Last Road Trip of the Regular Season: April 20 at UVM

2019 UNH Women's Lacrosse
New Hampshire (9-5, 4-1 America East) at Vermont (7-6, 1-4 America East)
Saturday, April 20 • Virtue Field • Burlington, Vt. • 3:30 p.m.
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The Matchup vs. Vermont

UNH has a 32-8 lifetime record against the University of Vermont and the Wildcats have won each of the last three matchups, including 17-6 at home (Bremner Field) last year. • Recap • Box
In that game, UNH led 5-4 and reeled off nine consecutive goals overlapping the two halves to build a double-digit lead, 14-4, with 23:48 remaining.
Two years ago at Virtue Field, UNH trailed 11-8 with eight minutes remaining but ended the game on a 4-0 run to rally for a 12-11 victory. • Recap • Box Score
UVM won five consecutive meetings spanning the 2011-15 seasons.
Vermont is the longest standing rivalry in program history; these teams have met annually since 1983, making this the 37^th consecutive year UNH and UVM will face off.

The State of New Hampshire

UNH, led by seventh-year head coach Sarah Albrecht, has a 9-5 overall record that includes 4-1 in America East and 5-3 on the road (1-1 in conference road games).
The Wildcats are 2-2 in April following last Saturday's 15-10 home win against UMBC at Wildcat Stadium.
UNH had a four-game winning streak spanning March 17 to April 3.
The 'Cats also had a three-game win streak from Feb. 22 to March 1.
UNH is averaging 12.50 goals per game on a .416 shooting percentage; opponents are at 10.21 gpg with a .399 shooting percentage.
Six Wildcats have started all 14 games.
New Hampshire's 25-player roster is comprised of two grad students, four seniors, four juniors, five sophomores and 10 freshmen.
Senior defender Elise Chandler is the lone captain of the 2019 squad.

Close Calls

New Hampshire has a 3-3 record in games decided by three goals or less: 1-1 in one-goal games; 1-1 in two-goal games; and 1-1 in three-goal games.
Three of the past six games have been decided by one or two goals.

50-Goal Milestone

Devan Miller scored her 50^th career goal with her first goal of the game – 30^th of the season – April 13 against UMBC. The milestone goal was scored at 22:20 of the first half.
Miller is UNH's active leader in career goals (51).
Catherine Sexton enters Saturday's game at UVM with 48 career goals.

Playoff Implications

UNH's win against UMBC lifted the Wildcats into a tie for second place in the America East standings with UAlbany at 4-1. UMBC slipped to fourth at 3-2.
New Hampshire could clinch berth in the America East before taking the field against UVM this weekend.
Binghamton currently sits in fifth place at 2-3 and plays at Stony Brook on Friday night. A Bearcats' road loss would put UNH in the conference tourney.
Regardless, UNH will be battling for playoff seeding with two conference games remaining.

In the Clear

New Hampshire has been highly effective on clear attempts. The Wildcats entered the week ranked No. 13 in the nation (89.1%; 237 of 266). Opponents have been less effective at 81.3 percent (218 of 268).
UNH's clear percentage dropped last week at 43-for-51 (84.3%) in two games. The 'Cats had five failed clears (22 of 27; tied season high) last Saturday at UMBC.
UNH was a perfect 21-for-21 on clear attempts at Sacred Heart (Feb. 22).

Streaking

Rylee Leonard has a 13-game point streak; she did not tally a point in the season opener but has recorded a point every game since then.
Mickenzie Larivee has a goal – and therefore point – each of the last seven games with 14 goals and three assists for 17 points in that span.
Devan Miller has a four-game goal and point streak (8g); she opened the year with a goal in nine consecutive games.
Julia Neyland has scored a goal each of the past three games (6g, 1a).

Last Time Out: at UNH 15, UMBC 10 (Saturday, April 13) • Recap • Box

UNH closed the game on a 6-0 run the last 20 minutes to record a 15-10 victory against UMBC at Wildcat Stadium.
UNH's seven assists equaled the season high (done four times previously).
The Wildcats' 28 ground balls marked the team's second highest total of the year.
Six 'Cats accounted for all 22 points (15g, 7a).
Rylee Leonard matched her career highs in both goals (four) and assists (three) to record a personal best of seven points.
Catherine Sexton equaled her high of four assists and Mickenzie Larivee netted four goals.
Caroline Hernon tallied two goals, four ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers. The two goals and two points matched career highs.
Issy Torres recorded 12 saves for the second consecutive game and has five double-digit save efforts this season.
Torres held UMBC scoreless for 15 minutes in the first half as UNH transformed a 3-0 deficit into a 5-3 lead. She also shut out the Retrievers the final 21:40 of the game.

