McAteer Records Goal, Assist in 4-3 OT Loss to #3 Boston College

Sunday, September 19

Durham, N.H.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

(2-5)

Boston College

(7-1)

Boston College

New Hampshire

Photo by: Rob Krohn

McAteer Records Goal, Assist in 4-3 OT Loss to #3 Boston College

9/19/2021 4:36:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Junior Molly McAteer (Annapolis, Md.) recorded a goal and an assist for the University of New Hampshire field hockey team, but third-ranked Boston College rallied for a 4-3 overtime victory Sunday afternoon at Memorial Field.

McAteer, senior Tia Raspante (Sandwich, Mass.) and sophomore Lily Rothwell (Lynnfield, Mass.) scored the UNH goals, and junior goalkeeper Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) was credited with eight saves, including one in overtime.

Sarah Johnson scored the game-winning goal 6:02 into overtime to lift BC to victory. She also tallied a pair of assists. Margo Carlin, Lois Lekawael and Fusine Govaert also scored for the Eagles, and goalie Jonna Kennedy made two saves.

UNH moves to 2-5 overall and BC is now 7-1.

"Very proud of what we accomplished today," UNH head coach Robin Balducci surmised. "BC is a great team. They've got great depth, great individual skill. So for us to really settle in after they were pressing us, pressing us, that was important. Then for us to take a little bit of a run, be able to push up in the first half and finish with some good stats and good pressure. Those are all really important as we get ready to take on Cal and UC Davis next weekend."

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LOOKING AHEAD

The Wildcats return to action Friday, Sept. 24 against the University of California. The game begins at 3 p.m. at Memorial Field.

FIRST QUARTER

BC recorded a 2-0 shot advantage in the first 15 minutes.
The Eagles' offense pressured early with the first shot of the game by Carlin into the cage for a 1-0 lead at 6:12. Sarah Johnson, whose hit from the top-right side of the circle toward the far post redirected in by Carlin, was credited with the assist.
The Wildcats sent the ball into the circle with 42 seconds left on the clock, but the Eagles recovered and brought the action back down the field to end the first quarter.

SECOND QUARTER

UNH generated a 9-2 shot advantage in the second quarter and scored the only two goals of the period.
The first corner of the game for UNH came at 17:52. The ball was inserted by sophomore Lindsay Lee (Eindhoven, Netherlands) to senior captain Isabelle Danahy (Chelmsford, Mass.) at the top of the circle for McAteer's shot. The goal was on a high redirection into the back of the net by Raspante and tied the score, 1-1, at 17:59.
UNH's second corner of the game was recorded at 20 minutes. The ball was shot by senior captain Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherlands) at the top of the circle and was blocked. That led to another corner and another blocked shot off the stick of van den Brekel.
McAteer scored off the next corner from the top of the circle to make the score 2-1 at 20:16. The goal was assisted by the battery of Danahy and Lee.
The Eagles had their first corner at 25:30 with a shot by Carlin that was blocked.

THIRD QUARTER

BC had the advantage in shots (11-1) in the third quarter, but both teams scored one goal to push the score to 3-2.
The Eagles sustained consistent offensive pressure and recorded five corners in the third quarter.
The first goal of the third quarter came at 33:57 when Johnson's centering pass from the right corner was redirected in front by Lois Lekawael to tie up the game 2-2.
UNH's Rothwell answered soon after with an unassisted goal at 35:05, her first goal of her career, as the Wildcats took a 3-2 lead.

FOURTH QUARTER

BC took 12-0 shot advantage, recorded eight corners and scored the only goal in the fourth quarter.
The Eagles tied the score, 3-3, on the last of those 12 shots and eight corners of the quarter with 21 seconds remaining in regulation.
Carlin's initial direct shot was blocked, but Govaert kept the ball in the top-right side of the circle and blasted a shot through traffic into the cage at 59:39 for her first goal of the game and fourth of the season.

OVERTIME

BC had a 2-0 shot advantage in the overtime period.
The first several minutes in overtime was mostly spent in the midfield as both teams were patient and deliberate.
Junior Ava Mariani (Easton, Pa.) stole the ball and advanced down the field on a breakaway with 5:43 left on the clock, but Kennedy charged from the goal line and sent the ball out of bounds across the goal line.
BC was awarded a corner at 65:56. Govaert's shot from the top of the circle was stopped by Woods, but Johnson – who started the sequence with the insert – scored on the rebound at the left doorstep to win the game for the Eagles at 66:02.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

BC finished with a 29-10 shot advantage including 12-5 on goal.
The Eagles had a 15-5 penalty corner advantage. All five of UNH's corners were in the second quarter.
van Den Brekel led the Wildcats with three shots.

UNH NOTEBOOK

The three goals are a season-high for New Hampshire.
It was the first career goal for both McAteer and Rothwell.
The three points also marked a career high for McAteer.
Danahy and Lee are tied for the team lead in assists with two.
van den Brekel is UNH's active career leader in goals scored (22), assists (16), and points (60).
Sunday marked the home opener for the Wildcats, who opened the season with six consecutive games away from Durham.
New Hampshire had won seven consecutive home openers with an 8-2 record the previous 10 home openers.
Both UNH games this weekend went into overtime. The Wildcats prevailed 2-1 in double OT at Bryant University on Sept. 17.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

The Eagles have won 12 straight games in the series dating back to the Wildcats' win in 2009.

COACH'S QUIPS
Head coach Robin Balducci, on non-conference schedule
"We've been focused on all of our pre-conference games and have clearly taken on a strong schedule for one purpose and one purpose only. And that is, where we are gonna be as we head into conference and today was just that one more step, one more benchmark as to what we can do when we stay together and stay focused with our discipline in our tactical game."

On the team's quick goal after BC tied the score 2-2
"I'm just excited about them being able to step up on the field, on their own. They stick to the game plan. It's a sign of our leadership. We have six great seniors who are leading the group on game day in the field of play. We may be young in some spots but the leadership makes up for that."

On scoring two goals on penalty corners
"We've been executing on corners. That's clearly been a strength of ours. It's something we talked about right from the beginning of the season, that corners are a strength of ours and we've got to understand that. And that's important to our game plan."

On the growth of the younger players
"I think our younger forwards really running. We've got some speed. We've got a real mix in our strikers. I'm pleased with the younger players. They've stepped up to match up to some very good players."