Woods Records 10 Saves in 2-0 Loss at #12 Harvard

Sunday, October 3

Cambridge, Mass.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

(3-8)

Harvard

(9-1)

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HARV

Photo by: Gil Talbot

10/3/2021 10:00:00 PM | Field Hockey

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Junior goalkeeper Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) made 10 saves but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was defeated 2-0 by 12^th-ranked Harvard University at Berylson Field on Sunday afternoon.

Woods stopped four shots in the second quarter and two in each of the other three quarters. Harvard counterpart Ellie Shahbo was credited with one save. Hannah Pearce and Megan Joel were the goal scorers.

UNH is now 3-8 overall, including 0-4 against nationally-ranked teams. Harvard improved to 9-1.

"Harvard's a good team but we played a little tentative, a little on our heels," UNH head coach Robin Balducci said. "But I'm pretty pleased that we were able to hold them to two goals. They had one quarter that they had a lot of shots. Other than that, I feel like we held them a bit. A lot of good things we can take from it in terms of a complete weekend."

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Oct. 10 (1 p.m.) at UAlbany.
The Wildcats' next home game is Oct. 15 (2 p.m.) against Monmouth University.

FIRST QUARTER

Harvard generated a 4-0 shot advantage and 2-0 edge in penalty corners in the opening 15 minutes.
Woods made two saves before the Crimson took a 1-0 lead on Pearce's goal on a direct shot from the top of the circle on a corner at 5:51.

SECOND QUARTER

The home team recorded eight shots and two more corners in the second quarter.
Woods stopped Avery Donahue's shot and her chance off the rebound to keep the 'Cats within one goal in the 17^th minute.
Joel extended the advantage to 2-0 at 17:17.
Woods made two more saves in the 24^th minute.

THIRD QUARTER

Harvard had the edge in both shots (5-0) and corners (1-0) in the scoreless third quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER

UNH generated the only penalty corner in the final period, in which the Crimson had a 3-1 shot advantage.
The Wildcats pressured inside the 25 in the 49^th minutes to earn a corner that generated a shot by senior captain Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherlands), but Shahbo made the save to keep the 'Cats scoreless.
Woods denied Donahue twice more the rest of the way.

GAME NOTEBOOK

Harvard finished with a 20-1 shot advantage that included 12-1 on goal.
The Crimson had a 5-1 edge in corners.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Woods finished with 10+ saves for the third time this season. She also had 10 stops at fifth-ranked University of Louisville and a season-high 11 saves against third-ranked University of Iowa.
She also had three games of 10+ saves in the Spring 2021 season.