'Cats Look to Remain Unbeaten In America East vs. UMass Lowell

Wednesday, April 4

Durham, Nh

4 PM

University of New Hampshire

University of Massachusetts Lowell

'Cats Look to Remain Unbeaten In America East vs. UMass Lowell

4/3/2018 1:56:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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UMass Lowell (3-7, 0-2 AE) at New Hampshire (4-6, 2-0 America East)
Wednesday, April 4 • Bremner Field • 4 p.m.
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The Matchup

UNH has won all three matchups against UMass Lowell since the River Hawks became a Division I program in the 2015 season.
Last year, the Wildcats prevailed 10-7 at Cushing Field. • Recap • Box Score
Trailing 6-4 with 21 minutes remaining, the Wildcats scored six consecutive goals to surge in front, 10-6, with 5:28 to play.
UNH recorded the edge in shots (29-12), draw controls (11-8), ground balls (23-13) and turnovers (17-22).
In the only previous meeting in Durham, UNH was a 16-3 victor at Cowell Stadium in March 2016.

One Love

Saturday's game vs. Vermont (at Bremner Field, 7 p.m.) is dedicated to One Love Foundation.
You can give online by clicking here and shooting-shirts will be sold at the game as part of the fundraising effort.
There will also be giveaways, a halftime promotion and a post-game autograph session with the UNH women's lacrosse team.

UNH Rolls Past Hartford

New Hampshire scored 40 seconds into the game and rolled to a 12-0 lead en route to a 17-0 victory last Saturday at Hartford.
UNH recorded sizable advantages in shots (44-4), ground balls (45-24), draw controls (14-5) and turnovers (18-28).
The Wildcats recorded season highs in goals, assists (eight), points (25), shots and ground balls.
Carly Wooters matched her career highs in both goals and points with four goals.
Michele Smith scored a career-high three goals.
Teagan Northrup finished with a personal-best three assists, and the three points matched her career high.
Lizzie Suschana was credited with four ground balls and career-high four caused turnovers.
Caroline Hernon and Haley Bridgeman both scored two goals for their first multiple-goal game.
Sabrina Grovom scored her first collegiate goal.
A total of eight Wildcats scored a goal and 12 tallied a point.
UNH recorded its first shutout since March 27, 2013 (16-0 vs. Iona).
The Wildcats scored a goal on 6 of 14 free-position shots.
Hartford was just 9-for-27 on clear attempts, and the Hawks did not attempt a free-position shot.

National Numbers

New Hampshire climbed to No. 11 in the nation in ground balls per game (21.60) following last Saturday's 45 GBs at Hartford.
UNH has also committed the second fewest fouls per game (12.30).
Cat Sennott is No. 13 in the nation in ground balls per game (3.60); that number leads America East. She is also No. 19 nationally in caused turnovers per game (2.10); that is second in the conference.

Top 'Cats

UNH's top point producers are senior attacker Krissy Schafer (25) and senior midfielder Carly Wooters (23).
Schafer (25) and Wooters (18) are also the top goal scorers.
Senior attacker Teagan Northrup and freshman attacker Julia Neyland are tied atop the assist leaderboard with eight. Next on the list is junior attacker Catherine Sexton at seven.
Senior defender Cat Sennott ranks first in both ground balls (36) and caused turnovers (21).
Senior captain Lizzie Suschana ranks second in both GB (23) and CTO (14).
Senior midfielder Rebecca Sennott and Wooters rank 1-2 in draw controls with 34 and 32, respectively. Neyland is next with 13.
Wooters has a team-high 66 shots, followed by Schafer with 50. Next on the list is Elizabeth Blanding with 25.
Schafer has scored 25 goals on 50 shots for a team-high .500 shooting percentage.

Last Line of Defense

Senior goalkeeper Kate Clancy has started all 48 games the past four years and no other goalie saw action in 2017. Sophomore goalie Amanda Gottlieb has come off the bench in 7 of 10 games this season.
In consecutive games against Dartmouth College and Central Connecticut State University (Feb. 21 & 24), the tandem saw even playing time with Clancy playing the first half and Gottlieb the second.
That pattern was short-lived, however, as Clancy played all 60 minutes Feb. 28 vs. UConn and made a season-high 12 saves. The platoon system returned the next game vs. Fairfield, but that was it.
In 10 games (441:36 of action), Clancy has stopped 56 of 136 shots on goal for a .412 save percentage; she has a 4-5 record and 10.87 GAA. She is third on the team in ground balls with 17.
Gottlieb made her collegiate debut Feb. 17 at Harvard University when she entered the second half with 13:29 remaining. She made one save and surrendered three goals.
Gottlieb stopped 4 of 7 shots on goal at Dartmouth, then recorded two saves with two goals allowed vs. CCSU. She entered the March 3 game vs. Fairfield at halftime, stopped 5 of 10 shots on goal but was charged with the loss (her first decision).
She played a career-high 38:38 and stopped all three shots on goal to combine with Clancy for the shutout of Hartford on March 31.
In seven games (155:05), Gottlieb has a 6.58 GAA and .500 save percentage.

