Wildcats Wrap Up Regular Season Hosting Hartford

Sunday, October 21

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

Hartford

UNH's four graduating seniors, and graduate student. From left to right: Maggie Grigely, Madison MacLean, Mia Neas, Alison Boldis, Gaby Dorsey (Photo by China Wong)

Photo by: China Wong

10/20/2018 2:33:00 PM | Women's Soccer

New Hampshire will honor its four seniors at Wildcat Stadium

New Hampshire (7-7-2, 3-3-1 AE) vs. Hartford (12-2-2, 5-1-1 AE)
Sunday, October 21 • Wildcat Stadium – Durham, N.H. – 2 P.M.
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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's soccer team wraps up the regular season at home against the University of Hartford on Sunday afternoon, 2 P.M. at Wildcat Stadium.

Prior to the match, the Wildcats will honor their four graduating seniors, Madison MacLean (Amesbury, Mass.), Allison Boldis (Merrick, N.Y.), Maggie Grigely (Simsbury, Conn.) and Gaby Dorsey (Hubertus, Wisc.). The 'Cats will also bid farewell to graduate student Mia Neas (Old Saybrook, Conn.) after her extra year.

The Wildcats will then move on to their post-season matchup on Thursday evening. The Wildcats, locked in at the sixth seed, will have to wait and see the results from all of Sunday's matchups before a first-round opponent is determined.

The Series with Hartford
• The Hawks lead the all-time series 21-13-2.
• In the last five meetings, UNH holds the slight advantage with a 3-2-0 record.
• Last season, the Wildcats traveled to Hartford and defeated the Hawks 2-1.
• The Hawk's last victory over UNH came in Hartford on October 22, 2015 (2-0).

UNH	Team Stat Comparison	HART
1.00	Goals Per Game	2.44
1.50	Goals Allowed Per Game	0.94
13.3	Shots Per Game	13.9
3.31	Corners Per Game	5.75

Last Time Out
• The Wildcats ended a two-game losing skid at Binghamton on Thursday evening; a game that had playoff implications for both teams, fighting for the final playoff spot.
• Binghamton got on the board early, as Kayla Saager weaved through the defense and tucked in a goal just nine minutes into the first half.
• The Wildcats tried to establish dominance in possession after the early goal, but were unable to break through until late in the second half.
• After a long corner kick was regathered by the Wildcats, Julie Cane (Titusville, N.J.) found the ball on the endline, and lofted it towards the goalmouth. Kaylan Williams (Marion, Ind.) positioned herself right on the endline and headed the ball in before the goalkeeper could reposition, and the Wildcats tied the game in the 87^th minute.
• Just two minutes into the extra period, Ally Reynolds (Weymouth, Mass.) saw Williams take a shot off the crossbar; Reynolds charged the rebound and was able to tip it in easily for her third overtime goal of the season, and a win for the Wildcats.
• The win was New Hampshire's first win of the year when trailing at halftime, and just the second win of the year when they allow their opponent to score the first goal of the contest.

The State of New Hampshire
• New Hampshire was ranked the number one team in the America East in their annual preseason poll that was released on August 6th.
• The Wildcats opened up the season with back-to-back overtime wins, the first in program history; UNH started 2-0-0 to start the season for the second straight year (went 11-6-1 in 2017).
• Both game-winners were scored by junior transfer Ally Reynolds who now leads the teams with four goals on the season, three of them game-winners.
• Also in that first weekend, sophomore Casey Peterson (Clifton, Va.) tallied her first four career points, notching two assists and a goal against Rhode Island.
• In their next five games, New Hampshire had a 1-3-1 record; they dropped two games of their season-opening three-game homestand to #14 Princeton and UMass, after going undefeated in the regular season at home last year (7-0-1).
• The 'Cats then went 1-1-1 in their next three, with a win over ASU, a loss to Arizona, and the draw with Northeastern.
• UNH ended non-conference play splitting the weekend 1-1-0 home against Dartmouth and at Sacred Heart. The 4-4-1 non-conference record is the second best in the Steve Welham era, the first best being last season's 6-3-0.
• New Hampshire opened up conference play with a 1-0 overtime victory over UMBC. The victory put the 'Cats to 2-3-0 at home and was their first win following a win since the start of the season. They fell at Maine (1-0) in their second conference game.
• The 'Cats tied with UMass Lowell (0-0) on the road before returning home to take down Stony Brook 1-0, putting their home record back to .500 with a 3-3-0 record.
• In the second-to-last week of conference play, the Wildcats looked to ride the big home win over Stony Brook but stumbled with a 0-2-0 record, facing Vermont at home and Albany on the road.

