Rudert Stops Seven Shots in 3-2 Double OT Loss to No. 12 Stanford

Friday, September 22

Durham, NH

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

(3-5)

Stanford University

(6-2)

OT 3

OT 4

Stanford

New Hampshire

Photo by: Maya Campbell

Rudert Stops Seven Shots in 3-2 Double OT Loss to No. 12 Stanford

9/22/2017 9:24:00 PM | Field Hockey

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DURHAM, N.H. – Kelsey Rudert (North Grafton, Mass.) tied her season high of seven saves, including two in overtime, but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was edged 3-2 in double OT by 12^th-ranked Stanford University in Friday night's Homecoming matchup at Memorial Field.

Stanford's Corinne Zanolli redirected Phoebe Crosthwaite's centering pass over Rudert into the cage to end the game at 93:08; Zanolli had also opened the game scoring at 4:37. Crimson goalie Kelsey Bing made two of her seven saves in the extra sessions.

UNH erased a pair of one-goal deficits on goals by Katie Audino (Severn, Md.) and Jessica Schmidt (Warrington, Pa.).

UNH is now 3-5 overall, including 1-1 at home and 1-5 against nationally-ranked teams. Stanford won its sixth consecutive game to improve to 6-2.

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The UNH field hockey team returns to action Sept. 29 at home against the University of Vermont. Game time at Memorial Field is 3 p.m.

GAME INFO
Date: September 22, 2017
Location: Memorial Field (Durham, N.H.)
Attendance: 181
Score: No. 12 Stanford 3, UNH 2 – overtime
Updated Records: UNH (3-5), Stanford (6-2)

GAME RECAP

Stanford pressured early and converted a penalty corner into a 1-0 lead at 4:37 when the battery of insert Sarah Johnson and stick-stop Katie Keyser set up Zanolli's direct shot into the cage.
Moments later, the Crimson's Kennedy Schumacher sent a thru-ball to Zanolli, but this time her shot from the middle of the circle was denied by a charging Rudert.
Kristina Bassi stole the ball just outside of the circle and blasted a rising reverse-stick shot that Rudert guided away with her blocker.
New Hampshire began to create offensive pressure and also converted a corner into a goal to tie the score, 1-1, at 16:59. Bing stopped the initial direct shot from the top of the circle by Ashley Mendonca (Brampton, Ontario) but Audino, positioned near the left post, batted the high rebound into the cage.
Stanford regained the lead, 2-1, at 29:07 when Kaylie Mings' shot from the top-left side of the circle was redirected by Bassi from the middle to the right side of the cage.
The Crimson carried that one-goal lead and 9-2 shot advantage into halftime.
UNH stymied the visitor's attack in the second half and tied the score on the strength of a 9-1 shot advantage.
The Wildcats leveled the score on another corner at 43:43, this time on a direct shot by Schmidt inside the left post. Bloem van den Brekel (Endhoven, Netherlands) and Gianna Bensaia (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) set up the tally.
The 'Cats pressured in the final minutes with three consecutive penalty corners. On the initial corner, Schmidt's direct shot was stopped by Bing, Rachel Bossi's shot off the rebound was blocked and another shot by Audino was turned aside by Bing. On the second corner, Schmidt once again blasted a shot from the top of the circle, but this time a defender's block led to a third corner. With the clock on the scoreboard at all zeroes, Bing denied Mendonca's bid from the top of the circle and the Crimson cleared the ball out of the circle to send the game to OT.
UNH recorded a 3-1 edge in shots in the first 15-minute extra session. Midway through the period, Audino drove a reverse-stick shot that Bing stopped. The rebound went to Bossi in the middle of the circle and she pushed the ball just wide of the right post.
New Hampshire generated another corner as the clock ticked down to 00:00, but this time Bensaia's shot from the right wing was blocked and cleared to send the game into a second overtime session.
Stanford generated a corner in the 86^th minute but Rudert denied Bassi.
Three minutes later, von den Brekel ripped a reverse-stick shot from the top of the circle that Bing kicked away with her pads.
Midway through the second OT, Zanolli struck a rising line drive that Rudert blocked over the crossbar.
Stanford ended the game at 93:08 when Crosthwaite's centering pass from along the left end line was redirected in front by Zanolli.

UNH NOTEBOOK

UNH is now 2-1 in overtime games this year. The Wildcats had previously defeated Northeastern University (5-4) and No. 17 University of Iowa (3-2).
Audino scored her team-leading fourth goal of the year.
It was the first goal of the year for Schmidt, who now has four career goals.
Each of the last two UNH vs. Stanford games have ended in OT. The Cardinal prevailed 1-0 at Memorial Field in September 2014.

SHOTS: UNH 2-9-3-1–15. Stanford 9-1-1-3–14.

PENALTY CORNERS: UNH 1-6-1-0-8. Stanford 2-1-0-1-4.

GOALS
UNH (2): Katie Audino, Jessica Schmidt
Stanford (3): Corinne Zanolli (2), Kristina Bassi

ASSISTS
UNH (2): Gianna Bensaia, Bloem van den Brekel
Stanford (4): Katie Keyser, Sara Johnson, Kaylie Mings, Phoebe Crosthwaite

SAVES
UNH: Kelsey Rudert 5-0-0-2-7 (93:08:00; 3 GA) [loss]
Stanford: Kelsey Bing 1-4-1-1–7 (93:08; 2 GA) [win]

DEFENSIVE SAVES
UNH (0)
Stanford (0)