Streaking

The longest active point streak is eight games by Krissy Schafer, who has 20 points, all on goals, during the streak.
Schafer has a concurrent eight-game goal-scoring streak, and she has scored a goal in 9 of 10 games this season.
Carly Wooters has tallied 20 points (16g, 4a) in her seven-game point streak. Wooters has tallied a point in 8 of 10 games overall.
Catherine Sexton enters the week with a five-game point streak, during which she has score a goal each game. She has eight points (5g, 3a) in the five games.
Michele Smith has scored a goal four consecutive games and six of the last seven. She has six goals during the four-game streak and eight goals this season.
Elizabeth Blanding has a three-game point streak in which she has tallied seven points (5g, 2a).

Countdown to 100 (x2)

Krissy Schafer enters Wednesday's game vs. UMass Lowell with 94 career points and 90 career goals. She leads all active Wildcats in both stats.

Sennott Sisters Shine

Cat Sennott anchors UNH's defensive unit with team highs in ground balls (36) and caused turnovers (21). She has recorded multiple ground balls 9 of 10 games with a career-high seven at Harvard, six vs. CCSU and five at Hartford.
Cat has been credited with multiple caused turnovers 6 of 10 games with a personal-best five CTO against CCSU and four at Harvard.
Cat has led the team in ground balls in 6 of 10 games.
Rebecca Sennott is the top 'Cat in draw controls (34), including a career high of six both at Harvard and at Hofstra, five vs. Monmouth and four against Sacred Heart.
Rebecca has multiple DCs in 9 of 10 games. She matched her personal best of two goals twice this season, including in a career-high three-point effort at Hofstra (March 29).
Rebecca has a point in 6 of 10 games. She has also been credited with a caused turnover in 6 of 10 games, including three vs. Fairfield (tied her career high).

Double Doubles

Cat Sennott and Lizzie Suschana are the two Wildcats who have recorded double digits in both ground balls and caused turnovers. Sennott has 36 GBs & 21 CTOs. Suschana's numbers are 23 GBs & 14 CTOs.
Carly Wooters is closing in on a triple double with 32 draw controls, 11 GBs and 8 CTOs.
Rebecca Sennott is also close to a triple double with 34 DCs, 10 GBs and 8 CTOs.

Possessing the Ball

UNH has recorded the edge in ground balls in 8 of 10 games. Overall, the 'Cats have a 216-166 edge in ground balls.
New Hampshire has tallied the advantage in both shots and draw controls in 6 of 10 games. Overall, UNH has a 281-238 shot advantage and the slightest of edges, 104-103, in draws.

Nothing's Free

New Hampshire has scored on 24 of 76 (32%) free-position shots this season. In comparison, opponents have scored on 26 of 68 (38%).
In the March 24 game at UMBC, the Wildcats converted 5 of 10 free position shots to mark the highest shooting percentage.
The 'Cats scored a season-high six free-position goals (on 14 shots) at Hartford on March 31.

Shoot to Score

The 'Cats have scored 95 goals on 281 shots for a .338 shooting percentage; New Hampshire recorded a season-high .448 shooting percentage (13g/29sh) vs. CCSU on Feb. 24. UNH also had a shooting percentage higher than 40% vs. Fairfield (9-22; 40.9%).
In comparison, the opponents have a .420 shooting percentage with 100 goals on 238 shots.
Also of note, UNH has fired 71.5% (201 of 281) of its shots on goal on target and the opponent is 72.7% (173-for-238).

The State of New Hampshire

UNH, led by sixth-year head coach Sarah Albrecht, went 2-1 on its three-game road swing with wins at UMBC (11-9; March 24) and Hartford (17-0; March 31), as well as a loss at Hofstra (17-7; March 29).
There has been a lot of stability in the UNH starting lineup with nine players starting all 10 games; one other has started 9 of 10, and yet another who has been in the starting lineup eight times.
UNH is scoring 9.50 goals per game and allowing 10.00 gpg with a 28.2 to 23.8 shots per game advantage.
UNH is winless (0-2) on Wednesday.
Eight of UNH's 10 games have been decided by six or more goals.

