'Cats Fall to Harvard, 2-0 in First Round of NCAA Tournament

Saturday, November 12

Cambridge, Mass.

5 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-6-3, 6-1-2

#6 Harvard

12-1-3, 5-0-2

New Hampshire

Harvard

'Cats Fall to Harvard, 2-0 in First Round of NCAA Tournament

11/12/2022 7:14:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The University of New Hampshire women's soccer team fell to Harvard, 2-0 Saturday evening at Jordan Field in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Wildcats conclude their season 9-6-3 (6-1-2 AE), while Harvard advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and improves to 12-1-3 (5-0-2 Ivy League).

 FIRST HALF:
·      Jordan Di Verniero opened the scoring for Harvard in the 9^th minute. Aslaug Gunnlaugsdottir serviced a corner kick to a waiting Di Verniero in front of the net who was able to find the back of the net.
·      Hannah Griffin rushed to collect a loose ball and sent it to the front of the net. Hollyn Torres claimed the ball and sent a shot to the top right corner of the goal to give Harvard a 2-0 lead in the 34^th minute.

SECOND HALF:
· The second half went scoreless as grad student goalkeeper Cat Sheppard (Nesconset, N.Y.) had two saves.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 
·       UNH took one corner kick compared to Harvard's 12. 
·       The Crimson outshot the Wildcats 9-1.
·       Cat Sheppard had seven saves while Anna Karpenko had one. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

This evening's contest was the second appearance in an NCAA Tournament in program history for the Wildcats.
The 'Cats captured the program's second America East Championship this season, Steve Welham's second AE title.