Win Streak on the Line Wednesday at UMass Lowell

The Matchup vs. UMass Lowell

UNH has won all four matchups against UMass Lowell since the River Hawks became a Division I program in the 2015 season.
Last year at Bremner Field, the Wildcats were 14-5 victors. • Recap • Box
- UNH scored seven consecutive goals in a 19-minute span to build an 8-2 lead, and the River Hawks never got closer than five goals the rest of the way.
The last time these teams met at Cushing Field (2017) the Wildcats prevailed 10-7. • Recap • Box Score
- Trailing 6-4 with 21 minutes remaining, UNH scored six consecutive goals to surge in front, 10-6, with 5:28 to play.
UNH won 22-6 in 2015 at Cushing Field and 16-3 at Cowell Stadium in '16.

The State of New Hampshire

UNH, led by seventh-year head coach Sarah Albrecht, has a 7-3 overall record that includes 2-0 in America East and 4-2 on the road.
Wednesday's game at UMass Lowell is the Wildcats' first road game since their stretch of six consecutive road games ended March 13 at Vanderbilt.
The Wildcats capped a perfect 3-0 homestand with a 16-6 win against Hartford this past Saturday (March 30).
This is the Wildcats' second three-game win streak of the season. New Hampshire also won three straight spanning Feb. 22 to March 1.
UNH is averaging 12.80 goals per game on a .417 shooting percentage; opponents are at 10.50 gpg with a .413 shooting percentage.
Six Wildcats have started all 10 games.
Catherine Sexton is the only Wildcat who has scored a goal every game; she is also the only 'Cat with a point all 10 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.

In the Clear

New Hampshire has been highly effective on clear attempts. The Wildcats entered the week ranked No. 9 in the nation (89.8%; 159 of 177). Opponents have been less effective at 77.8 percent (151 of 194).
UNH has had just one failed clear attempt five of the past six games; the only exception was March 1 vs. Iona, when the 'Cats were 18-for-21.
UNH was a perfect 21-for-21 on clear attempts at Sacred Heart (Feb. 22).

Inside the Win Streak

UNH is averaging 14.33 goals while yielding an average of 8.00 goals during the current three-game win streak (March 17-30).
New Hampshire has outscored the opposition 23-11 in the first half.
The Wildcats have scored 43 goals on 99 shots for a .434 shooting percentage in comparison to the opponent's .353 shooting percentage (24 goals on 68 shots).
In other stats, UNH has the edge in ground balls (22.7 to 13.3 per game) and draw controls (14.0 to 10.3 per game).
The 'Cats have excelled on clear attempts with a 90.4 percent success rate (47 of 52); that is in contrast to the opposition's 72.4 percent (42-for-58).
Rylee Leonard has fueled the offense with seven goals and five assists for 12 points (2.33 gpg; 1.67 apg; 4.00 ppg).
Delaney Pratt and Caroline Hernon have been dominant on draw controls with 11 and 10, respetively.
Issy Torres has stopped 25 of 49 shots on goal for a .510 save percentage.

The Last Time…

New Hampshire started a season 7-3 was in 2010; the last time the 'Cats had eight (or more) wins through 11 games was 2008 (9-2).
UNH had a pair of three-game win streaks in the same season was 2010; that team had a four-game and three-game win streak.
The Wildcats won four consecutive games was in 2010 (spanned Feb. 24 to March 6).
UNH opened conference play with two wins was last year, when the 'Cats started 4-0 in America East.

Streaking

Catherine Sexton has a 10-game goal and point streak.
Rylee Leonard has a nine-game goal and point streak, as well as a four-game assist streak. Leonard has tallied multiple points every game during the nine-game streak with seven consecutive multiple-goal efforts.
Julia Neyland has a four-game point streak and has scored a goal each of the past three games.
Elizabeth Blanding and Mickenzie Larivee both have a goal/point each of the last three games.

The Streak Is Over

Devan Miller carried a nine-game goal and point streak into last Saturday, but she did not record a point against Hartford; she had recorded multiple goals seven consecutive games (Feb. 22 to March 17) and multiple points eight consecutive games (Feb. 16 to March 17).
Teagan Northrup saw her eight-game point streak and five-game goal streak end last Saturday vs. Hartford.

Last Time Out: at UNH 16, Hartford 6 (Saturday, March 23) • Recap • Box

New Hampshire raced out to a 7-0 lead and Hartford never got closer than six goals the rest of the way in UNH's 16-6 win at Wildcat Stadium.
Rylee Leonard led a balanced attack with four points (3g, 1a).
Issy Torres made all six of her saves in the second half.
A total of 11 Wildcats recorded a point, and there also happened to be 11 different UNH goal scorers.
The 'Cats led 11-1 at halftime with a 23-1 shot advantage.

Senior Scoring

Senior attacker Catherine Sexton ranks second on the team in both points (27) and assists (10), as well as third in goals (20). Sexton's 28 shots ranks fourth.
Sexton has scored 20 goals on 28 shots for a team-high .714 shooting percentage.
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 tallied two assists in three consecutive games spanning Feb. 23–March 3.
Sexton has recorded multiple points 8 of 10 games with five multiple-goal efforts.