Quick Turnaround

Last weekend was the only time this season the 'Cats have played / will play two games in a three-day span.
In contrast, the three previous games in March were spaced out by more than a week with games on the 3^rd, 12^th and 24^th.

Race to 10

The Wildcats are 4-0 when scoring double digits, and they are also 4-0 when holding the opponent to single figures.
Through 10 games, there has not been a game in which both UNH and the opponent has scored double digits.

Scouting UMass Lowell

UMass Lowell enters Wednesday's game with a 3-7 overall record that includes 0-2 in America East and 1-3 on the road.
Last week, the River Hawks recorded an 11-6 win at Central Connecticut State (Wednesday, March 28) and then lost to UMBC, 9-7 (Saturday, March 31).
UMass Lowell is averaging 9.00 goals and 22.7 shots per game while yielding averages of 11.00 goals and 26.2 shots. UML has a .396 shooting percentage in comparison to the opponent's .420.
Junior midfielder Kendyl Finelli has 26 assists; the rest of the team has 24. Finelli has also scored 13 goals for a total of 39 points (on 90 goals scored by the team).
Senior attacker and captain Taylor Sokol leads the team in goals (22) and is second in points (26). She is also tied for second in ground balls (17) and third in draw controls (14).
No other UML player has tallied double digits in either goals or assists.
Senior goalie and captain Courtney Barrett has a team-high 26 ground balls. She started six consecutive games spanning March 3-24 and has played in 8 of 10 games with seven starts (387:58 of 602:37).
Barrett has a 2-5 record with a 10.36 GAA and .451 save percentage. She made a season-high 14 saves in a 12-9 loss at Colgate (March 3). Last Saturday, Barrett made 10 saves in the 9-7 loss to UMBC.
Junior goalie Renee Gonzalez is 1-2 with a 12.02 GAA and .427 save percentage in seven games (three starts). She was in the starting lineup the first two games against Boston University (14-10 loss) and California (9-5 loss), as well as the CCSU game (11-6 win). Gonzalez made a season-high 14 saves vs. BU.
Senior defenders Sheila Nolan and Ashley Horan are tied for the lead in caused turnovers with 15 apiece.
On the draw control, keep your eyes on senior midfielder Erin Hatch (24) and junior midfielder Kelly Moran (22).

2018 UNH Accolades

America East Offensive Player of the Week
- Catherine Sexton (02/12)
America East Defensive Player of the Week
- Cat Sennott (02/12)

GAME RECAPS

Pride Pulls Away From Wildcats

Leading 6-3 at halftime, Hofstra scored the initial three goals of the second half and closed the game on a 6-1 run to pull away for a 17-7 win March 29.
Rebecca Sennott matched personal bests in goals (two) and points (three).
Elizabeth Blanding and Catherine Sexton both finished with a goal and an assist.
Kate Clancy recorded 10 saves and exited the game with UNH trailing 15-6 with 10 minutes remaining.
Hofstra recorded a 37-22 shot advantage that included 24-12 in the second half.
The Pride also tallied the advantage in ground balls (21-14) and draw controls (15-11). Turnovers were even at 13

UNH Rallies Past UMBC in Conference Opener

Freshman midfielder Elizabeth Blanding scored a career-high four goals, including the last two goals of the game, to lift New Hampshire to an 11-9 win at UMBC last Saturday (March 24). Recap • Box Score
Trailing 9-8 with five minutes remaining, the Wildcats closed the game on a 3-0 run to rally for the victory.
On a free position from the top of the fan, Carly Wooters ripped a shot inside the right post to tie the score, 9-9, at 4:57.
Blanding gave UNH its third lead of the game, 10-9, at 3:20 when she charged from 12 meters on the left wing and blasted a shot under the crossbar.
Blanding split a pair of defenders low on the left side to advance to the top of the crease, where she sidearmed a shot inside the right post for an 11-9 lead with 56 seconds remaining.

Hawks Soar Past 'Cats

Monmouth University closed the game on a 5-0 run to record a 10-8 victory at Bremner Field on March 12. [the game was moved up from March 13 because of the impending nor'easter storm] • Recap • Box
UNH led 6-3 at halftime with a 23-8 shot advantage.
Monmouth outscored the Wildcats 7-2 in the second half with a 14-8 edge in shots. The Hawks trailed 8-5 with 13 minutes to play, leveled the score at 6:27, took their first lead of the game at 2:59 and capped the scoring at 1:01.

