Tasmin Cookman's Overtime Goal Lifts UNH Past Quinnipiac, 4-3

Friday, August 25

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

(1-0, 0-0)

Quinnipiac

(0-1, 0-0)

Quinnipiac

New Hampshire

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Tasmin Cookman's Overtime Goal Lifts UNH Past Quinnipiac, 4-3

8/25/2023 7:13:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore captain Tasmin Cookman (Woking, England) scored two goals, including the game-winning tally with two seconds left in the first overtime, to lift the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Friday afternoon's 4-3 victory against Quinnipiac University at Memorial Field.

Twin sister Tamera Cookman (Woking, England) recorded a goal and an assist. Louette Petiet (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) also factored in two scores with a pair of assists and Kathelijne Knuttel (Groningen, Netherlands) scored a goal.

UNH goalkeeper Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) was credited with three saves while QU counterpart Cristina Torres stopped 12 shots and Kate Zamagni had a defensive save.

Emilia Massarelli scored all three of the Bobcats' goals, two of which were set up by Sella Tegtmeier.

UNH is 1-0 and QU is 0-1.

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UNH returns to action Aug. 27 home against Michigan State University. Game time at Memorial Field is 12 p.m.

COACH'S QUOTE
"I was very pleased with our overall play," UNH head coach Robin Balducci said. "We Generated a lot of shots and a lot of corners. It was a little rough that we didn't put a few more in. They have a good goalie and some dangerous players on attack, and that came back to hurt us.

"We saw a lot of things in a first game of the season: pulling goalie; coming back; freshman played big minutes. All these things will pay off down the road."

FIRST QUARTER

UNH dominated the opening 15 minutes with a 9-1 shot advantage and 4-1 edge in penalty corners.
The Wildcats took an early 1-0 lead on Tasmin Cookman's goal at 4:18. The entry pass by Addison MacNeil (Brentwood, N.H.) from the left wing was corralled in the middle of the circle by Cookman, who fired a reverse-stick shot into the cage.

SECOND QUARTER

UNH had a 5-4 shot advantage and the corners were even, 1-1, in the scoreless second quarter.

THIRD QUARTER

The Wildcats once again recorded a 5-4 shot advantage, but is was the Bobcats who scored three times to take a 3-2 lead through 45 minutes.
QU tied the score, 1-1, at 31:40 when Massarelli's reverse-stick from the left side sailed under the crossbar.
She struck again 73 seconds later by jamming the ball inside the left post to give the visitors a 2-1 lead.
UNH converted a corner into a goal to tie the game, 2-2, at 34:44. Lindsay Lee (Eindhoven, Netherland) inserted the ball to the top of the circle for Petiet and Tamera Cookman's shot went directly into the cage.
In the 37^th minute, Tamera Cookman ripped a shot from the top-right of the circle that ricocheted off the near post.
Massarelli put Quinnipiac back on top, 3-2, at 38:13 when she collected a pass at the top-right of the circle, dribbled to the top and sent a shot into the cage.
UNH was denied by the right post again in the 41^st minute when Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) advanced along the right endline to the doorstep.

FOURTH QUARTER

New Hampshire controlled play in the fourth quarter to generate a 5-1 shot advantage and 2-0 edge in corners, and the Wildcats eventually tied the score with 2:36 left in regulation.
In the 48^th minute, Tasmin Cookman's rising blast six yards out from the left post was blockered aside by Torres.
UNH pulled Woods in favor of an extra field player with 3:38 on the clock.
The strategy paid dividends in the form of the game-tying goal one minute later. With the Wildcats pressuring in the circle, Petiet's shot from the top of the circle was redirected into the cage by Knuttel at 57:24.
The 'Cats earned a corner with 15 seconds left but did not record a shot.

OVERTIME

In the 63^rd minute, a low, hard strike off Tamera Cookman's stick from the top of the circle rolled just wide of the right post.
QU earned a corner at 64:06 and Tegtmeier put the ball into the cage, but the goal was disallowed.
UNH was awarded a corner with 20 seconds on the clock and another with nine seconds remaining. That game-ending sequence began with Lee's insert to Tamera Cookman at the top of the circle. She pushed the ball to the right, where sister Tasmin's bouncing shot through traffic found the back of the cage at 69:58.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

New Hampshire finished with a 26-11 shot advantage, including 17-6 on goal, as well as a 10-4 edge in penalty corners.
UNH held the lead for 27 minutes, 22 seconds; QU was in front twice for a total of 21:02.

UNH NOTEBOOK

This was Tasmin's fifth career multiple-goal game.
Knuttel, MacNeil and Petiet all recorded a point in their first career game; all three were in the starting lineup.
Abigail Johnson (Lincoln University, Pa.) and Carly Warms (Chicago, Ill.) also made their collegiate debuts.
UNH has a 29-19-1 record in season openers.
The Wildcats are 9-2 in their past 11 home openers.

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