Woods Makes Nine Saves in 3-1 Loss at #20 UAlbany

Friday, October 20

Albany, N.Y.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

(11-5, 6-1)

UAlbany

(10-5, 6-1)

New Hampshire

UAlbany

Photo by: Stu Horne

10/20/2023 4:39:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

ALBANY, N.Y. – Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) recorded nine saves but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was edged 3-1 by 20^th-ranked UAlbany at Alumni Turf on
Friday afternoon.

Woods made seven saves in the second half, including four in the fourth quarter. Leah Glidden (Kittery, Maine) scored in the 20^th minute to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead.

Floor de Ruiter, Sophia Schoonmaker and Alison Smimsdom scored the UAlbany goals and Lara Behn made three saves.

UNH and UAlbany are now tied atop the America East conference standings at 6-1. The Wildcats are 11-5 overall and UAlbany is 10-5.

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UP NEXT

New Hampshire wraps up conference play Oct. 27 (2 p.m.) against Cal at Memorial Field.
The Wildcats conclude the regular season with an Oct. 29 Senior Day matchup against Columbia University. Game time is 1 p.m.

FIRST QUARTER

Both teams were limited to one shot – none on goal – in the opening 15 minutes.

SECOND QUARTER

Both teams scored a goal in the second quarter.
UNH struck first on a penalty corner to take a 1-0 lead at 19:16. The initial shot from the top of the circle by Tamera Cookman (Woking, England) was blocked by a charging defender, but the ball continued toward the goal line and Glidden batted it into the open cage.
UAlbany tied the score, 1-1, when Smimsdom scored on a corner at 26:57.

THIRD QUARTER

The Great Danes took a 2-1 lead on de Ruiter's goal at 33:49 as she drove in from the right wing to the middle of the circle.

FOURTH QUARTER

UAlbany generated four corners in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter. Woods recorded three saves in that span, but Schoonmaker scored off the rebound in the last of that sequence to give the home team a 3-1 lead at 46:23.
UNH earned a penalty corner with 3:31 remaining and the shot by Tasmin Cookman (Woking, England) from the right side of the circle was blocked.
The Wildcats were awarded another corner with 53 seconds remaining and this time Tamera Cookman's direct shot was blocked.
It led directly to another corner, however, and the shot by Addison MacNeil (Brentwood, N.H.) was blocked.
The 'Cats did not record a shot in the final 30 seconds.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

UAlbany recorded a 17-10 shot advantage that included 12-4 on goal, and the Great Danes had a 6-5 edge in penalty corners.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Woods' shutout streak ended at 188 minutes, 45 seconds with UAlbany's goal in the second quarter.
UNH, which had shut out each of the past three opponents, had its shutout streak end at 213:10.
Glidden scored her fourth goal of the season.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 14-22 lifetime record against UAlbany.

COACH'S QUOTE
We played a very good first half. Their maturity and experience came out in the third quarter and with our inexperience and youth we have to get used to how to manage this type of game with such a physical team, a quality team. We did do that in the fourth quarter, we came back and had chances near the end of the game to put one in with a couple of scoring opportunities. I was pleased with that.