Fairfield Fights Past New Hampshire

With the score tied 9-9 midway through the second half, Fairfield closed the game on a 6-0 run to record a 15-9 victory at Bremner Field on March 3.
The last three goals in the final 92 seconds of the game were scored into an empty net as UNH pulled its goalie in favor of an extra field player.
The Wildcats fell behind 2-0 and never led in the game.
The Stags outscored the hosts 8-2 in the second half on a 17-10 shot advantage. Recap • Box

UConn Wins Battle of 'Cats vs. Dogs

Leading 8-6 at halftime, the UConn Huskies opened the second half on a 4-0 run and pulled away to record a 16-8 victory against UNH at Bremner Field on Wednesday (Feb. 28). Recap • Box
UConn finished with significant advantages in both shots (39-24) and draw controls (17-6); the Huskies also committed fewer turnovers (21-24). UNH had a 19-14 advantage in ground balls.
Kate Clancy recorded seven of her season-high 12 saves in the first half.
Carly Wooters and Krissy Schafer led the offense with three goals apiece.

UNH pulls away from CCSU

In the first ever meeting between New Hampshire and Central Connecticut State, UNH broke a 1-1 tie with three consecutive goals and led the rest of the way. The Wildcats ended the game with a 6-0 run the last 17 minutes to pull away for the 13-4 victory Feb. 24 at Bremner Field. Recap • Box
Krissy Schafer (4g) and Carly Wooters (3g, 1a) led a balanced attack with four points apiece. Schafer scored half of UNH's six first-half goals.
Teagan Northrup and Julia Neyland both tallied a goal and two assists. Neyland's 2a and 3p are both career highs. Northrup's three points marked a personal best and the two assists equaled her high.
Cat Sennott recorded a career-high five caused turnovers and game-high six ground balls.
Maddie Maurer had a personal-best five GBs.
Elizabeth Blanding recorded her first two collegiate points with a goal and assist.
Rebecca Sennott matched her personal best of two goals.

UNH Derailed by Dartmouth

Dartmouth prevailed 13-3 in the Battle of the Granite State at Scully-Fahey Field (Hanover) on Feb. 21. Box • Recap
The Big Green led 10-0 at halftime and extended the lead to 11 goals before Krissy Schafer scored at 16:15 of the second half.
Freshman attacker Sabrina Grovom recorded her first collegiate point with an assist on that goal.

'Cats Declawed by Crimson

Harvard University scored seven consecutive goals spanning 23 minutes in the second half to record a 14-5 victory at Jordan Field (Feb. 17).

The Crimson built a 6-1 lead at 12:06 of the first half, but New Hampshire closed within 7-3 and struck first in the second half to trim the deficit to 7-4.
Harvard answered 16 seconds later, however, and gradually pulled away.
Anna Vogt scored three goals to match her career high that she established in the season opener vs. Sacred Heart.

'Cats Coast Past Pioneers

New Hampshire scored the first four goals of the game and seized control of the game with a 9-0 run (that overlapped the first and second halves) to record a 14-2 victory against Sacred Heart in the 2018 season opener at Bremner Field. Box | Recap
The two goals marked the fewest allowed by the 'Cats since April 5, 2014.
SHU's seven shots marked the lowest total by a UNH opponent since March 26, 2016.
UNH outscored Sacred Heart 7-1 in both halves.

Catherine Sexton recorded career highs in both assists (four) and points (six) against Sacred Heart.
Krissy Schafer scored a personal-best five goals and finished with a career high of five points.
Anna Vogt tallied three points on three goals – both career highs.
Carly Wooters extended her point streak to 13 games with two goals and an assist.
Julia Neyland recorded a goal and an assist in her collegiate debut.

The Pride is coming off a wins last Tuesday at Columbia (17-8) and last Friday at home vs. Central Connecticut (15-3).
Hofstra is averaging 12.2 goals per game and 30.9 shots per game while allowing their opponents 9.7 goals per game and 21.1 shots per game.
Sophomore midfielder Alyssa Parrella is leading the Pride in goals (29), assists (11) and points (40).
Sophomore midfielder Alexa Mattera ranks second on the team in goals (25) and points (28).
Senior midfielder Carly Ancona is tied for first on the team with sophomore midfielder Darcie Smith for ground balls (17).
Shannon Boyle, a freshman midfielder, and Mattera are tied for first on the team in caused turnovers with a total of 10.
Four players have double digits for draw controls – Parrella (37), Mattera (33), Katie Whelan (31) and Darcie Smith (11).
Junior goalie Maddie Fields has played and started all nine games this season. Fields has a 5-4 record with a 9.90 GAA and a .491 save percentage.