Non-Conference Concludes Tuesday (4 PM) vs. Boston U.

2019 UNH Women's Lacrosse
Boston U. (8-4, 4-1 Patriot) at New Hampshire (8-4, 3-1 America East)
Tuesday, April 9 • Wildcat Stadium • Durham, N.H. • 4 p.m.
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The Matchup vs. Boston University

UNH has a 14-26 lifetime record against BU. The Terriers have won three straight in the series, including last year's 16-13 victory at Nickerson Field. (April 11, 2018) • Recap • Box
BU jumped out to leads of 4-1 and 9-4 before taking a 12-6 lead into halftime. Trailing 14-7 10 minutes into the second half, the Wildcats surged within 15-13 with three minutes remaining. UNH pulled its goalie with 1:51 to play but could get no closer.
The last time these programs met at Wildcat Stadium (April 2017), Boston University recorded a 16-11 victory. • Recap • Box Score
In that game, the score was tied 10-10 with 15 minutes remaining but BU scored six consecutive goals to pull away for the win.
The Wildcats' most recent win vs. the Terriers was April 2015 (9-8 at home).

The State of New Hampshire

UNH, led by seventh-year head coach Sarah Albrecht, has an 8-4 overall record that includes 5-3 against non-conference teams and 3-1 at home.
Tuesday's matchup against BU is the Wildcats' last non-conference game of the regular season.
New Hampshire's four-game winning streak was snapped Saturday with a 12-11 loss at UAlbany in which the Great Danes scored with 15 seconds remaining in regulation.
The Wildcats capped a perfect 3-0 homestand with a 16-6 win against Hartford on March 30.
UNH won three straight games spanning Feb. 22 to March 1.
UNH is averaging 12.50 goals per game on a .404 shooting percentage; opponents are at 10.08 gpg with a .407 shooting percentage.
The 'Cats are 20^th in the nation (116 teams) in shots on goal per game (24.67).
Six Wildcats have started all 12 games.
Catherine Sexton is the only Wildcat who has scored a goal every game; she is also the only 'Cat with a point all 12 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 enter the week ranked No. 9 in the nation (90.2%; 194 of 215). Opponents have been less effective at 79.9 percent (183 of 229).
UNH has had just one failed clear attempt six of the past eight games; the only exceptions were March 1 vs. Iona (18x21) and at UAlbany (15x17).
Last Wednesday, UNH was 20-for-21 at UMass Lowell.
UNH was a perfect 21-for-21 on clear attempts at Sacred Heart (Feb. 22).

Inside the 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.

Streaking

Catherine Sexton has a 12-game goal and point streak.
Rylee Leonard has an 11-game point streak and six-game assist streak, the latter of which is the longest by a Wildcat this season. Leonard has tallied multiple points every game during the 11-game streak.
Mickenzie Larivee has a goal – and therefore point – each of the last five games.

Last Time Out: at UAlbany 12, UNH 11 (Saturday, April 6) • Recap • Box

UAlbany steadily built a 5-0 lead and took a 6-1 lead into halftime.
UNH had runs of four and five goals as part of a 10-1 run that gave the Wildcats an 11-9 lead at 7:41 of the second half.
The Great Danes tied the score, 11-11, with 52 seconds remaining, controlled the ensuing draw and struck again with 15 on the clock to regain the lead.
UAlbany won the next draw control to seal the win.
Elizabeth Blanding recorded three goals and two assists for a career-high five points; the two assists also marked a personal best.
Catherine Sexton matched Blanding's five points with two goals and three assists.
UNH matched its season high of seven assists (done three previous times – all on the road – against Central Connecticut State, UConn and Sacred Heart).

Senior Scoring

Senior attacker Catherine Sexton has scored a goal every game – and thereby has recorded a point every game – with 10 multiple-point efforts, including seven with multiple goals.
Sexton is tied atop the Wildcats' points leaderboard with 38, and she ranks second in both goals (24) and assists (14). Her 36 shots ranks fourth.
Sexton has scored 24 goals on 36 shots for a team-high .667 shooting percentage that is No. 2 in the nation.
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.

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 assists (15), is tied atop the leaderboard in points (28), and is third in goals with 23.
Miller leads all Wildcats with 27 goals and she ranks third in points (32) as well as tied for fourth in assists (five); she has a team-high 64 shots.
Miller matched her career high of four goals last Wednesday at UMass Lowell.
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 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.
Leonard ranks second in shots (57), fourth in ground balls (15) and tied for fourth in draw controls (13).
Leonard has a 10-game goal-scoring streak and six-game assist streak, the latter of which is the longest by any Wildcat this season.
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.
Leonard matched her career high of four goals at Kennesaw State (March 10) as part of a stretch of seven consecutive games with multiple goals (March 1-30).

