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SCORE
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Molly Mattern scored with 3:02
remaining to lift Stonehill College to a 2-1 double-overtime
victory over Southern New Hampshire University in Northeast-10
women's soccer Wednesday night at Larkin Field. The Skyhawks
improved to 4-2 and 2-2 in the NE-10, while the Penmen are now
3-4-1 and 1-2-1 in the league.
Mattern's goal was set up when a
long Stonehill pass from the midfield came to the top of the
box. SNHU keeper Stef Young (Natick, Mass.)
came out to play the ball and collided with a Skyhawk as well as a
Penmen defender, leaving a free ball in the top left corner of the
18. Mattern collected the loose ball and fired into the open
net, finding the far right post.
Southern New Hampshire would take a
1-0 lead in the 23rd minute. Ariel
Teixeira (Warren, R.I.) slipped a pass to Emily
Donahue (Bristol, R.I.), who fired a shot from 10 yards
that got past Stonehill keeper Sarah Hickey and found the far right
post. The Skyhawks would tie the game at the 63:21 mark when
Alexandra Murphy worked past a Penmen defender and found herself
alone on Young. Murphy would beat Young to tie the contest.
SNHU nearly took a 2-1 lead with
three minutes to go in regulation when Hickey was out of position
playing a cross, but a shot from Kaleigh Roberge
(Manchester, N.H.) banged off the near right post. The Penmen
also ended it midway through the first 10-minute overtime, but a
shot by Teixeira was snuffed out by Hickey.
The Skyhawks put a flurry of
pressure around the Southern New Hampshire goal in the first minute
of the second overtime, but shots by Kelly Regan and Kelsey Mahoney
slid just outside the post.
Hickey turned aside four shots for
the Skyhawks, who were outshot 19-14. Young made three saves
for Southern New Hampshire.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action Saturday when it travels to American International College
for a noon contest.
