Poulakis Scores Two Goals in 5-0 Win vs. Stonehill

Sunday, October 5

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

(5-5)

Stonehill

(2-9)

Stonehill

New Hampshire

Photo by: Alex Miller

10/5/2025 5:03:00 PM | Field Hockey

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DURHAM, N.H. – Senior captain Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) scored two goals to push the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Sunday afternoon's 5-0 win against Stonehill College at Memorial Field.

Junior captain Kathelijne Knuttel (Groningen, Netherlands) sophomore Faye Meijer (Purmerend, Netherlands) and freshman Emily Coughlin (Marshfield, Mass.) all scored a goal. Knuttel was also credited with an assist.

Sophomore goalie Kerigan Ross (Baltimore, Md.) made one save to record her first caeer win and shutout.

Stonehill goalkeeper Isabelle Morton was credited with eight saves.

UNH improves to 5-5 and Stonehille is now 2-9.

UP NEXT

The Wildcats' next game is Oct. 10 (2pm) home vs. Maine.

FIRST QUARTER

The Wildcats struck first on a corner when Addison MacNeil (Brentwood, N.H.) sent the entry pass to the top of the circle, where Louette Petiet (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) stopped the ball and Meijer drilled a shot into the bottom left of the cage at 1:10.
Almost four minutes later – at 5:30 – the 'Cats scored when Coughlin was standing on the left post and rocketed the ball off a rebound over Morton to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead.

UNH's Tasmin Cookman (London, England) broke away and was one 1v1 with the goalie when she dodged to the right and reverse-stick the ball with Morton making an impressive save for the Skyhawks.

SECOND QUARTER

With only 10 seconds left in the quarter, Knuttel redirected a long hit by Becky Ward (Palmertson North, New Zealand) into the circle, where Poulakis tipped the ball past the goalie into the back of the cage to give UNH a 3-0 lead.

New Hampshire's offensive domination continued in the second quarter with six shots recorded and three shots on goal to increase the shot total to 14 and shots on goal to nine.

THIRD QUARTER

In the scoreless third quarter, Stonehill's Makayla Strickulis' shot from the top-right of the circle eluded Ross but hit the left post.

FOURTH QUARTER

Meijer started the sequence on UNH's next goal by passing to Petiet, who sends the ball into the circle to Poulakis. The senior captain spun and dribbled past a defender before raising a shot into the left of the cage to extend the lead 4-0 in the 47th minute (46:48).

With just under five minutes remaining in the game, MacNeil hits the ball into the circle from the right wing. Knuttel, diving to the ground, launches a shot over Morton that bounced inside the far post to push the margin to 5-0 at 55:17.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Poulakis extended her point streak to seven games with Sunday's two goals. She has nine goals and six assists for 24 points during the streak.
This marked Poulakis' third multiple-goal game of the season; she also had two tallies at Northeastern University and a career-high three at Boston University.
MacNeil matched her career high of two assists established earlier this season at Providence College.
MacNeil has a four-game point streak with two goals and three assists in that span.
This was the first start of the season for Ross, who made two starts last season.
On UNH's career leaderboard, Poulakis is tied #4 in assists (27), is tied #6 in points (1139), and is #7 in goals (46).
Cookman is #4 in points (125), is tied #4 in assists (27) and is #5 in goals (49).

GAME NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire finished with the edge in shots (20-5), shots on goal (13-1) and penalty corners (7-5).

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