Cookman's Hat Trick Lifts UNH Past Boston U., 5-2

Sunday, August 28

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

(2-0)

Boston University

(1-1)

Boston U

New Hampshire

Photo by: Andrew Yourell

8/28/2022 5:02:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

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DURHAM, N.H.. – Freshman forward Tasmin Cookman (Woking, England) scored three goals and senior Leah Glidden (Kittery, Maine) had two to lead the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Sunday afternoon's 5-2 victory against Boston University at Memorial Field.

Cookman scored the first two goals of the game to give the Wildcats a lead they would not relinquish. Senior goalkeeper Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) made seven of her nine saves in the second half and senior captain Molly McAteer (Annapolis, Md.) was credited with a defensive save.

BU starting goalie Caroline Kelly made five saves and exited the game with the Terriers trailing 2-0 at halftime. Kate Thomason was not credited with a save and surrendered three goals. Tess Csejka and Mikayla Crowley scored BU's goals.

UNH improves to 2-0 and BU is now 1-1.

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COACH'S QUIP (UNH head coach Robin Balducci)
BU is a great team, they're well-coached and they're tough, always tough, they play hard. So that's a huge win for us. And we had some great performances by some young players. We came out as a team with intensity that allowed us to win that way (by three goals). It was Just a great team effort. We obviously had some outstanding individual performances but really a great team performance today.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Sept. 2 against Providence College. Game time at Memorial Field is 4 p.m.

FIRST QUARTER

UNH recorded a 4-2 shot advantage and the only penalty corner of the first quarter.

SECOND QUARTER

The Wildcats took a 2-0 lead in the second quarter on a 5-3 shot advantage.
Cookman struck first at 18:32 when she advanced along the left endline with an elevated dribble and struck the ball mid-air into the upper right corner.
UNH converted a corner into a goal and 2-0 lead at 21:39, when the direct shot by senior captain Ava Mariani (Easton, Pa.) was redirected inside the right post by Cookman.
BU was awarded a corner at 24:44 and Megan Wetzel's shot from the top of the circle beat Woods, but McAteer's strong stick at the right post prevented a goal to preserve the two-goal margin.
The Terriers earned another corner in the closing seconds of the half and Payton Anderson's blast through traffic was stopped by Woods.

THIRD QUARTER

BU had a 5-3 shot advantage and the only three corners of the third quarter, but UNH outscored the visitors 2-1 in those 15 minutes.
The Terriers capitalized on a corner to trim the deficit to 2-1 at 33:17. Woods stopped Anderson's initial shot, but Martu Coulo struck the rebound toward the cage and it was redirected in by Csejka.
Less than three minutes later, UNH scored on the next shot to reestablish a two-goal lead, 3-1, at 36:15. Freshman Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) advanced along the right endline and her pass across the cage was batted out of mid-air by Glidden inside the left post.
Glidden struck again at 41:26 to extend UNH's advantage to 4-1. Junior Lily Rothwell (Lynnfield, Mass.) corralled a pass deep in the right side of the circle and her low centering pass was redirected by Glidden inside the left post.
Woods once again denied Anderson, this time with a blocker save on a rising shot, in the 43^rd minute.

FOURTH QUARTER

Both teams scored a goal in the final frame to push to score to 5-2.
The Wildcats generated a corner at 47:05 and were awarded a penalty stroke at 47:13. Cookman converted her second stroke in as many games to give the 'Cats a 5-1 lead.
In the 50^th minute, Woods stopped the initial shot by Csejka but Crowley scored off the rebound to make it 5-2 at 49:37.
Woods made two more saves the rest of the way to keep the Terriers at bay.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

BU had the slight edge in shots (15-13), shots on goal (12-10) and penalty corners (8-4).

UNH NOTEBOOK

In her first two games as a Wildcat, Cookman has recorded four goals and an assist for a total of nine points.
Prior to Cookman, the last time a Wildcat recorded three goals and six points in a game was March 3, 2021 (Finn Caron vs. Merrimack).
Glidden's two goals and four points are both personal bests.
Poulakis now has a goal and an assist in her first two games as a 'Cat.
UNH is 2-0 for the second time in three seasons; the Wildcats also started the 2020-21 season with two consecutive wins.
UNH's eight goals through two games is the second-highest total the past decade; the 'Cats netted nine goals in 2020-21.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 19-25-3 lifetime record against Boston University, which had won the previous six meetings.
The Wildcats' previous win vs. the Terriers was Oct. 19, 2012.