Woods Matches Career High of 11 Saves in 3-0 Loss to #3 Iowa

Saturday, September 4

Boston, Mass.

3 PM

University of New Hampshire

(1-3)

Iowa

(3-0)

Iowa

New Hampshire

Photo by: Larissa Biette

Woods Matches Career High of 11 Saves in 3-0 Loss to #3 Iowa

9/4/2021 6:12:00 PM | Field Hockey

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BOSTON – Junior goalkeeper Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) matched her career high of 11 saves, but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was defeated 3-0 by third-ranked University of Iowa on Saturday afternoon at Boston University's New Balance Field.

Woods, the reigning America East Defensive Player of the Week, made nearly half of her saves in the third quarter, when she stopped five shots.

Iowa goalie Grace McGuire was credited with two saves, while Esme Gibson, Ellie Holley and Lokke Stribos each scored a goal for the Hawkeyes.

UNH is now 1-3 and Iowa remains unbeaten at 3-0.

"Similar to the Louisville game last week, our goal was to step up to the challenge of their depth and ability and I thought we did a good job," UNH head coach Robin Balducci said. "We held them for a bit after they scored an early goal. We tightened things up.

"Our goal these two weekends was to challenge ourselves at a high level for the return down the road and prepare us as we get ready for conference play," Balducci added.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Sept. 10 (6 p.m.) at Providence College.
The Wildcats' home opener is Sunday, Sept. 19 (12 p.m.) against No. 7 Boston College.

FIRST QUARTER

Iowa recorded a 4-0 shot advantage and 2-0 edge in penalty corners in the opening 15 minutes.
Gibson scored an unassisted goal on the first shot of the game at 3:30 to give the designated visitors a 1-0 lead.
Woods denied Anthe Nijziel's penalty-corner shot in the fifth minute and also made a save against Stribos in the closing minute of the quarter to keep the 'Cats within one goal.

SECOND QUARTER

Iowa had the edge in both shots (4-1) and corners (1-0) in the second quarter.
Woods was tested once again, but turned aside Holley in the 17^th minutes.
Redshirt senior Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherlands) fired a shot on goal in the 22^nd minute, but McGuire made the save.
Holley scored on a shot from the middle of the circle to extend the Hawkeyes' lead to 2-0 at 27:10.
Woods made two more saves before halftime, both on shots from the stick of Maddy Murphy (at 27:39 and 29:18).

THIRD QUARTER

Iowa intensified the pressure after halftime to generate a 9-1 shot advantage with a 3-1 edge in quarters in the third quarter.
The battery of Murphy and Holley set up a direct-shot goal from the top of the circle by Stribos at 31:44 to push the margin to 3-0.
In the 35th minute, junior Ava Mariani (Easton, Pa.) was denied by McGuire.
New Hampshire generated its only corner of the game in the 43^rd minute, but the Wildcats were unable to produce a shot.

FOURTH QUARTER

Iowa recorded a shot off a corner in the opening minute of the final 15 minutes, but then neither team had a shot nor a corner the rest of the game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Hawkeyes finished with the advantage in both shots (18-2), including 14-2 on goal, and corners (7-1).

UNH NOTEBOOK

Woods established her career best of 11 saves March 28, 2021 at the University of Maine.
Woods has finished with 10+ saves twice in four games this season and five times in her career.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire has a 2-14-1 lifetime record against Iowa.
UNH and Iowa faced off in the 1986 NCAA national championship game, which the Hawkeyes won 2-1 in double overtime.