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 (33) and assists (11), and is tied with Miller atop the goals leaderboard with 22; Miller ranks third in points (27).
Miller is fourth in assists (five).
Miller recorded three points each of the first five games of the season before increasing that total to a career-high five points at Kennesaw State; her four goals also marked a personal best, which she matched vs. Iona College.
Miller scored multiple goals seven consecutive games spanning Feb. 22 to March 17.
She began the season with a goal and point in nine straight games.
Miller has a team-high 52 shots.
In addition to leading the team in goals, assists and points, Leonard is second in shots (49), tied for fourth in draw controls (nine) and fifth in both ground balls (13) and caused turnovers (six).
Leonard has a nine-game goal-scoring streak with seven straight multiple-goal games, including a career-high four at Kennesaw State (March 10).
She also has a four-game assist streak.
Leonard recorded a career-high five points (2g, 3a) vs. Iona on March 17.
Leonard established a personal best of three assists at UConn (Feb. 24) and matched that at Iona.

Immediate Impact

Senior attacker Mickenzie Larivee, a transfer from Boston University, has made an immediate impact on the 'Cat attack.
Larivee ranks fourth in both goals (14) and points (17). She has multiple points in 5 of 10 games with two multiple-goal efforts.
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.
Larivee fueled UNH's second-half surge at Sacred Heart with five goals.

Getting Possession

Freshman defender Meghan Doyle ranks second on the team in both ground balls (22) and caused turnovers (11).
Senior captain Elise Chandler has a team-high 14 caused turnovers and ranks third in ground balls (21).
Sophomore Caroline Hernon is atop UNH's leaderboard in both draw controls (34) and ground balls (34); she is also third in caused turnovers (10).
Freshman Delaney Pratt is second in draw controls with 23.

Defensive Spotlight

Senior captain Elise Chandler has produced solid numbers as she leads UNH in caused turnovers (14) and is third in ground balls (21).
She finished with a career-high four caused turnovers and matched her personal best of four draw controls vs. Iona (March 17).
Chandler recorded three caused turnovers in the opener vs. Harvard and matched that at Vanderbilt. She established a career-high four ground balls at UConn (Feb. 24).
Chandler has at least one GB in 9 of 10 games with six multiple-GB efforts. She has a caused turnover in 6 of 10 games.
Freshman Meghan Doyle has been consistent despite her youth with multiple ground balls in 8 of 9 games and a caused turnover in 8 of 9.
Doyle ranks second on the squad in both ground balls (22) and caused turnovers (11).
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.
Senior Jessica Lee made her season debut March 1 at Central Connecticut State. In seven games (all starts), she has 11 ground balls and six caused turnovers.
Lee recorded a career-high five ground balls at CCSU; she's collected at least one GB in 6 of 7 games.
Freshman Abby Cranney had a breakout weekend Feb. 22 & 24. She recorded three ground balls both games against Sacred Heart and UConn. She also had four draw controls, one caused turnover and a goal at SHU.
In 10 games (two starts), Cranney has 12 ground balls, 12 draw controls and four caused turnovers.
Taylor Dudek, yet another freshman, 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 two 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.
In nine games (four starts), she has 11 ground balls and nine caused turnovers.

Last Line of Defense

Freshman goalie Issy Torres has started all 10 games and played 543:34 of a possible 600 minutes (90.6%). She has a 7-3 record with a 10.82 GAA and .446 save percentage.
On March 17 vs. Iona, Torres tallied double-digit saves for the third time this season with 10 in the 15-8 win against the Gaels.
Torres made 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 22 of 55 free-position shots (40.0%); in comparison, the opponents are 25-for-58 (43.1%).
Last weekend, the Wildcats scored on 1 of 6 free-position shots and Hartford did not score on its only free-position shot.
There were only a total of three free-position shots in the March 13 game at Vanderbilt, and neither team scored as the Wildcats were 0-for-2 and Vandy was 0-for-1.
In the first weekend of March, the 'Cats got the better of CCSU (5-for 9 in comparison to 0-for-5). But Fairfield was a perfect 5-for-5 in comparison to UNH's 1 of 5.

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 UMass Lowell

UMass Lowell enters Wednesday's matchup with a 3-8 overall record that includes 3-2 at home and 0-2 in America East.
The River Hawks are coming off Saturday's 20-3 los at Stony Brook. SBU scored 16 goals before UMass Lowell put one in.
The River Hawks have a four-game losing streak since defeating Merrimack College, 15-8, on March 5.
UMass Lowell averages 10.18 goals per game with a .389 shooting percentage, while opponents are averaging 13.00 goals per game on a .464 shooting percentage.
The River Hawks have scored double digits in 7 of 11 games.
Paige MacEachern leads the team in both goals (26) and points (37).
Cameron McKelvin and Kristina Keith are tied for second in goals (24). McKelvin also has nine assists for 33 points, while Keith has five assists for 29 points.
Kendyl Finelli leads all River Hawks with 13 assists. She has scored eight goals for a total of 21 points.
Renee Gonzalez has started all 11 games in goal and played all 660 minutes. Gonzalez has a 13.00 GAA and .381 save percentage.
Hana Caster leads the team in both ground balls (23) and caused turnovers (19), and she is second in draw controls (47).
Kelly Moran has a team-high 56 draw controls.

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Elizabeth Blanding

Elise Chandler

Abby Cranney

Meghan Doyle

Taylor Dudek

Amanda Gottlieb

Caroline Hernon

Mickenzie Larivee

Jessica Lee

Rylee Leonard

Gabby Masseur

Devan Miller

Julia Neyland

Teagan Northrup

Delaney Pratt

Catherine Sexton

Issy Torres