Lappin's Pair of Late Goals Lifts UNH Past Holy Cross, 3-2

Sunday, August 18

Durham, N.H.

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-0-0, 0-0-0

Holy Cross

0-2-0, 0-0-0

Holy Cross

New Hampshire

Photo by: Gabi Selig

8/18/2024 6:37:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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DURHAM, N.H. – Grad student Delaney Lappin (Corbin City, N.J.) scored a pair of late goals to lift the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team to Sunday afternoon's 3-2 victory against College of the Holy Cross at Wildcat Stadium.

With UNH trailing 2-1, Lappin tied the score in the 85^th minute and struck again in the 86^thminute to give the Wildcats their first lead of the game, 3-2.

Senior Meghan Guarente (Sewell, N.J.) scored UNH's other goal on a penalty kick in the 58^th minute and redshirt junior Sally Rainey (West Lebanon, N.H.) was credited with two saves.

Holy Cross' goals were scored by Nadia Cassamajor and Ava Graham, while Olivia Dubin was credited with three saves.

UNH improves to 2-0-0 and the Crusaders are now 0-2-0.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Aug. 22 (7:30 p.m.) at the University of Louisville.
The Wildcats' next home game is Aug. 25 (2 p.m.) against UConn.

FIRST HALF

In the 33^rd minute, Guarente's shot from the top-left corner of the box bent toward the far post and grazed off the top of the crossbar.
Holy Cross took a 1-0 lead at 36:58. On a free kick from midfield, Mary Sommer's service landed in the box and Cassamajor, who raced past UNH's defenders, volleyed the ball into the right side of the goal.
UNH trailed 1-0 at halftime despite recording an 11-2 shot advantage. However, only one of those 11 shots was on goal whereas the visitors put both shots on goal.

SECOND HALF

New Hampshire was awarded a penalty kick at 57:50 when the Crusaders were whistled for a hand ball off a shot by Ally Giovino (Westford, Mass.).
Guarente shot the PK inside the right post to tie the score, 1-1.
Graham put the visitors back in front, 2-1, at 71:24. Her sliding tackle inside midfield sent the ball high into the box. She beat a pair of defenders to the loose ball and, after one touch, right-footed the ball into the upper-left corner.
Lappin scored the first of her two goals at 84:45 to tie the game, 2-2. Anna Hewlett (Webster, N.Y.) corralled the service from Ginny Delacruz (Fairfax, Va.) near the end line on the right side of the box and sent a low cross that Lappin redirected into the net with a sliding tackle.
Lappin struck again 56 seconds later to give the 'Cats a 3-2 lead. From 40 yards on the right side, Maddie Kolb (Tolland, Conn.) sent a diagonal ball over the top of the defense and Lappin left-footed the ball back across the goalmouth inside the right post at 85:41.
UNH did not yield a shot the rest of the way to preserve the one-goal lead.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

UNH recorded a 21-5 shot advantage with a 6-4 edge in shots on goal.
The Wildcats had five corner kicks in comparison to three for Holy Cross.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Lappin recorded her first goal and points as a Wildcat in just her second game as a 'Cat.
Delacruz, another grad student transfer, also recorded her first point as a Wildcat with an assist.
Guarente has scored a goal each of the first two games of the season. She was UNH's leading goal scorer a year ago with five.
The previous time UNH won its first two games was the 2020 season, which was played in Spring 2021 (because of COVID).

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