Balducci Records 300th Career Win with 5-2 Victory vs. Dartmouth

Sunday, October 2

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

(5-6)

Dartmouth

(3-7)

Dartmouth

New Hampshire

Balducci Records 300th Career Win with 5-2 Victory vs. Dartmouth

10/2/2022 5:49:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Freshman Tasmin Cookman (Woking, England) recorded three goals and an assist to propel the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Sunday afternoon's 5-2 victory against intrastate rival Dartmouth College at Memorial Field. UNH head coach Robin Balducci became the 15^th Division I head coach to reach 300 career wins with the victory.

Cookman matched her best of three goals and established a career high of seven points. Classmate Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) finished with four points on a goal and career-high two assists. Tamera Cookman (Woking, England) scored UNH's other goal.

Senior goalkeeper Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) was credited with three saves. DC counterpart Hatley Post made seven saves; Florentina Terra had two defensive saves and Lauren Devletian was also credited with a defensive save.

UNH won its second consecutive game to improve to 5-6 overall. Dartmouth moves to 3-7.

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COACH'S QUOTES (UNH head coach Robin Balducci)
"Obviously this was a big weekend for us to get a turnaround, get a full effort. Our goal was to really play as a team, to find that connectivity within the group because that's what we had been lacking with those previous losses. I'm very, very happy with both games. Not just the W but how we played."

"Today, it was a real team effort. Obviously we had some really great goals and solid goal scoring, but Dartmouth is a solid team fundamentally and we had a lot of good performances defensively by Jules Ohmen, Molly McAteer and Lindsay Lee. They all did a great job for us and it doesn't show up on the stat sheet."

"And Jemma Woods came up with a couple of big saves. She kept the game out of reach and didn't allow Dartmouth to get back into it."

"Those young guys are very gifted, talented and they're exciting to watch."

"I think you kind of forget about where you are at as a coach with regards to wins. You're fighting every season for a successful season and the number of wins don't matter other than where you finish, so you kind of forget about that. I'm honored to have had great teams to be able to have the success to have the wins. The kids have to do it on game day. We all put a lot in, but they have to lay it out there for game day so it's really a reflection of the great players that I've had. Some of the teams have done amazing things. This place has been very good to me and it's been a great career."

FH stats vs Dartmouth 10-02-22

FIRST QUARTER

New Hampshire generated a 4-2 shot advantage and led 1-0 through 15 minutes.
Poulakis initiated the scoring sequence on the first goal by advancing on the left end line and jamming a shot at the left post that was kept out of the cage by Terra. Tasmin Cookman corralled the ball and quickly shot the ball into the open net for a 1-0 lead at 11:32.

SECOND QUARTER

UNH recorded a 9-3 shot advantage in the second quarter as both teams scored twice.
Senior captain Molly McAteer (Annapolis, Md.) blasted a shot from the middle of the circle toward the right post, but Devletian prevented the goal to keep it a 1-0 margin.
Dartmouth its third penalty corner of the game into a goal to tie the score, 1-1, at 19:48 on Bronwyn Bird's direct shot from the top of the circle.
UNH responded with a goal 37 seconds later, however, to go back in front 2-1 at 20:25. This time Poulakis dribbled along the right end line before sending a pass in front, where Tasmin Cookman swept a low shot into the cage.
The Big Green changed its battery on the next corner, but Myah Pease scored on a direct shot from the top of the circle to level the score, 2-2, at 24:18.
The Wildcats generated a late push to regain the lead, 3-2, with 33 seconds remaining in the first half. Hatley stopped Poulakis' initial shot as well as Tamera Cookman's reverse-stick off the rebound. Cookman controlled the rebound and this time her shot was stopped at the goal line by Terra. The Big Green attempted to clear the ball, but Tasmin Cookman intercepted it low on the right side a lifted a shot into the cage.

THIRD QUARTER

New Hampshire had a 3-0 shot advantage in the third quarter and scored a goal to extend its lead on the scoreboard to 4-2.
The Wildcats pressured early and scored on the first shot of the second half to extend the margin to two goals. From just outside the top of the circle, Tamera pushed the ball ahead to twin sister Tasmin. From the top of the circle, Tasmin struck a low, hard shot that Poulakis tipped over Hatley into the cage at 32:02.

FOURTH QUARTER

The 'Cats closed the last 15 minutes the same way they opened the first 15 minutes: with a 4-2 shot advantage and one goal.
Dartmouth generated a corner in the 52^nd minute, but Woods stopped Bird's shot to preserve the two-goal lead.
UNH extended the lead to 5-2 at 53:25 when Tamera Cookman redirected the centering pass by Juliane Ohmen (Bremen, Germany) from the right wing into the cage.
The Wildcats outshot the guests 1-0 the rest of the way to secure the win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

New Hampshire finished with the edge in shots (20-7) and shots on goal (15-5).
Dartmouth had a 7-4 advantage in penalty corners.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Balducci, already the winningest coach in program history, has 300 career victories (all at UNH).
Tasmin Cookman recorded five goals and two assists for a total of 12 points in two games this weekend; she tallied two goals and an assist Sept. 30 vs. Bryant University.
Cookman has active three-game point and assist streaks.
She is UNH's leader in goals (11), assists (six), points (28), shots (35) and game-winning goals (two).
Poulakis recorded three goals and three assists for a total of nine points this weekend; she had two goals and an assist against Bryant.
Poulakis ranks second on the team in goals (six), assists (five) and points (17).

SERIES NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire has an 25-19-2 lifetime record against Dartmouth.
The Wildcats have won three straight against the Big Green and have an 8-2 edge the past 10 meetings.