Poulakis' Late Goal Lifts UNH Past Lafayette, 2-1

Sunday, October 26

Easton, Pa.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

(9-6, 3-1AE)

Lafayette

(10-6, 5-1PL)

New Hampshire

Lafayette

Photo by: Colin Hart

10/26/2025 4:31:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

EASTON, Pa. – Senior captain Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) scored with 18 seconds left in regulation to lift the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Sunday afternoon's 2-1 victory against Lafayette College at Rappolt Field.

Tasmin Cookman (London, England), another senior captain, scored a goal to tie the game, 1-1, in the 54^th minute.

Sophomore goalkeeper Abby Johnson (Walpole, Mass.) made nine saves and senior midfielder Madilynn Clark (Evanston, Ill.) was credited with a defensive save.

Lafayette goalie Raffi Fragomeni finished with nine saves and Katie Gibb scored the Leopards' goal.

UNH improved to 9-6 overall and Lafayette is now 10-6.

UP NEXT

UNH's next game is Oct. 30 (3pm) against Bryant University for Senior Day and the regular-season finale.

FIRST QUARTER

Lafayette controlled possession a majority of the first quarter to generate a 5-1 advantage in shots.

SECOND QUARTER

UNH generated a 3-1 edge in penalty corners in the second quarter as the shots were even at 4.
Johnson denied Maddie Evans in the 28^th minute, and moments later Clark kept the score deadlocked at 0-0 with a defensive save.

THIRD QUARTER

The Wildcats had a 6-2 shot advantage in the third quarter but it was Gibbs who scored with 1:46 on the clock to give the Leopards a 1-0 lead.,

FOURTH QUARTER

Neither team had a corner and UNH had a 3-2 shot advantage in the fourth quarter.
Cookman tied the score, 1-1, at 53:11. Fragomeni came approximately 10 feet off the line for a clear attempt, but Cookman stopped the ball inside the top-right side of the shooting circle and blasted a low shot past the goalie into the cage.
Johnson turned aside a shot by Mia Freeman in the 55^th minute to keep the game tied.
With 30 seconds remaining on a restart on the left sideline from 35 yards, Cookman lifted the ball into the circle. After one bounce, Poulakis settled the ball in the middle and UNH was awarded a penalty stroke when she was tackled by the goalie.
Following a delay for video review – and all other Wildcat field players huddled at the 25 - Poulakis calmly lifted a hard shot into the left side of the cage to give UNH a 2-1 lead with 18 seconds to play.
The 'Cats kept the Leopards outside of the 25 the rest of the way to secure the win.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Poulakis extended her goal streak to six games and point streak to 12 with Sunday's goal. She has 19 goals and seven assists for 45 points during the streak.
On UNH's career leaderboard, Poulakis climbed into a tied for #2 in goals (56) with Gaby Haroules (1977-80) and she climbed to #2 in career points (140) by surpassing Whitney Frates (139 from 2008-11); Poulakis is #5 in career assists (28).
On the program's single-season leaderboard, Poulakis climbed to a tie at #6 in goals (19) with Haroules (1979) and Karen Geromini (1985). She also rose to #5 in points (45) by passing Katie White (44 in 2003).
Cookman is #4 in assists (29), #5 in points (131) and #6 in goals (51).
Johnson stopped 17 of 18 shots in the two games this weekend for a .944 save percentage and 0.50 GAA.
Clark's defensive save was the first of her career.

GAME NOTEBOOK