Women's Lacrosse Visits SNHU Wednesday (4 p.m.)
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack College women's lacrosse team plays its second game of the week and second-to-last game of the season on Wednesday afternoon as the Warriors battle Southern New Hampshire up in Manchester at George J. Larkin Field. First draw control is scheduled at 4 p.m.
The Basics
Date/Time: 4/22 | 4 p.m.
Records: Merrimack (3-12, 1-10 NE-10) | Southern NH (6-7, 4-7 NE-10)
Location: Larkin Field | Manchester, N.H.
Last Time Out:
Merrimack played Saint Anselm on Monday night and only trailed by one goal at halftime, but the Hawks went on an 8-0 run in the second stanza to win by nine goals.
Redshirt freshman Hunter McCarthy (Avon, Conn.) tallied her sixth hat trick of the season, scoring three of Merrimack's four goals. Senior Kelly Metzger (Trumbull, Conn.) scored her seventh goal of the year, setting a new career high in the process.
Freshman goalkeeper Alexa Petzold (Ridgewood, N.J.) totaled seven saves, while senior defender Olivia Coakley (Bridgewater, Mass.) picked up four ground balls. The Hawks defense did a phenomenal job in the second half, limiting Merrimack without a shot for the first 20 minutes of the half. Coakley sits eight ground balls away from becoming the eighth player in program history to reach 100 career GBs.
Last Season vs. SNHU:
Merrimack's lone conference victory last year came against the Penmen, 11-8, at Martone-Mejail Field. With the game tied at 8-8 with 22 minutes to play in the game, the Warriors kept the Penmen off the scoreboard and scored three goals in the process to collect the win.
Senior Giulia Palombo (Sandwich, Mass.) notched a hat trick, Coakley scored two goals and junior attacker Aubrie Stouffer (Souderton, Pa.) totaled a three-point game (2g, 1a). Junior Shealyn Anthony (Stoneham, Mass.) scored the game-winning goal off a free-position chance.
The Penmen:
- Southern New Hampshire has won four of six games this month, including a three-game winning streak to begin April. The Penmen average nearly 13 goals per game, while allowing teams to score a shade over 13 goals per game
- Three players on the Penmen have at least 30 points on the season, led by senior Emily King who has 44 goals and 47 points. Alexa Allen leads the squad with 13 assists
- Sophomore Nicole Kennedy has played all but 16:18 between the pipes for SNHU. She has a 13.44 goals against average and a .372 save percentage, with exactly 100 stops on the year
Up Next
The Warriors play in their season finale out in Waltham on Saturday, as they will visit #19 Bentley for a 12 p.m. first draw control.
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