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University of New Hampshire Athletics
10/29/2021 8:13:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Francesca Picicci Named to First Team and All-Academic Team
BOSTON – Senior captain Francesca Picicci (North Massapequa, N.Y.) was voted to both the America East All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Team to highlight the four awards received by the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team Friday.
Sophomore Anna Hewlett (Webster, N.Y.) was named to the All-Conference Second Team and freshman Meghan Guarente (Sewell, N.J.) was selected to the All-Rookie Team. Picicci is a repeat All-Academic Team honoree from the 2020-21 season.
Picicci, who was a Second Team selection this past spring, has started all 14 games in which she's played this season and is UNH's leader in goals (six), game-winning goals (three) and points (13). She has been highly efficient with those six goals on just 19 shots for a .316 shooting percentage.
With those numbers, Picicci is tied at No. 4 in the conference in goals, is No. 3 in goals per game (0.429), ninth in points and seventh in points per game (0.93).
Picicci matched her career high of two goals in back-to-back games at Stony Brook University and against UMBC. She also had an assist at SBU for a personal-best five points, and she netted the game-winning goal in both those games. She also scored the game winner in UNH's 1-0 victory against Binghamton University.
Hewlett, who was an All-Rookie Team honoree this past spring, has played all 16 games with 13 starts (each of the last 13 games). Her season stats include a goal and four assists for a total of six points. Hewlett is tied for the team lead in assists and ranks third in points.
With those stats, Hewlett is tied atop the America East leaderboard in assists and is tied for second in assists per game (0.25).
Hewlett recorded an assist four consecutive games against UMass Lowell, Stony Brook, UMBC and Maine. Her assist was on the game-winning goal in the victory vs. Stony Brook and Maine. She also scored a goal against UMBC to finish with a career-high three points.
Guarente, who was a two-time Rookie of the Week selection in the 2021 season, has played all 16 games with 14 starts, including the last seven regular-season games. She tallied three goals and four assists for a total of 10 points. She is tied atop the team leaderboard in assists, and ranks second in both goals and points.
With those numbers, Guarente is tied at No. 1 in America East in assists and tied for second in assists per game (0.25). She ranks eighth in shots per game (2.44) and ninth in shots (39), as well as fourth in shots on goal per game (1.50) and fifth in shots on goal (24).
Guarente recorded a three-game point streak against Stony Brook, UMBC and Maine in which she had two goals and two assists for six points. She netted the game's only goal at Maine to account for her one game-winning goal.
New Hampshire, which has qualified for the America East tournament all eight years under head coach Steve Welham, begins postseason play Oct. 31 (1 p.m.) with an America East first round game at NJIT.
Sophomore Anna Hewlett (Webster, N.Y.) was named to the All-Conference Second Team and freshman Meghan Guarente (Sewell, N.J.) was selected to the All-Rookie Team. Picicci is a repeat All-Academic Team honoree from the 2020-21 season.
Picicci, who was a Second Team selection this past spring, has started all 14 games in which she's played this season and is UNH's leader in goals (six), game-winning goals (three) and points (13). She has been highly efficient with those six goals on just 19 shots for a .316 shooting percentage.
With those numbers, Picicci is tied at No. 4 in the conference in goals, is No. 3 in goals per game (0.429), ninth in points and seventh in points per game (0.93).
Picicci matched her career high of two goals in back-to-back games at Stony Brook University and against UMBC. She also had an assist at SBU for a personal-best five points, and she netted the game-winning goal in both those games. She also scored the game winner in UNH's 1-0 victory against Binghamton University.
Hewlett, who was an All-Rookie Team honoree this past spring, has played all 16 games with 13 starts (each of the last 13 games). Her season stats include a goal and four assists for a total of six points. Hewlett is tied for the team lead in assists and ranks third in points.
With those stats, Hewlett is tied atop the America East leaderboard in assists and is tied for second in assists per game (0.25).
Hewlett recorded an assist four consecutive games against UMass Lowell, Stony Brook, UMBC and Maine. Her assist was on the game-winning goal in the victory vs. Stony Brook and Maine. She also scored a goal against UMBC to finish with a career-high three points.
Guarente, who was a two-time Rookie of the Week selection in the 2021 season, has played all 16 games with 14 starts, including the last seven regular-season games. She tallied three goals and four assists for a total of 10 points. She is tied atop the team leaderboard in assists, and ranks second in both goals and points.
With those numbers, Guarente is tied at No. 1 in America East in assists and tied for second in assists per game (0.25). She ranks eighth in shots per game (2.44) and ninth in shots (39), as well as fourth in shots on goal per game (1.50) and fifth in shots on goal (24).
Guarente recorded a three-game point streak against Stony Brook, UMBC and Maine in which she had two goals and two assists for six points. She netted the game's only goal at Maine to account for her one game-winning goal.
New Hampshire, which has qualified for the America East tournament all eight years under head coach Steve Welham, begins postseason play Oct. 31 (1 p.m.) with an America East first round game at NJIT.
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