Doyle's Defense Propels UNH Past Boston U., 13-10

Wednesday, March 2

Boston, Mass.

4 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-3

Boston University

0-5

New Hampshire

Boston University

3/2/2022 8:01:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Senior Captain Matches Career Highs of Five Ground Balls and Four Caused Turnovers

BOSTON – Sophomore Kelsey MacCallum (Franklin, Mass.) recorded a career-best five points to lead the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team to Wednesday afternoon's 13-10 victory against Boston University at Nickerson Field. Both the three goals and two assists were also personal bests for MacCallum.

Senior captain Meghan Doyle (Pittsford, N.Y.) matched her career highs in both ground balls (five) and caused turnovers (four), and also recorded her first career point with an assist.

Senior captain Delaney Pratt (Lafayette, Colo.) scored three goals and junior Liv Dunn (Newbury, Mass.) also tallied three points with a goal and two assists. Freshman Allie Connerty (Norwell, Mass.) finished with a career-high three points on two goals and an assist.

Senior captain Lily Powell (Marcellus, N.Y.) ignited UNH's game-ending 4-0 run with consecutive goals at 8:43 and 6:24 of the fourth quarter.

Freshman goalkeeper Maria Hagan (Downers Grove, Ill.) played the final 12:42 of the game to earn her first career victory; she surrendered one goal and was not credited with a save. Senior goalie Issy Torres (Elmhurst, Ill.) made seven saves and exited the game when BU took its first lead of the game, 9-8, 2:18 into the fourth quarter.

BU was led offensively by Jennifer Barry (three goals, three assists) and Claire Gola (four goals). Reilly Agres was credited with seven saves.

UNH is now 2-0 on the road and 2-3 overall. BU moved to 0-5.

"Today was a big win for us," UNH first-year head coach Kacie Lewis said. "We stayed composed and were able to execute in a lot of pressure situations. Kelsey MacCallum has been a very consistent threat on offense for us and Delaney Pratt pulled off a hat trick today as well.

"Our defense came up with some huge plays that really shifted the momentum in our favor at big moments," Lewis added. "Meghan Doyle was a major factor with four caused turnovers in pivotal points of the game. I also have to give a shoutout to our sideline. Their energy is outrageous and one of my favorite parts of game day. Overall, I'm just really proud of how hard we battled as a team."

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UP NEXT

The Wildcats return to action Saturday, March 5 at Central Connecticut State University (2 p.m.).
New Hampshire's next home game is Saturday, March 12 (1 p.m.) against Columbia University.

FIRST QUARTER

UNH led 3-2 with a 6-5 shot advantage through 15 minutes.
Senior Abby Cranney (Amherst, N.H.) gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead with an unassisted goal at 13:10.
MacCallum's unassisted goal put the 'Cats back in front, 2-1, at 10:19.
Connerty finished a feed from Dunn with 19 seconds on the clock to give UNH its third one-goal lead of the first quarter at 3-2.

SECOND QUARTER

New Hampshire outscored the Terriers 3-2 in the second quarter with another 6-5 edge in shots.
Barry forged the third tie of the game, 3-3, at 13:52 before Pratt scored back-to-back goals 66 seconds apart – at 12:09 and 11:06 – to give UNH a 5-3 lead.
MacCallum, who set up both of those Pratt goals, netted her second unassisted goal of the day to push the margin to 6-3 with 56 seconds remaining in the first half.
Barry struck again with 30 seconds on the clock to lift BU within 6-4 heading into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

BU recorded a 10-6 shot advantage and outscored the Wildcats 4-2 in the third quarter to level the score, 8-8, through 45 minutes.
MacCallum's third goal gave UNH a 7-5 lead at 10:30 and Connerty set up Pratt's third tally at 9:40 to extend the advantage to three goals.
Gola scored three consecutive goals at 6:24, 3:14 and 2:45 to lift the Terriers into an 8-8 tie.

FOURTH QUARTER

New Hampshire outscored the hosts 5-2 with a 6-3 shot advantage in the final 15 minutes.
BU extended its run to 4-0 to take its first lead of the game, 9-8, at 12:42.
Connerty drove from deep on the right wing to the top of the crease and fired a shot inside the left post to knot the score, 9-9, at 11:11.
Hannah Tiller put the Terriers back in front, 10-9, at 10:01.
Dunn circled behind the net and found Powell cutting down the middle of the fan to forge the sixth tie of the game, 10-10, at 8:43.
Powell then caught a pass at the top of the fan, beat her defender to the right a shot low into the net to give UNH an 11-10 lead at 6:24.
BU won the ensuing draw control, but Doyle caused a turnover by knocking down a pass. She corralled the ground ball and raced downfield, where she found Dunn low on the left side and she shot low into the cage to give UNH a 12-10 lead at 5:28.
The Terriers once again controlled the draw, but once again Doyle intercepted a pass and corralled the loose ball to give possession back to the 'Cats with 4:27 remaining.
At the other end of the field, freshman Mackenzie MacEachern (Bedford, N.H.) dodged a defender to get to the middle of the fan, where she shot low into the right corner for a 13-10 lead at 3:18.

GAME NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire finished with the edge in shots (24-23) and ground balls (18-16), and the Wildcats committed 14 turnovers in comparison to BU's 19.
The Terriers had an 18-9 advantage in draw controls.
UNH was successful on 18 of 22 clear attempts and BU was 18-for-19.
Boston U. scored on 2 of 4 free-position shots; the 'Cats did not attempt a free-position shot.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Freshman Emma Magazu (Newtown, Conn.) finished with career highs in both ground balls (three) and caused turnovers (two).
In addition to scoring three goals, Pratt had a team-high five draw controls.
Senior Emily Curtis (Walpole, Mass.) controlled four draws.
Connerty matched her personal bests in both goals (two) and assists (one).
Powell equaled her career highs of two goals and two points.
The 13 goals are a season high for the Wildcats.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 15-27 lifetime record against Boston University; these programs did not meet in the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
The Terriers had won four straight matchups dating back to UNH's 9-8 home win in April 2015.
BU had won 11 consecutive meetings at Nickerson Field since the Wildcats' previous victory there in April 2004.