O'Connor Scores Career-High in 13-8 Loss to UMBC

Friday, March 22

Baltimore, Md.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-7, 0-2AE

UMBC

6-4, 1-1AE

UNH_WLAX

UMBC

3/22/2024 4:10:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

BALTIMORE, Md. – On Saturday, March 22 the University of New Hampshire Women's lacrosse team fell to the UMBC retrievers in a 13-8 loss.

Senior Olivia O'Connor (Hopkinton, Mass.) scored a career-high four goals in the game.

UP NEXT

The Wildcat's next home game is March 27 (2 p.m.) where they will take on Dartmouth in a battle for Granite State bragging rights!

FIRST QUARTER

UNH started off the game struggling to find the back of the net going scoreless in the first.
UMBC went on a 6-0 scoring run in the quarter giving them a sizable advantage going into the second.

SECOND QUARTER

Graduate student Izzy Holmes (Seattle, Wash.) put the first point on the board for the 'Cats at 12:21.
Senior Olivia O'Connor (Hopkinton, Mass.) further chipped into the Retriever's lead scoring with 6:52 remaining in the half.
UMBC responded to the Wildcat's revved-up offense by scoring three unanswered goals in the remainder of the period.

THIRD QUARTER

The Wildcats went scoreless in the third period. UMBC extended their lead by two.

FOURTH QUARTER

The Wildcat's offense surged back in the fourth, outscoring the Retrievers 6-1.
Senior Grace Curran (North Salem, N.Y.) kicked off the run, scoring at 10:36.
UMBC player Kennedy Evans committed a foul giving graduate student Katie Taranto (Brewster, N.Y.) a free position shot opportunity which she capitalized on at 6:05.
Less than a minute after Taranto's goal, O'Connor scored her second of the game at 5:19.
UMBC fouled once again awarding the 'Cats another free position shot which junior Abby Hawkes (Amherst, N.H.) netted at 2:23. This was the Wildcat's third goal in just over three minutes.
In the final minute of the game, O'Connor scored two more goals achieving the hat trick, and then her career-high of four goals at 0:18 and 0:02 respectively. Her second goal was assisted by Curran.
The Wildcats ran out of time and were unable to complete the comeback despite a great fourth-quarter effort.