Quadruple-Double

Rylee Leonard is the only Wildcat who has recorded double digits in goals (23), assists (15), ground balls (15) and draw controls (13).

Triple-Double

Junior midfielder Caroline Hernon is the only Wildcat who has recorded double digits in ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers.
Hernon is UNH's leader in both ground balls (25) and draw controls (40); she is tied for second in caused turnovers (11).

Immediate Impact

Senior attacker Mickenzie Larivee, a transfer from Boston University, has made an impact on the 'Cat attack.
Larivee ranks fourth in both goals (18) and points (23). She has multiple points in 6 of 12 games with three multiple-goal efforts.
Larivee matched her season high of five points with three goals and season-high two assists against UMass Lowell last Wednesday.
She recorded a point each of her first five games as a Wildcat and has a current give-game point streak.
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 40. Hernon also gains possession for the 'Cats via ground balls (team-high 25) and caused turnovers (11, which ranks second).
Freshman Delaney Pratt, who is often in the center circle, ranks second with 39 draw controls.
Senior captain Elise Chandler has a team-high 15 caused turnovers and ranks second in ground balls (23).
Freshman defender Meghan Doyle is tied for second in caused turnovers (11) and ranks third in ground balls (22).

Defensive Spotlight

Senior captain Elise Chandler has produced solid numbers as she leads UNH in caused turnovers (15) and is second in ground balls (23).
She finished with a career-high four caused turnovers and matched her personal best of four ground balls 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 10 of 12 games with seven multiple-GB efforts. She has a caused turnover in 7 of 12 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. She was a DNP at UMass Lowell this past Wednesday.
Doyle is tied for second in caused turnovers (11) and is third in ground balls (22).
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 nine games (all starts), she has 13 ground balls and seven caused turnovers.
Lee recorded a career-high five ground balls at CCSU; she's collected at least one GB in 7 of 9 games.
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 four 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 11 games (six starts), she has 12 ground balls and nine caused turnovers.

Last Line of Defense

Freshman goalie Issy Torres has started all 12 games and played 663:34 of a possible 720 minutes (92.2%). She has an 8-4 record with a 10.31 GAA and .447 save percentage.
Her numbers steadily improved during the recent four-game win streak. Torres entered the win streak with a 12.21 GAA and .422 save percentage and improved those numbers to 10.14 and .460, respectively.
Torres stopped 8 of 12 shots on goal in UNH's 11-4 win at UMass Lowell last Wednesday. She also had two ground balls and one caused turnover.
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 24 of 67 free-position shots (35.8%); in comparison, the opponents are 27-for-63 (42.9%).
This past Saturday, both UNH and UAlbany scored on 1 of 3 free-position shots.
Last Wednesday at UMass Lowell, UNH converted 1 of 9 free-position shots into a goal (11.1%). The River Hawks were 1-for-2.
UNH has scored multiple free-position goals five times, including a high of five (twice: at Sacred Heart; at Central Connecticut State) and most recently vs. Binghamton (2-for-4) on March 23.

The Last Time…

New Hampshire started a season with eight (or more) wins through 11 games was 2008, when the 'Cats were 9-2.
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 (spanned Feb. 24 to March 6).
UNH opened conference play with three wins was last year, when the 'Cats started 4-0 in America East.

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 Boston U.

Boston University (Boston, Mass.) enters Tuesday's game with an 8-4 overall record, including 4-1 record against the Patriot League and 3-3 on the road.
The Terriers are coming off a 23-10 win against American University this past Saturday. The 23 goals marked a season high for BU with Emily Vervlied, Kailey Conry, Hannah Kenneally and Ava Barry all scoring three or more goals.
Ever since the Terriers lost to Harvard in double OT on March 6, they have won 5 of 6 games.
Boston U. scores 14.25 goals per game with a .419 shooting percentage, while giving up only 11.00 goals per game to opponents on a .414 shooting percentage.
Conry leads the team in total points (51) and assists (34), while starting all nine games she has played. She tallied 11 points (4g, 7a) against Hartford and 10 points (4g, 6a) vs. American.
Kaitlin Belval leads all Terriers in goals, scoring 24 goals in 12 games. Emily Vervlied is close behind, scoring 22 goals in 11 games.
Lexi Lewis has recorded more ground balls than any other player on the team at 25. At 23 groundballs, Tonianne Magnelli is in second. Magnelli also has the most draw controls with 55.
In net, Kennady Smith has started 10 games in 11 played, and sports a GAA of 11.91 with a .416 save percentage and 7-3 record.

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