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University of New Hampshire Athletics
Sunday, November 18
Durham, N.H.
1 PM
University of New Hampshire
vs
Sacred Heart
Wildcats Host Sacred Heart for Home Opener
11/17/2018 5:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Wildcats opened season with three on the road.
DURHAM, N.H. - After starting the season with three road games, the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team comes home for their home opener against Sacred Heart on Sunday, November 18.
The game, held in Lundholm Gym, will begin at 1 P.M. For tickets, visit UNHWildcats.com or call (603) 862-4000.
UNH STORYLINES
Ashley Storey had a UNH season-high 21 points at Brown.
Maggie Ahearn had UNH's first double-double, including 14 rebounds, at Brown.
Amanda Torres had a career-high 14 points vs. Brown.
Kari Brekke hit four three-pointers in her UNH debut against Minnesota
Coach Maureen Magarity teams are 7-1 in home openers during her tenure.
They have won the last six openers in Lundholm Gymnasium.
The Wildcats have posted a win over Sacred Heart in each of the last three seasons.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
The young Wildcats – seven of the 13 players on the roster are freshmen - look for their first win of the season against Sacred Heart in their home opener.
They have won their last six home openers in Lundholm and are also working on a three-game win streak against Sacred Heart with wins in each of the last three seasons.
The Wildcats have two frontcourt players averaging in double figures in Ashley Storey (14.7 points per game) and Maggie Ahearn (10.7). Ahearn (15-for-29 for 51.7 percent) ranks third in America East in field goal percentage and Storey (16-for-35 for 45.7 percent) is tied for fifth.
Caroline Soucy (9.7 points), Amanda Torres (9.3) and Kari Brekke (7.7) round out the balanced scoring among the starters.
Ahearn (7.3 a game) and Soucy (7.0) lead the Wildcats in rebounding.
Coach Maureen Magarity, who is in her ninth season as head coach, has led UNH to its best two-year run in the history of the program the last two seasons.
UNH went 19-12 overall and 9-7 in America East least season, following up on 26-6 and 15-1 marks in 2016-17. The Wildcats advanced to the America East semifinals each season. The team's 45 victories over the last two years combined is the best two-year win total in school history.
Junior forward Ashley Storey and senior Alli Gribbin, the lone senior on the team, are the Wildcat captains.
SCOUTING SACRED HEART
- Sacred Heart is 1-1 on the season.
- The Pioneers are 0-1 on the road.
- They lost their opener to UMass Amherst (78-61) on Nov. 6 and won at home over Siena (72-50) on Nov. 13.
- Sacred Heart is averaging 66.5 points, 31.5 rebounds and 14.5 assists per game.
- The Pioneers are shooting 44.5 percent from the field, 34.1 percent from three-point territory and 58.3 percent from the free throw line.
- The Pioneers average 12.5 turnovers per game.
- The opposition is averaging 64 points, 39.5 rebounds, 13.5 assists per game.
- Opposition shoots 41.8 percent from the field, 30.9 percent from three and 56.4 percent from the free throw line.
- Opponents average 15.5 turnovers per game.
- Erin Storck is the Pioneers leading scorer, averaging 18.5 points per game.
- She also averages four rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
- The next two leading scorers are Katherine Haines at 11.5 points and Candice Leatherwood at 10.5 points per game.
- Haines is the Pioneers leading rebounder, averaging 6.5 per game, with Olivia Dabney behind her averaging 4.5.
HOME COOKING
Only two of UNH's eight games in November are at home. In contrast, the Wildcats play four of their five December games in Lundholm Gymnasium.
The November home games are Sunday's against Sacred Heart and next Sunday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. against Bryant University.
UNH plays home games against the University of New England on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.; against Holy Cross on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 1 p.m.; against Dartmouth on Friday, Dec. 21 at 11 a.m. and against Princeton on Saturday, Dec. 29 at 1 p.m.
The Wildcats open the America East portion of the schedule with a game at Maine on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
They play their first home league game against play Binghamton on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m.
Tickets for all home games are available by calling 603-862-4000 or at www.unhwildcats.com.
OPENING WITH A BANG
UNH is 7-1 in home openers and has won its last six under head coach Maureen Magarity.
