino (Severn, Md.) recorded her team-leading third assist on the tally.
The Hawkeyes scored nearly as early in the second half as they did in the first. Birch converted a penalty stroke into a goal at 36:40.
Melissa Progar extended the advantage to 4-1 at 41:20 and Birch struck again 90 seconds later to push the margin to four goals.
Madeleine Murphy closed the scoring with goals at 45:28 and 64:49.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Scafidi has two goals in this, her senior season. She entered the 2017 season with two career goals.
Audino is UNH's leader in goals (three), assists (three) and points (nine).
Madelyn McAteer (Annapolis, Md.) played the final 24:32 and stopped four shots while yielding just one goal; the four saves is a career high.
Ashley Mendonca (Brampton, Ontario) was credited with a defensive save in the second half; it is the sixth of her career and first by a Wildcat this season.
UNH is in the midst of five consecutive games against nationally-ranked teams; four of those matches are on the road.

SHOTS: UNH 2-4–6. Iowa 5-11–14.

PENALTY CORNERS: UNH 0-3–3. Iowa 2-3–5.

GOALS
UNH (1): Taylor Scafidi
IOWA (7): Katie Birch (3), Madeleine Murphy (2), Taylor Omweg, Melissa Progar

ASSISTS
UNH (1): Katie Audino
IOWA (7): Lucie Daman (2), Madeleine Murphy (2), Makenna Grewe, Katie Birch, Ellie Holley

SAVES
UNH: Kelsey Rudert 0-0–0 (45:28; 6 GA) [loss] … Madelyn McAteer x-4–4 (24:32; 1 GA)
HOFSTRA: Katie Jones 0-2–2 (70:00; 1 GA) [win]