Poulakis Scores Goal in 3-1 Loss to Cal

Friday, October 27

Durham, N.H.

2:00 PM

University of New Hampshire

(11-6, 6-2)

Cal

(8-7, 4-3)

California

New Hampshire

Photo by: Gil Talbot

10/27/2023 8:15:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, NH. – Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) scored a goal but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was defeated 3-1 by Cal at Memorial Field on Friday afternoon.

Poulakis' goal tied the score, 1-1, in the second quarter. Tamera Cookman (Woking, England) finished the game with an assist and defensive save. Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) made two saves.

Bente Baekers led the Golden Bears' attack with two goals and Daniella Rhodes had a goal and an assist. Tina Jolly was credited with six saves.

UNH is now 11-6 overall and 6-2 in America East. Cal improves to 8-7, 4-3.

PHOTO GALLERY

UP NEXT

New Hampshire returns to action Sunday, Oct. 29 (1 p.m.) against Columbia University in their season finale on Senior Day.
UNH will be either the second or third seed in the upcoming America East tournament, which will be held Nov. 2-5 at the site of the highest seed.

FIRST QUARTER

New Hampshire had the edge in shots (4-2) and recorded the only corner in the scoreless opening 15 minutes.

SECOND QUARTER

Cal's Baekers scored the first goal of the game at 19:27 to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
New Hampshire responded immediately with Poulakis' goal at 20:20. From outside the 25, Cookman's long entry was corralled by Poulakis in front of the cage. She continued to the left and lifted the ball into the cage.
Rhodes scored off direct shot on a corner with eight seconds left in the second quarter to give Cal a 2-1 lead heading into halftime.
Both teams recorded two shots, but Cal had a 2-0 edge in corners in the second.

THIRD QUARTER

New Hampshire had the edge in shots (4-1) but Cal had the edge in corners (1-0) in another scoreless quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER

Baekers scored again 36 seconds into the fourth quarter to extend the advantage to 3-1.
UNH pulled Woods with 3:15 remaining to get an extra field player.
Cookman made an outstanding defensive save on Cal's corner with 2:15 to play to keep the 'Cats within two goals.
A minute later on another Cal corner with Woods still pulled, Tasmin Cookman (Woking, England) charged from the line and blocked a shot from the top of the circle.
UNH generated a corner with 24 seconds on the clock and Tasmin Cookman's shot went wide right of the cage.
California had the edge on corners (2-1) and shots (3-2) in the final frame.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

UNH finished with a 12-8 edge in shots and 7-4 in shots on goal.
Cal led in corners (5-2) and capitalized on one with a goal that proved to be the game-wining tally.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Poulakis ranks second on the team in goals (12) and points (35); She has a team high 11 assists.
She has recorded a point in 12 of 17 games this season.
Tamera Cookman ranks second on the team in assists with seven and third in points with 23.
She recorded UNH's second defensive save of the season and the first of her career.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 5-7 lifetime record against Cal.

COACH'S QUOTE ∫(UNH head coach Robin Balducci)
We came up a little short. We generated shots and scoring opportunities. They capitalized on theirs and we didn't finish them off. Pleased with how we competed against them in terms of their firepower and experience. We had players stepping in some key roles and they held their own, which is important to the process for us. We were pressuring at the end, which I was pleased with.