The Wildcats knocked off Dartmouth, 66-52, in her first game in Lundholm Gymnasium on Nov. 16, 2010.
They beat Boston University, 72-57, last year in their first game at home on Nov, 15.
HOW YOUNG IS YOUNG?
So just how young are these Wildcats?
UNH has one senior on the roster with three juniors, two sophomores and seven freshmen.
The average age of the Wildcats on opening day, Nov. 9, is 19 years, eight months and 12 days.
FOR STARTERS
Juniors Ashley Storey and Caroline Soucy, sophomores Maggie Ahearn and Amanda Torres and freshman Kari Brekke started each of the first three games of the season for the Wildcats.
The five starters had a total of 26 starts as Wildcats going into the season. Storey started 17 games in the 2015-16 season and Torres started nine games last season.
By contrast, UNH's five starters in its final game last March had a total of 273 starts between them.
THE FRONTCOURT
Ashley Storey, 6-foot-3, returns to lead the team in the frontcourt. Storey started 17 games her freshman year and was named to the America East All Rookie team after averaging 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds She averaged 4.9 points and 4 rebounds as a sophomore before missing last season.
"We expect a lot from Ashley," Magarity said. "She's come back much stronger and on the court she hasn't missed a beat. We're going to rely on her to rebound and score. She can score in a lot of different ways and can run the floor very well for a big kid."
Sophomore Maggie Ahearn, 6-foot-2, sat out last season after transferring to UNH from Providence College. She played five games as a freshman at Providence.
Storey and Ahearn are joined up front by three freshmen: 6-foot Faith Bonett, 6-foot-2 Ivy Gogolin and 6-foot-3 Mary Foster.
THE BACKCOURT
Sophomore Amanda Torres, 5-foot-7, is the lone returning starter from last season.
"Amanda had a great freshman year and gained a lot of valuable experience when she ended up as the starting point guard," Magarity said. "She needs to step up even more with her leadership this year. She pushes the ball in transition and gets the team going. She's very aggressive off the bounce and her first step is really quick and her outside shooting continues to improve."
Alli Gribbin, a 5-foot-11 senior captain, junior Caroline Soucy, 5-foot-9, and junior Sarah Clement, 5-foot-8, are the upper classmen in the backcourt.
The freshmen guards are 5-foot-6 Kari Brekke, 5-foot-9 Kali Grimm, 5-foot-10 Mariah Gonzalez and 5-foot-5 Sarah Serbascewicz.
THE COACH
Maureen Magarity, in her ninth year as head coach, has led UNH to winning seasons in each of the last two and four of the last five seasons.
She guided the team to a record-smashing mark of 26-6 overall and 15-1 in America East in 2016-17. The 26 wins were three more than the Wildcats had ever won in a season and the league record was the team's best ever and earned the school's first America East women's basketball regular season championship.
Along the way, the team set a school record with 13 consecutive wins.
UNH went 19-12 overall and 9-7 in the league last year. The 45-18 overall record over the last two seasons was the top mark for any two-year stretch in program history.
Magarity has a 130-115 record through her eight seasons and stands fourth in all-time wins at UNH. She is three wins out of the third spot and six out of the No. 2 spot on the list.
Sue Johnson (133-150 record from 1997 to 2007) holds down the No. 3 spot in wins. Cecilia DeMarco (136-86 from 1977-86) is at No. 2. Kathy Sanborn (170-126 from 1986-97) is at the top of the list.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
UNH played Minnesota and North Dakota State for the first time to open the season.
The Wildcats played in front of a sold-out crowd of 14,625 at Minnesota as the Golden Gophers celebrated the return of former school and WNBA standout Lindsay Whalen as head coach.
The opening weekend was not the first time UNH teams had squared off with the Golden Gophers and North Dakota State Bison.
Among the encounters:
The UNH women's hockey team beat Minnesota, 4-1, in the semifinals of the American Women's College Hockey Alliance tournament in 1998.
The Wildcats went on to win the AWCHA title, before the NCAA sponsored the event, with a 4-1 win over Brown.
The Minnesota men's hockey team beat UNH, 5-1, in the NCAA championship game in 2003 in Buffalo.
