Bonett, Taylor Earn Student-Athlete Spotlight Honor

DURHAM, N.H. - Redshirt freshman Faith Bonett (Moorestown, N.J.) of the women's basketball team and sophomore Ty Taylor (Richmond, British Columbia) of the men's hockey team were named this week's Service Credit Union Student-Athlete Spotlight honors for competition from Dec. 30 to Jan. 5.

Bonett recorded her first career double-double in her first career start Jan. 2 at UMass Lowell. The 6-foot forward finished the game with 11 points and 10 rebounds, both of which are career highs. She made 4 of 5 field goal attempts and went 3-for-4 at the foul line in 25 minutes (also a career high).

Bonett was also in the starting lineup the next game against the University of Hartford and helped lead the Wildcats to a 72-71 win with an eight-point, six-rebound effort in 25 minutes. She made her first career 3-pointer in that win vs. Hartford.

In two games last week, Bonett averaged 9.5 ppg and 8.0 rpg. The UNH women's basketball team returns to action Jan. 8 (7 p.m.) at the University of Maine. The Wildcats play host to Stony Brook University on Jan. 11 (1 p.m.).

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Taylor had a .958 save percentage and 1.00 goals-against-average to backbone the UNH men's ice hockey team to a pair of victories last weekend.

Taylor stopped 28 of 29 shots on goal in the Wildcats' 4-1 win against Yale University (Jan. 3). He had double-digit saves in both the first (10) and third (11) periods, and the only goal against was on Yale's power play. The 28 saves marked a career high.

One night later, Taylor recorded 11 of his 18 saves in the second stanza of UNH's 5-1 victory vs. Brown (Jan. 4). The Bears' only goal was scored on a power play.

Taylor has a 5-0-0 record this season in five games played. He has a 1.98 GAA and .912 save percentage. The UNH men's hockey team returns to action Jan. 11 (7 p.m.) at home against Northeastern University.

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