Knuttel's Overtime Goal Lifts UNH Past Dartmouth, 3-2

Sunday, September 21

Durham, N.H.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

(3-4)

Dartmouth

(2-3)

Dartmouth

New Hampshire

Photo by: Maya Grainger

9/21/2025 6:18:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Junior captain Kathelijne Knuttel (Groningen, Netherlands) scored three minutes into the second overtime session to lift the University of New Hampshire field hockey team to Sunday afternoon's 3-2 victory against Dartmouth College at Memorial Field.

Senior captain Nicole Poulakis (Ajax, Ontario) and junior Addison MacNeil (Brentwood, N.H.) scored UNH's two goals in regulation, and sophomore Faye Meijer (Purmerend, Netherlands) set up the OT game winner.

Sophomore goalkeeper Abby Johnson (Walpole, Mass.) made three saves and did not face a shot on goal in the 13 minutes of overtime play.

Ally Brosie and Lucia Campano scored for the Big Green. Kylie McKinley, who played the second half and both overtime sessions, was credited with seven saves and allowed two goals. Starting goalie Ava Carlson stopped three shots on goal. Ella Bowman was credited with a defensive save.

UNH improves to 3-4 and Dartmouth is now 2-3.

UP NEXT

UNH returns to action Sept. 28 (1 p.m.) at Boston University.

The Wildcats' next home game is Oct. 5 (1 p.m.) vs. Stonehill.

COACH'S QUIPS – UNH head coach Robin Balducci
"I was pretty pleased with our shots, with our possession time and opportunities. Both Dartmouth goalies played tough. They faced a lot of 1-on-1 situations. Dartmouth has very good players so they didn't need a lot of shots on the board to be dangerous. They're a good team, a tough team to play.

"I was pleased that we came away with the win because I feel like we had generated enough to win the game. That's the concern is that you create a lot of opportunities and then you drop the ball but we didn't do that."

FIRST QUARTER

UNH recorded a 6-2 shot advantage in the first quarter but the score was tied 1-1 through 15 minutes.
The Wildcats struck first when Poulakis entered at the top of the circle and continued to the middle, where Carlson attempted a sliding tackle. Poulakis pulled the ball back, however, and lifted a shot over Carlson and past a defender into the cage at 4:19.

Dartmouth pulled even, 1-1, when Brosie finished a feed from Campano at 6:52.

SECOND QUARTER

Defense dominated the second quarter with only one shot recorded by – UNH – and it was not on goal.

THIRD QUARTER

The Big Green scored the only goal of the third quarter despite being outshot 5-2.

Dartmouth took its first lead of the game, 2-1, on a penalty corner when Ella Bowman's shot from the top of the circle was redirect in by Campano at32:06.

FOURTH QUARTER

UNH leveled the score, 2-2, by converting a corner into a goal with seven minutes remaining in regulation.

MacNeil both started and ended the sequence on the corner. She inserted the ball to the top of the circle, where Tasmin Cookman (London, England) stopped the ball for Marlijn Swaan (Hilversum, Netherlands). Her rising shot hit Carlson's blocker and deflected high into the air toward the left post, where MacNeil batted the ball – now over her head – into the cage at 53:00.

FIRST OVERTIME

UNH controlled possession a majority of the first 10-minute overtime session and recorded the only five shots.
With 5:50 on the clock, Poulakis advanced past a defender on the right side and her shot was kicked aside by McKinley.
With 4:30 remaining, Cookman also got bast a defender on the right side but McKinley charged and made the tackle to deny a shot.
One minute later, Poulakis had another dangerous scoring chance denied by McKinley.

UNH generated a corner with one minute on the clock but it did not produce a shot.

SECOND OVERTIME

Knuttel scored on the first shot of the second OT to end the game at 73:00.

Meijer gained possession on the right wing and entered the circle near the end line. She made the short pass to Knuttel, who collected the all with her back to goal while battling off a defender and then turned and tucked a low shot inside the left post.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Knuttel extended her goal streak to four games and point streak to five games, and she has tallied a point in 6 of 7 games this season. Knuttel has six goals and two assists for 14 points during the point streak.
Knuttel has scored the game-winning goal in all three UNH victories this season, and that includes two in OT.
Poulakis has scored a goal each of the past two games, and she extended her point streak to four games with Sunday's goal. She has four goals and four assists for 12 points during the streak.
On UNH's career leaderboard, Poulakis is #6 in both assists (25) and points (107), as well as #9 in goals (41).
Cookman is tied for fourth in points (120), is #5 in assists (26) and #6 in goals (47).

It was MacNeil's first goal of the season and fourth career.

GAME NOTEBOOK

UNH finished with the edge in shots (21-7), shots on goal (14-5) and penalty corners (14-4).

Wildcats for Life returns Sept. 29–Oct. 10
UNH Athletics' annual fall fundraiser is just around the corner, supporting student-athletes across all programs. This year, your impact will go even further thanks to a $35,000 match! Stay tuned for how you can get involved and help fuel the success of our Wildcats.