The UNH football team fell at North Dakota State in the semifinals of the NCAA Division I FCS tournament on Dec. 20, 2013.
The Bison went on to win the national championship. They have won six of the last seven FCS national titles.
The game, held in Lundholm Gym, will begin at 1 P.M. For tickets, visit UNHWildcats.com or call (603) 862-4000.
UNH STORYLINES
Ashley Storey had a UNH season-high 21 points at Brown.
Maggie Ahearn had UNH's first double-double, including 14 rebounds, at Brown.
Amanda Torres had a career-high 14 points vs. Brown.
Kari Brekke hit four three-pointers in her UNH debut against Minnesota
Coach Maureen Magarity teams are 7-1 in home openers during her tenure.
They have won the last six openers in Lundholm Gymnasium.
The Wildcats have posted a win over Sacred Heart in each of the last three seasons.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
The young Wildcats – seven of the 13 players on the roster are freshmen - look for their first win of the season against Sacred Heart in their home opener.
They have won their last six home openers in Lundholm and are also working on a three-game win streak against Sacred Heart with wins in each of the last three seasons.
The Wildcats have two frontcourt players averaging in double figures in Ashley Storey (14.7 points per game) and Maggie Ahearn (10.7). Ahearn (15-for-29 for 51.7 percent) ranks third in America East in field goal percentage and Storey (16-for-35 for 45.7 percent) is tied for fifth.
Caroline Soucy (9.7 points), Amanda Torres (9.3) and Kari Brekke (7.7) round out the balanced scoring among the starters.
Ahearn (7.3 a game) and Soucy (7.0) lead the Wildcats in rebounding.
Coach Maureen Magarity, who is in her ninth season as head coach, has led UNH to its best two-year run in the history of the program the last two seasons.
UNH went 19-12 overall and 9-7 in America East least season, following up on 26-6 and 15-1 marks in 2016-17. The Wildcats advanced to the America East semifinals each season. The team's 45 victories over the last two years combined is the best two-year win total in school history.
Junior forward Ashley Storey and senior Alli Gribbin, the lone senior on the team, are the Wildcat captains.
SCOUTING SACRED HEART
- Sacred Heart is 1-1 on the season.
- The Pioneers are 0-1 on the road.
- They lost their opener to UMass Amherst (78-61) on Nov. 6 and won at home over Siena (72-50) on Nov. 13.
- Sacred Heart is averaging 66.5 points, 31.5 rebounds and 14.5 assists per game.
- The Pioneers are shooting 44.5 percent from the field, 34.1 percent from three-point territory and 58.3 percent from the free throw line.
- The Pioneers average 12.5 turnovers per game.
- The opposition is averaging 64 points, 39.5 rebounds, 13.5 assists per game.
- Opposition shoots 41.8 percent from the field, 30.9 percent from three and 56.4 percent from the free throw line.
- Opponents average 15.5 turnovers per game.
- Erin Storck is the Pioneers leading scorer, averaging 18.5 points per game.
- She also averages four rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
- The next two leading scorers are Katherine Haines at 11.5 points and Candice Leatherwood at 10.5 points per game.
- Haines is the Pioneers leading rebounder, averaging 6.5 per game, with Olivia Dabney behind her averaging 4.5.
HOME COOKING
Only two of UNH's eight games in November are at home. In contrast, the Wildcats play four of their five December games in Lundholm Gymnasium.
The November home games are Sunday's against Sacred Heart and next Sunday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. against Bryant University.
UNH plays home games against the University of New England on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.; against Holy Cross on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 1 p.m.; against Dartmouth on Friday, Dec. 21 at 11 a.m. and against Princeton on Saturday, Dec. 29 at 1 p.m.
The Wildcats open the America East portion of the schedule with a game at Maine on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
They play their first home league game against play Binghamton on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m.
Tickets for all home games are available by calling 603-862-4000 or at www.unhwildcats.com.
OPENING WITH A BANG
UNH is 7-1 in home openers and has won its last six under head coach Maureen Magarity.
The Wildcats knocked off Dartmouth, 66-52, in her first game in Lundholm Gymnasium on Nov. 16, 2010.
They beat Boston University, 72-57, last year in their first game at home on Nov, 15.
