Cookman Sisters Combine for Five Goals, Four Assists in 11-1 Win vs. Merrimack

Sunday, October 16

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

(7-7, 2-3AE)

Merrimack

(0-14, 0-4NEC)

Merrimack

New Hampshire

Tasmin Cookman and Tamera Cookman_ATY_7249

Photo by: Andrew Yourell

Cookman Sisters Combine for Five Goals, Four Assists in 11-1 Win vs. Merrimack

10/16/2022 4:28:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Freshman Tamera Cookman (Woking, England) recorded three goals and two assists to lead the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Sunday afternoon's 11-1 non-conference win against Merrimack College.

The three goals, two assists and eight points are all career highs for Cookman, whose twin sister Tasmin Cookmann (Woking, England) finished with two goals and two assists. Junior Lindsay Lee (Eindhoven, Netherlands) factored in multiple goals with one goal and two assists, as did junior Olivia Watson (Easton, Pa.) with a goal and an assist.

UNH's other goal scorers were grad student Juliane Ohmen (Bremen, Germany), junior Lily Rothwell (Lynnfield, Mass.), and freshmen Brecken Calcari (St. Louis, Mo.) and Bella Davies-Roche (Lymington, United Kingdom).

Sophomore goalkeeper Elsa Goldsberry (Lake Bluff, Ill.), in her first career start, stopped three of four shots on goal in 48:07 to earn her first win. In her UNH debut, junior Mariana Birdthistle (Limerick, Ireland) did not face a shot on goal in the final 11:53.

MC goalie Paige DeGeorge made six saves and Autumn Bartush was credited with two defensive saves. Abby Allen scored the Warriors' goal.

UNH improved to 7-7 overall and 6-2 at home while Merrimack is now 0-14.

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UP NEXT

UNH concludes its seven-game homestand Oct. 21 against America East conference rival UAlbany. Game time at Memorial Field is 2 p.m.

FIRST QUARTER

New Hampshire scored a goal both early and late in the first quarter to build a 2-0 lead through 15 minutes.
The penalty corner battery of Lee and Tasmin Cookman set up Tamera Cookman's direct shot from the top of the circle into the cage to give UNH a 1-0 lead at 2:01.
On a restart at the 25, Tamera Cookman slid an entry pass to Tasmin at the top-left of the circle, and her rising shot off a reverse-stick sailed inside the left post to extend the advantage to 2-0 at 13:41.

SECOND QUARTER

Merrimack began to generate some offensive pressure with six shots and six corners in the second quarter – in comparison to no shots and one corner in the first – but UNH outscored the guests 4-0 to extend the lead to 6-0 before halftime.
Freshman Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) dribbled past one defender on the right end line and slipped the ball past another defender to Tasmin Cookman, who one-timed a low shot inside the near post to give UNH a 3-0 lead at 20:00.
Ohmen, who was a four-year letterwinner at Merrimack, pushed the margin to 4-0 just 46 seconds later when her reverse stick from deep on the left side went across the goalmouth inside the far post. Tasmin Cookman, with the pass out of the left corner, was credited with the assist.
The 'Cats also scored their next two goals within a minute to quickly extend the lead to 6-0.
Lee initiated and finished the scoring sequence on the fifth goal at 24:56. On a corner, she inserted the ball to Tasmin Cookman at the top of the circle. Tamera Cookman then sent the ball to the left doorstep, where Lee redirected a shot into the open cage.
Tamera Cookman scored on another direct shot on a corner – this time with Lee and sophomore Ella Pratt (Greenwood Village, Colo.) as the battery – at 25:51.

THIRD QUARTER

Davies-Roche corralled an entry pass by senior captain Ava Mariani (Easton, Pa.) on the left side and struck a rising reverse-stick shot inside the far post for a 7-0 lead at 38:11.
MC trimmed the deficit to 7-1 at 43:03 when Allen ran onto a long pass and beat Goldsberry in a 1-v-1 by pulling the ball from the right side to the middle and scoring into the open cage.

FOURTH QUARTER

Cookman scored her third goal of the game on yet another direct shot off a corner by placing a shot inside the left post at 46:01. Watson began the sequence with the insert to classmate and stick-stop Reagan Calcari (St. Louis, Mo.) at the top of the circle.
Watson increased the lead to 9-1 at 55:23 when she collected Rothwell's pass on the left wing and eluded a pair of defenders before shooting low inside the right post.
DeGeorge kicked the ball on a long entry pass, but Rothwell intercepted the clearing attempt and deposited a shot into the open cage for a 10-1 advantage at 56:00.
UNH converted another corner into an 11-1 lead at 57:12. Tamera Cookman's initial shot was stopped by DeGeorge. Brecken Calcari gained possession on the left side and lifted a shot into the cage.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

New Hampshire recorded a 33-9 shot advantage that included 19-4 on goal.
The Wildcats finished with a 13-8 edge in penalty corners.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Poulakis extended her point streak to five games; she has seven goals and four assists for 18 points in that span.
Lee matched her personal bests in both assists (two) and points (four).
Watson scored her first career goal and finished with a personal best of three points.
Ohmen's goal was her first as a Wildcat.
Davies-Roche recorded her first career goal and points.
In her collegiate debut, Brecken Calcari scored her first career goal to mark her first.
Pratt tallied her first collegiate point with the assist.
Both Cookman sisters and both Calcari sisters recorded a point.
The last time UNH scored six goals in a half was March 3, 2021, when those 'Cats also led 6-0 at halftime.
The 11 goals are the most by New Hampshire since scoring a school-record 13 goals Oct. 13, 2002 (13-1 win vs UAlbany).