Players to Watch
• The Wildcats return 19 players with six incoming freshmen and one junior transfer for a total of 26 players on the 2018 roster.
• Among those returners is reigning America East Goalkeeper of the Year Mia Neas (Old Saybrook, Conn.) who touted an 11-5-1 record in 2017 after seeing action in only three games prior to that season. Neas currently stands at a 7-7-2 record on the 2018 season with a conference-best .787 save percentage and a 1.41 GAA.
• Neas will serve as one of the two captains on the team this season, along with junior Caitlyn Keenan (Bow, N.H.) who has tallied one goal on the season. They are joined by two other representatives to serve as captains each game.
• The Wildcats also return All-Conference first-teamer Gaby Dorsey who tallied 10 points on four goals and two assists last season, and All-Conference second-teamer Kaylan Williams who had five goals and an assist for 11 points last season. So far this season, Williams has six points on two goals and two assists.
• Junior Liz Lane (Porter, Maine) tallied her first three goals of the season starting against Sacred Heart; all three were game-winners. The latter two were assisted by Williams (vs. UMBC, vs. Stony Brook).
• The defensive core remains intact for the 'Cats, who return Keenan, Maddie Murdick (Burlington, Conn.) and Caroline Wysocki (Agawam, Mass.), whom each tallied an assist last season, while holding their opponents to just 0.94 goals per game.
• Also returning on the defense is junior Megan Rumbold (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) who has been a threat on free kicks the past two seasons. Rumbold has two career goals, both coming off long setpieces, and leads the team in shots on goal with 17. This season, she scored late to equalize against Northeastern, which ended up being the deciding goal in a 2-2 tie with the Huskies.
• All-Rookie team members Sofia Borea (Oakville, Ontario) and Francesca Picicci (North Massapequa, N.Y.) got a great start to their UNH careers in the 2017 season and look to fill the holes left by some graduating members. Borea tallied one assist in her rookie season, filling in at the midfield spot, while Picicci worked her way up to a starting role and tallied three goals and two assists in her freshman season. , Borea nothced her first career goal in the season opener. While Picicci had tallied one goal and an assist on the season before being sidelined with an injury late in the season.

Scouting Hartford:
• The Hawks (Hartford, Conn.) come into the game with the conference's best overall winning percentage with a 12-2-2 overall record.
• In conference, the Hawks just faced their first loss of the season to Stony Brook; both teams now with a 5-1-1 conference record.
• On the road, Hartford has an impressive 5-1-1 record.
• Hartford has four players with over 10 points on the season; Hartford is led by Kaila Lozada, with seven goals and a team-leading seven assists for the highest point total on the team, 21. The team leader in goals is Ashley Claud with eight, also chipping in an assist for 17 points.
• The Hawks have looked to Maia Perez in every start this season, playing all 1390 minutes. She holds a 12-2-1 record with five shutouts and a 0.97 GAA. She has made 43 saves this season for a .741 save percentage.

New Hampshire vs. The Power Five
• New Hampshire women's soccer now has three wins against schools in a power-5 conference (Big 10, Big 12, SEC, ACC, Pac-12)
• The first two wins came in the 1980s, with a victory over ACC foes Duke (9/16/89, 3-2) and Maryland (10/16/88, 2-1 in OT).
• With their win over ASU on Friday, August 31, New Hampshire tallied it's third win over a power-five school in program history, and their first against the Pac-12.

Road Warriors
Last season the Wildcats had a road record of 4-5-0 in the 2017 season; through 15 games of the 2018 season, the Wildcats hold a 4-2-2 road record, including going 3-0-1 in non-conference play.

Score Early and Often
New Hampshire is 5-0-1 in games where they tally the first goal, and 3-0-1 when leading at halftime. The 'Cats are also 4-0-1 when scoring two or more goals in a game.

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