The Last Time…

UNH had nine wins in a season was 2010, when the 'Cats were 10-7.
New Hampshire had five conference wins was 2005 (5-1).
UNH had five road wins in a season was 2009; had six road wins was 2004.
A Wildcat recorded four assists prior to last Saturday (by Catherine Sexton) was Feb. 10, 2018, when Sexton had four helpers vs. Sacred Heart.
New Hampshire started a season with eight (or more) wins through 11 games was 2008, when the 'Cats were 9-2; this year's mark was 8-3.
UNH had multiple win streaks of 3+ games in the same season was 2010; that team also had a four-game and three-game win streak.
The Wildcats won four consecutive games was in 2010.

Senior Scoring

Senior attacker Catherine Sexton, who scored a goal each of the first 12 games of the season, is tied for the team lead in assists (18) and ranks second in points (42). She is also fourth in goals (24).
Sexton has scored 24 goals on 40 shots for a team-high .600 shooting percentage.
Sexton has scored a goal in 12 of 14 games and a point in 13. She has 11 multiple-point efforts, including seven with multiple goals and five multiple-assist efforts.
Sexton tallied five goals and two assists at Central Connecticut State (March 1) to finish with career highs in both goals and points (seven).
She matched her personal best of four assists vs. UMBC (April 13).

Back With a Vengeance

Both senior Devan Miller and junior Rylee Leonard were sidelined by injury in 2018 and both have been significant point producers this season.
Leonard leads the team in both points (46) and assists (18), and is second in goals with 28.
Leonard also ranks second in shots (67), third in draw controls (15) and fifth in ground balls (17).
Leonard matched her career highs in both goals (four) and assists (three) for a personal best of seven points vs. UMBC (April 13) to extend her point streak to 13 games.
Leonard had a nine-game goal-scoring streak spanning Feb. 22 to March 30.
Miller leads all Wildcats with 31 goals and she ranks third in points (36) as well as tied for fourth in assists (five); she has a team-high 69 shots.
She enters Saturday's game on a four-game goal streak and has scored a goal in 13 of 14 games with 10 multiple-goal efforts.
Miller has scored a career-high four goals three times this season, most recently at UMass Lowell (April 3).
She began the season with a goal and point in nine straight games, including seven consecutive games with multiple goals spanning Feb. 22 to March 17.
Miller tallied a personal-best five points (4g, 1a) at Kennesaw State.

Quadruple-Double

Rylee Leonard is the only Wildcat who has recorded double digits in goals (28), assists (18), ground balls (17) and draw controls (15).

Triple-Double

Junior midfielder Caroline Hernon is the only Wildcat who has recorded double digits in ground balls (34), draw controls (44) and caused turnovers (18) – and she leads the team in all three stats.

Immediate Impact

Senior attacker Mickenzie Larivee, a transfer from Boston University, has made an impact on the 'Cat attack.
Larivee ranks third in goals (25) and fourth in points (30). She has multiple points in 8 of 14 games with five multiple-goal efforts.
Larivee matched her season high of five points with three goals and season-high two assists at UMass Lowell (April 3).
She scored four goals vs. UMBC to extend her current goal and point streaks to seven games.
Larivee recorded a point each of her first five games as a Wildcat.
Larivee netted her 100^th career goal – 11^th as a Wildcat – March 3 at Fairfield.
Larivee scored three goals in her UNH debut vs. Harvard on Feb. 16. She reached the career 100-point milestone with the last of those three tallies.
She scored a season-high five goals – all in the second half – at Sacred Heart.

Getting Possession

Possession begins with the draw control and Caroline Hernon is UNH's leader in that stat with 44. Hernon also gains possession for the 'Cats via ground balls (team-high 34) and caused turnovers (18, also a team high).
Freshman Delaney Pratt, who is often in the center circle, ranks second with 40 draw controls.
Senior captain Elise Chandler is tied for the team lead in caused turnovers (18) and ranks second in ground balls (27).
Freshman defender Meghan Doyle ranks third in both ground balls (23) and caused turnovers (11).

Defensive Spotlight

Senior captain Elise Chandler has produced solid numbers as she is tied atop the leaderboard in caused turnovers (18) and ranks second in ground balls (27).
She tallied three GBs and three CTOs last Saturday vs. UMBC.
Chandler has at least one GB in 12 of 14 games with eight multiple-GB efforts. She has a caused turnover in 8 of 14 games.
She finished with a career-high four caused turnovers and matched her personal best of four ground balls vs. Iona (March 17).
She established a career-high four ground balls at UConn (Feb. 24).
Senior Jessica Lee made her season debut in the starting lineup March 1 at Central Connecticut State and has started every game since then. In 11 games, she has 15 ground balls and seven caused turnovers.
Lee recorded a career-high five ground balls at CCSU; she's collected at least one GB in 8 of 11 games, including five games with multiple GBs.
Freshman Taylor Dudek came off the bench in the opener but started both games the weekend of Feb. 22-24; Dudek has also started each of the past six games.
Dudek recorded career highs in both ground balls (five) and caused turnovers (four) against Hartford on March 30. Two of her CTOs and GBs directly led to UNH goals.
She corralled four GBs last Saturday against UMBC.
In 13 games (eight starts), Dudek has 17 ground balls and nine caused turnovers.
Freshman Meghan Doyle has been consistent with multiple ground balls in 8 of 11 games and a caused turnover in 8 of 11.
Doyle ranks third in both caused turnovers (11) and ground balls (23).
She recorded four GBs and one CTO in her collegiate debut vs. Harvard. Doyle has corralled three ground balls three times and has tallied a high of two caused turnovers three times, most recently vs. Iona.

