UNH Forces Overtime but Edged in Shootout by UAlbany - University of New Hampshire Athletics

Friday, October 23

Durham, N.H.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

(4-9, 2-2)

UAlbany

(9-5, 3-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final F
UAlbany	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
New Hampshire	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3

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DURHAM, N.H. –Emilly Coughlin (Marshfield, Mass.), sophomore forward on the University of New Hampshire field hockey team, scored with no time remaining to send the game into overtime, but UAlbany outscored UNH 3-1 in the best-of-5 OT shootout to earn the 4-3 win Friday afternoon at Memorial Field.

Sophomore back Becky Ward (Palmerston North, New Zealand) and freshman Sophie Godwin (London, England) both recorded a goal and assist for the Wildcats. Senior midfielders Addison MacNeil (Brentwood, N.H.) and Louette Petiet (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) both tallied an assist.

Junior goalkeeper Kerigan Ross (Baltimore, Md.) made all four of her saves in the first half. Freshman goalie Féline Coonen (Overeen, Netherlands) made her UNH debut when she entered at the start of the overtime shootout.

UAlbany's offense was led by Jette Kurz and Mara Kuskes, both of whom recorded a goal and assist. Quinty Reumer scored the other Great Danes' goal and Merle Vaandrager made two of her seven saves in the 15-minute overtime session.

UNH is now 4-9 overall and 2-2 in America East, while UAlbany is 9-5, 3-1.

UP NEXT

UNH plays its final home game of the regular season Sunday, Oct. 25 (12pm) vs. Cornell University.
The Senior Day ceremony will be held at 11:45am and the 1986 team that advanced to the NCAA national championship team will be recognized at halftime.

UNH wraps up the regular season Oct. 29 (1pm) at Bryant University.

FIRST QUARTER

UNH used a flurry of three consecutive corners to record a 3-1 shot advantage in the scoreless opening 15 minutes.
In the eighth minute, the first corner resulted in Godwin's shot that was blocked. The second corner produced Petiet's shot that was stopped by Vaandrager, who also denied Mckenna Nelson (Keene, N.H.) on the next corner.

Ross stopped the only shot she faced in the first quarter – a Tatum Hickey shot in the 11^th minute.

SECOND QUARTER

UAlbany scored goals 2:30 apart to quickly transform a scoreless game into a 2-0 lead.
Reumer scored on a direct shot off a corner at 17:08 and the Kurz converted another corner into a goal and two-goal lead at 19:48.
UNH trimmed the deficit to 2-1 at 26:44. Nelson initiated the scoring sequence from the right corner of the circle to MacNeil, who one-timed a pass across the circle. Godwin, with her back to goal, corralled the ball and backhanded a shot inside the left post.

UAlbany had back-to-back corners in the closing seconds but UNH's defense blocked both shot to keep the margin at one goal going into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

The Wildcats pressured early in the third quarter with four shots in the opening 3:30, including chances by Delilah Talbot (London, England) and Godwin that were turned away by Vaandrager.
UAlbany converted another corner into Kuskes' goal at 39:46 to reestablish a two-goal lead of 3-1.

UNH once again climbed within a goal – also on a corner – 39 seconds later at 40:25. The battery combination of Godwin to Petiet set up the direct shot by Ward that sailed into the left side of the cage.

FOURTH QUARTER

After recording a 5-1 shooting edge in the third quarter, UNH continued to pressure and that yielded the advantage in both shots (6-0) and corners (10-0) in the last 15 minutes of regulation.
UNH recorded a series of four consecutive corners in the 53^rd minute, but all four shot attempts were blocked by the Great Danes.
New Hampshire pulled Ross in favor of an extra field player with 2:12 remaining.

The Wildcats were awarded a corner with three seconds on the clock. Godwin inserted a short corner to Ward, who sent a pass deep to the middle of the circle and a sliding Coughlin redirected the rolling ball into the open left side of the cage to tie the score, 3-3, with no time remaining in regulation.

OVERTIME

UNH recorded a 3-1 shot advantage as both teams had one penalty corner in OT.
The 'Cats earned a corner in the 69^th minute and Abigail Johnson (Oxford, Pa.) dragged the ball to the right before having a shot blocked.
In the 72^nd minute, Hickey drove deep on the right side and sent a shot wide of the near post.
Vaandrager denied both MacNeil and Elina Mujskens (Uitgeest, Netherlands) in the 74^th minute to extend the game.

UAlbany was awarded a corner with 63 seconds remaining, but the insert went outside of the circle and the Great Danes were unable to get a shot.

SHOOTOUT

UNH missed on the first attempt and Kurz converted to give the visitors a 1-0 lead through Round 1.
In Round 2, Pilar Lorenzini scored to give UAlbany a 2-0 edge in the best-of-5 shootout.
In Round 3, Johnson's shot from the left side deflected off Vaandrager inside the right post but UAlbany's Kuskes responded with a goal to give the Great Danes a 3-1 edge.

UNH needed to convert in the top of Round 4 to extend the game, but the 'Cats did not score in the eight-second limit to end the shootout, 3-1, and give UAlbany a 4-3 win.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Godwin is now the UNH leader in goals (five) and points (12).
MacNeil has a team-high five assists and she ranks second in points (11).
Coughlin scored her first goal of the season.
This is the second consecutive game UNH lost 3-1 in the overtime shootout; Temple University had the better of the Wildcats on Oct. 18.
UNH is now 2-2 in games decided beyond regulation. The Wildcats are 2-0 in OT and 0-2 in shootouts.

Three of UNH's four conference games have gone into OT. The 'Cats defeated both Maine and Vermont in overtime.

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