Connerty Matches Career High of Six Points in Loss at UVM

Saturday, April 12

Burlington, Vt.

3:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-11, 0-5

Vermont

5-8, 1-3

New Hampshire

Vermont

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Photo by: Stu Horne

4/12/2025 7:21:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Senior captain Allie Connerty (Norwell, Mass.) matched her career high of six points but the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team was defeated 19-11 by the University of Vermont at Virtue Field on Saturday afternoon.

Connerty finished with three goals and three assists. Sophomore Makayla Keys (Fairport, N.Y.; three goals) and junior Rose Pavuk (York, Maine; two goals, one assist) both tallied three points. Senior captain Abby Hawkes (Amherst, N.H.), junior Julia Gronda (Pompton Plains, N.J.) and sophomore Erin Fagan (Clarksburg, Md.) each scored a goal.

Freshman goalkeeper Ellie Thomas (Needham, Mass.) made eight saves and led all players with a career-high six ground balls.

UVM was led offensively by Meghan O'Connor (six goals) and Lydia Doraz (five goals) while Anna Rosenberger was credited with five saves.

UNH moves to 2-11 overall and 0-5 in America East while Vermont is now 5-8, 1-3.

UP NEXT

New Hampshire plays its final home game of the season April 19 (1 p.m.) against Binghamton University for One Love.

FIRST QUARTER

UVM scored goals 21 seconds apart at 10:50 and 10:29 to quickly take a 2-0 lead.
Keys, cutting down the middle of the fan, collected a pass from Connerty and scored from close range to trim the deficit to 2-1 at 9:37.
From the goal line extended on the right side, Connerty sent the ball to the top of the 8-meter fan, where Keys took three quick steps and fired a low shot into the net to tie the score, 2-2, at 4:20.
The Catamounts scored three goals in the final three minutes to build a 5-2 advantage.

SECOND QUARTER

Vermont scored the first five goals of the second quarter to extend the run to 8-0 and lead to 10-2 at 3:32.
Connerty, on a restart from the hanging hash on the right side, muscled past a defender and deposited a low shot into the goal from the top of the crease at 2:26.

THIRD QUARTER

Gronda opened the second-half scoring on a free position from the right side when she bounced a shot over Rosenberger under the crossbar to advance the score to 10-4 at 13:18.
Connerty scored at 11:01 when she caught a pass off the left post, beat a defender and placed a shot inside the near post.
UVM scored the next three goals – in a 78-second span – to establish at 13-5 lead at 9:00.
Connerty scored her third goal of the game at 7:10. From the goal line extended on the left wing, Dale Meskill (Keller, Texas) made a centering pass to Connerty, who turned and fired a shot under the crossbar.
Madie Erskine scored 51 seconds later to reestablish an eight-goal cushion, 14-6.
Connerty once again found Keys cutting down the middle of the fan and the sophomore scored on a low shot to advance the score to 14-7 at 4:58.
The home team struck twice in the last two minutes to push the lead to 16-7 through 45 minutes.

FOURTH QUARTER

Pavuk factored on three of UNH's four goals in the fourth quarter.
With the shot clock winding down, Pavuk curled around the left post and slipped a pass in front to Hawkes for the goal at 13:52.
Pavuk then scored on a free position from the left side, as she dodged to the right, took a step back and pump-faked before ripping a shot into the net at 12:25 to trim the deficit to 16-9.
UVM responded with consecutive goals to take an 18-9 lead at 7:38.
From the top of the 12m, Fagan beat a defender down the right side and scored on a low shot inside the far post at 4:29.
From the top-left of the 8m, Pavuk beat a defender to the outside and scored to make it 18-11 at 2:00.
The Catamounts added a free-position goal with 1:23 remaining.

UNH NOTEBOOK

This was Connerty's third career six-point game; she also had six points earlier this season at Quinnipiac University.
Connerty and Pavuk both extended their goal and point streaks to 10 games. Connerty has 33 points (22 goals, 11 assists) while Pavuk has 26 points (16g, 10a).
Connerty is No. 5 on UNH's career assist leaderboard with 74. She has 60 goals and 74 assists for 134 points in 55 games.
Thomas, who entered the weekend ranked No. 2 in the nation in saves per game, finished with single-digit saves for only the second time in 13 games.
Clara Pavuk (York, Maine) had a career-high four ground balls.
Rose Pavuk had a team-high four draw controls.
Charlize Collins (Burlington, Mass.) finished with two ground balls, two draw controls and a career-high two caused turnovers.