Last Line of Defense

Freshman goalie Issy Torres has started all 14 games and played 783:34 of a possible 840 minutes (93.3%). She has a 9-5 record with a 10.41 GAA and .460 save percentage.
Torres made 12 saves in both games last week for a .522 save percentage.
Torres' numbers steadily improved during the four-game win streak (March 17-April 3). She entered the win streak with a 12.21 GAA and .422 save percentage, and those numbers improved to 10.14 and .460, respectively.
Torres tallied a career-high four ground balls at UAlbany (April 6).
Torres made a career-high 14 saves in her collegiate debut vs. Harvard.
She also finished with double-digit saves (13) in the 13-12 win at UConn, and that included one with 66 seconds remaining to preserve the one-goal lead.
Torres stopped 7 of 10 shots on goal in 37:27 of action at Central Connecticut State (March 1).
Junior goalkeeper Amanda Gottlieb has played 56 minutes, 26 seconds in three games. She has a 7.44 GAA and .364 save percentage. She saw action in the first two games of March (March 1 at CCSU; March 3 at Fairfield).

Nothing's Free

New Hampshire has scored on 28 of 75 free-position shots (37.3%); in comparison, the opponents are 32-for-75 (42.7%).
Last Saturday, UNH scored on 2 of 5 free-position shots while UMBC was 3-for-8.
UNH has scored multiple free-position goals seven times, including each of the last two games and a high of five (twice: at Sacred Heart; at Central Connecticut State.

Inside the Four-Game Win Streak

UNH averaged 13.50 goals while yielding an average of 7.00 goals during the recent four-game win streak (March 17-April 3).
New Hampshire outscored the opposition 30-14 in the first half.
The Wildcats scored 54 goals on 136 shots for a .397 shooting percentage in comparison to the opponent's .329 shooting percentage (28 goals / 85 shots).
In other stats, UNH tallied the edge in ground balls (22.3 to 13.8 per game) and draw controls (13.3 to 9.3 per game).
The 'Cats excelled on clear attempts with a 91.8 percent success rate (67 of 73); that was in contrast to the opposition's 75.6 percent (59-for-78).
Issy Torres stopped 33 of 61 shots on goal for a .541 save percentage.

Road Warriors

New Hampshire played six straight games on the road spanning Feb. 22 to March 13 and went 4-2.
It was the program's longest streak of consecutive road games since the 1996 team began the year with seven games on the road (1-6 record).
The 'Cats also played six consecutive road games in 1994.
The last time UNH played more than three consecutive road games was in the 2013 season (four games spanning Feb. 28 to March 16).

Made of Granite

There are five Granite State natives on New Hampshire's roster, and that includes three Wildcats from Amherst: freshmen Taylor Dudek and Abby Cranney, and senior Mickenzie Larivee.
Junior Caroline Hernon calls Hampton home.
Sophomore Gabby Masseur hails from Nashua.

At the Polls

UNH was selected fourth in the 2019 America East Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll with 32 points, just behind Binghamton University at 33.
Stony Brook received 49 points and all seven possible first-place votes; UAlbany tallied 41 points and the other first-place vote.
UNH was followed by UMBC (28 points), Vermont (20), UMass Lowell (14) and Hartford (7).

Scouting Vermont

The University of Vermont (Burlington, Vt.) enters Saturday's game with a 7-6 overall record. UVM has a 1-4 record in America East and is also 1-4 at home.
The Catamounts lost 22-6 at home to Dartmouth College.
Vermont has lost five consecutive games – to Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, Stony Brook, UAlbany and UMBC.
Prior to this five-game losing streak, the Catamounts have a five-game winning streak.
They average 12.77 goals per game with a .446 shot percentage while their opponents average 11.62 goals per game with a .434 shot percentage.
Vermont has scored in the double-digits in 10 of 13 games with a high of 18 (twice).
Elise Koehl leads the team in goals (39) while Jenna Janes leads the team in points with 46 (32 goals, 14 assists).
Maddy Kuras has started all 13 games in goal and has a GAA of 11.63 with a .401 save average. Koehl ranks second in points (45).
Alex Vignona is another Catamount who has eclipsed 40 points with six goals and team-high 34 assists.
Maddy Kuras has started all 13 games and played 748 of a possible 780 minutes. She has a 7-6 record with an 11.63 GAA and .403 save percentage.
Kuras has a team-high 34 ground balls.
Carolyn Carrera ranks second in both ground balls (22) and caused turnovers (14).
Micaela O'Mara is UVM's leader in caused turnovers (16).
Grace Giancola is atop the leaderboard in draw controls (65). She's also contributed 20 points (12g, 8a).

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