Glidden's Two Goals Lifts UNH Past Providence, 3-1

Friday, September 2

Durham, N.H.

4 PM

University of New Hampshire

(3-0)

Providence College

(0-3)

Providence

New Hampshire

Photo by: Andrew Yourell

9/2/2022 7:42:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Senior Leah Glidden (Kittery, Maine) scored two goals to lead the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Friday afternoon's 3-1 win against Providence College at Memorial Field.

Freshman Tasmin Cookman (Woking, England), the reigning America East Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week, recorded an assist on both of Glidden's goals and classmate Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) scored UNH's other goal.

Senior goalkeeper Jemma Woods (Frimley, England), the reigning America East Defensive Player of the Week, made three of her four saves in the fourth quarter. PC counterpart Asia Porter stopped five shots.

UNH improves to 3-0 and PC is now 0-3.

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COACH'S QUIP (UNH head coach Robin Balducci)
Very happy with today's outcome. Putting three balls in the net is really important. We also had to come from a situation where they tied it up and put a lot of pressure on us. I think those things are very important to our development as a team. I was proud of how we were able to finish out the game and get another goal to distance ourselves. I thought it was a pretty good team effort today and we had a lot of very good performances. Jules (Ohmen) had a great day for us. (Tamera) Cookman played very well. I think Jemma (Woods) came up big when we needed her, so that was really important. Teams are zeroing in on some of our very dangerous playmakers and what we're finding is that we've got more depth in our scoring. I think our strikers have been playing very, very well; putting tons of pressure on the opponents.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Sept. 4 (12 p.m.) at UMass.
The Wildcats' next home game is Sept. 25 against UMass Lowell.

FIRST QUARTER

The teams combined for one shot on goal (by UNH) in the opening 15 minutes.

SECOND QUARTER

The combination of Cookman to Glidden gave UNH a 1-0 lead at 22:12. Cookman dribbled along the right endline and her centering pass eluded Porter to find Glidden alone in front of the cage.
Woods recorded her only save of the first half when she denied Sophia Pompeo at 23:17.
The Wildcats earned a penalty corner with one second remaining and Cookman's redirection was stopped by Porter to keep the score at 1-0 into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

UNH recorded a 6-2 shot advantage in the third quarter; both teams scored once to advance the score to 2-1 in favor of the 'Cats.
New Hampshire generated a corner one minute into the second half, and the direct shot from the top of the circle by senior captain Molly McAteer (Annapolis, Md.) was turned aside by Porter.
PC leveled the score, 1-1, at 38:52. Ally DeCoste pushed the ball past a UNH defender near midfield to spring a 2-on-1 break down the right wing. Her pass found Sophia Pompeo in the middle of the circle and she slipped a shot past Woods, who was charging off her line.
UNH responded with a goal four minutes later when Poulakis carried the ball in from outside the 25 inside the top-left of the corner. She charged past a defender and shot low into the cage to put the 'Cats back on top, 2-1, at 42:53.

FOURTH QUARTER

Providence pressured and recorded a 5-4 shot advantage in the final 15 minutes.
On a restart at the 25, freshman Tamera Cookman (Woking, England) advanced the ball to the top of the circle for twin sister Tasmin, who quickly turned and swept the ball to the left side, where Glidden redirected a shot inside the near circle to extend the advantage to 3-1 at 49:18.
With four minutes remaining, PC pressured at the left doorstep but Woods denied Eleonore de Keyser twice to keep the Friars at arm's length.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

New Hampshire finished with the edge in shots (17-9), shots on goal (8-5) and corners (6-2).
Tasmin Cookman recorded a game-high six shots.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Glidden scored her career high of two goals – and four points – for the second consecutive game. She is tied with Tasmin Cookman for the team lead with four goals.
Tasmin Cookman extended her point streak to three game with a personal-best two assists; she leads the team in goals (four), assists (three) and points (11).
Poulakis also pushed her point streak to three games; she has five points on two goals and an assist.
New Hampshire is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2011; that team started 4-0, advanced to the NCAAs and ended with a 17-5 record.
The Wildcats have not trailed at any point this season.
Woods has stopped 20 of 23 shots through three games for a 1.33 GAA and .870 save percentage.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire has a 22-16 lifetime record against Providence.
PC had won three consecutive games against UNH dating back to the Wildcats' 2-1 victory at Memorial Field in 2015.