UNH Ousted from America East Tourney with 2-0 Loss to UVM - University of New Hampshire Athletics

Sunday, November 1

Durham, N.H.

12 PM

University of New Hampshire

(5-11)

Vermont

(12-5)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Vermont	1	1	0	0	2
New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0

Sophie Godwin in the 2026 America East quarterfinal game vs. Vermont at Memorial Field

Photo by: Callie Cyr

11/1/2026 3:53:00 PM | Field Hockey

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DURHAM, N.H. – Junior goalkeeper Kerigan Ross (Baltimore, Md.) made six saves but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was defeated 2-0 by the University of Vermont in Sunday afternoon's America East quarterfinal at Memorial Field.

Ross was credited with three saves in the first quarter and made one save each of the remaining quarters.

Sophomore back Becky Ward (Palmerston North, New Zealand) was credited with her first career defensive save.

UVM goalie Ila Gunner made one save to record the shutout. Addie DelOrefice gave the Catamounts a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute and Jaime Lewis scored with 42 seconds left in the first half.

UNH ends the season at 5-11 overall. The Wildcats finished in a three-way tie for second place with a 3-2 conference record and was the #4 seed in the conference tourney. Vermont, the #5 seed with a 2-3 conference record, improves to 12-5 and advances to play top-seeded UMass Lowell in a Nov. 3 semifinal.

FIRST QUARTER

UVM generated a 7-2 shot advantage in the opening 15 minutes.
The Catamounts pressured early and Ross denied Veerle Nijhuis in the second minute.
DelOrefice gained possession in the top-left and fired a shot into the cage to give the visitors a 1-0 lead at 7:09.
UNH earned a corner in the ninth minute, but the direct shot off the stick of Lara Pywell (London, England) was blocked by a charging Catamount defender
On a UVM corner in the 14^th minute, Ross stopped the initial shot by Gloria Allen and also denied Fiona McMahon in front off the rebound.

SECOND QUARTER

UVM had a 5-1 edge in shots at the second.
With under two minutes remaining in the half, Allen's shot from the right side of the circle ricocheted high off Ross and continued toward the cage, but Ward was in position to knock the ball out of the air to keep UNH within one goal
Lewis converted DelOrefice's centering pass into a 2-0 lead at 29:18.

THIRD QUARTER

In the 40^th minute, Lewis blasted a shot from the top-right of the circle but Ross quickly extended her right leg to block the ball out of the circle.

FOURTH QUARTER

In the 51^st minute, Sophie Godwin (London, England) entered the circle at the top left, but her reverse-stick shot was struck high and wide left of the cage.

UNH NOTEBOOK

On the eve of the tourney, Godwin was named to the America East All-Conference First Team and All-Rookie Team.
Pywell and Louette Petiet (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) were voted to the All-Conference Second Team.
Godwin was joined on the All-Rookie Team by Pywell and Dani Caron (Brentwood, N.H.) to give UNH the highest number of representatives on the squad
The end of the 2026 season also marked the end of UNH careers for six Wildcats – Petiet, captain Abigail Armlin (York, Maine), Molly-Kate Dempsey (Wells, Maine), Julia Graves (Topsfield, Mass.), Abigail Johnson (Oxford, Pa.) and captain Addison MacNeil (Brentwood, N.H).

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