HOW YOUNG IS YOUNG?
So just how young are these Wildcats?
UNH has one senior on the roster with three juniors, two sophomores and seven freshmen.
The average age of the Wildcats on opening day, Nov. 9, is 19 years, eight months and 12 days.
FOR STARTERS
Juniors Ashley Storey and Caroline Soucy, sophomores Maggie Ahearn and Amanda Torres and freshman Kari Brekke started each of the first three games of the season for the Wildcats.
The five starters had a total of 26 starts as Wildcats going into the season. Storey started 17 games in the 2015-16 season and Torres started nine games last season.
By contrast, UNH's five starters in its final game last March had a total of 273 starts between them.
THE FRONTCOURT
Ashley Storey, 6-foot-3, returns to lead the team in the frontcourt. Storey started 17 games her freshman year and was named to the America East All Rookie team after averaging 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds She averaged 4.9 points and 4 rebounds as a sophomore before missing last season.
"We expect a lot from Ashley," Magarity said. "She's come back much stronger and on the court she hasn't missed a beat. We're going to rely on her to rebound and score. She can score in a lot of different ways and can run the floor very well for a big kid."
Sophomore Maggie Ahearn, 6-foot-2, sat out last season after transferring to UNH from Providence College. She played five games as a freshman at Providence.
Storey and Ahearn are joined up front by three freshmen: 6-foot Faith Bonett, 6-foot-2 Ivy Gogolin and 6-foot-3 Mary Foster.
THE BACKCOURT
Sophomore Amanda Torres, 5-foot-7, is the lone returning starter from last season.
"Amanda had a great freshman year and gained a lot of valuable experience when she ended up as the starting point guard," Magarity said. "She needs to step up even more with her leadership this year. She pushes the ball in transition and gets the team going. She's very aggressive off the bounce and her first step is really quick and her outside shooting continues to improve."
Alli Gribbin, a 5-foot-11 senior captain, junior Caroline Soucy, 5-foot-9, and junior Sarah Clement, 5-foot-8, are the upper classmen in the backcourt.
The freshmen guards are 5-foot-6 Kari Brekke, 5-foot-9 Kali Grimm, 5-foot-10 Mariah Gonzalez and 5-foot-5 Sarah Serbascewicz.
THE COACH
Maureen Magarity, in her ninth year as head coach, has led UNH to winning seasons in each of the last two and four of the last five seasons.
She guided the team to a record-smashing mark of 26-6 overall and 15-1 in America East in 2016-17. The 26 wins were three more than the Wildcats had ever won in a season and the league record was the team's best ever and earned the school's first America East women's basketball regular season championship.
Along the way, the team set a school record with 13 consecutive wins.
UNH went 19-12 overall and 9-7 in the league last year. The 45-18 overall record over the last two seasons was the top mark for any two-year stretch in program history.
Magarity has a 130-115 record through her eight seasons and stands fourth in all-time wins at UNH. She is three wins out of the third spot and six out of the No. 2 spot on the list.
Sue Johnson (133-150 record from 1997 to 2007) holds down the No. 3 spot in wins. Cecilia DeMarco (136-86 from 1977-86) is at No. 2. Kathy Sanborn (170-126 from 1986-97) is at the top of the list.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
UNH played Minnesota and North Dakota State for the first time to open the season.
The Wildcats played in front of a sold-out crowd of 14,625 at Minnesota as the Golden Gophers celebrated the return of former school and WNBA standout Lindsay Whalen as head coach.
The opening weekend was not the first time UNH teams had squared off with the Golden Gophers and North Dakota State Bison.
Among the encounters:
The UNH women's hockey team beat Minnesota, 4-1, in the semifinals of the American Women's College Hockey Alliance tournament in 1998.
The Wildcats went on to win the AWCHA title, before the NCAA sponsored the event, with a 4-1 win over Brown.
The Minnesota men's hockey team beat UNH, 5-1, in the NCAA championship game in 2003 in Buffalo.
The UNH football team fell at North Dakota State in the semifinals of the NCAA Division I FCS tournament on Dec. 20, 2013.
The Bison went on to win the national championship. They have won six of the last seven FCS national titles.
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