Southern New Hampshire University Athletics
Week at a Glance (January 22-28, 2018)
Female Athlete of the Week: Alanna Murphy - Women's Track & Field - So.
Alanna Murphy (Nashua, N.H.) had a hand in two event wins and turned in three other top-five performances, as women's track & field placed third at the Panther Invitational on Saturday. Murphy captured the triple jump with a leap of 10.83 meters (35 feet, 6.5 inches) and added a second-place effort in the 60-meter hurdles (9.34 seconds), a third in the 200-meter dash (28.16) and a fourth-place performance in the long jump (4.95 meters - 16 feet, 3 inches). She was also a member of the 4x200-meter relay team that won the event in a time of 1:54.24.
Male Athlete of the Week: Chris Moquin - Men's Ice Hockey - Sr., F
Chris Moquin (Hooksett, N.H.) scored three goals during a 2-1-0 week for the Penmen, including game winners in Tuesday's 4-3 win at Post and Saturday's 6-1 victory at Franklin Pierce. Moquin also added a first-period tally at Post.
Women's Basketball (12-6, 8-4 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
1/17 at Saint Rose - L, 66-69
1/20 vs. American Int'l - W, 68 -58
This Week's Games:
1/23 at Adelphi - 5:30 p.m.
1/27 vs. New Haven - 1:30 p.m. (FOX College Sports)
Notes:
- Women's basketball went 1-1 and snapped a two-game skid with a win Saturday.
- Junior Kylie Lorenzen (Holliston, Mass.) recorded 20.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, while shooting 56.5 percent (13-23) from the field, 50 percent (1-2) from downtown, and 92.9 percent (13-14) from the line. Lorenzen registered 14 points (3-8 FG, 8-8 FT) and 11 rebounds in a 69-66 defeat at Saint Rose on Wednesday and then erupted for 26 points (10-15 FG, 1-2 3-FG, 5-6 FT), five rebounds and two assists in a 68-58 win against American Int'l on Saturday.
- Senior Catherine Stinson (Lynn, Mass.) matched Lorenzen's 14 points (6-11 FG, 1-2 3-FG, 1-1 FT) at Saint Rose and added 12 (3-10 FG, 6-6 FT) in the win versus AIC.
- Freshman Gyanna Russell (E. Hampton, Conn.) matched her career high with 13 points (4-8 FG, 5-7 FT) against the Golden Knights, while sophomore Molly Terry (Shrewsbury, Mass.) netted 11 points (4-10 FG, 2-6 3-FG, 1-2 FT) Saturday.
Men's Basketball (11-6, 7-5 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
1/17 at Saint Rose - L, 75-88
1/20 vs. American Int'l - L, 71 -77
This Week's Games:
1/23 at Adelphi - 7:30 p.m.
1/27 vs. New Haven - 4 p.m. (FOX College Sports)
Notes:
- Men's basketball went 0-2 last week, as its losing streak hit four games for the first time in nearly six years.
- Senior Chris Walters (Stamford, Conn.) averaged 21.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 2.0 blocks and 1.0 assist per game, while shooting 43.8 percent (14-32) from the field, 50 percent (6-12) from long range and 90 percent (9-10) from the stripe. Walters tallied 22 points (7-12 FG, 4-6 3-FG, 4-4 FT), nine rebounds, two assists and two steals in an 88-75 loss at Saint Rose on Wednesday and then posted 21 points (7-20 FG, 2-6 3-FG, 5-6 FT), 15 rebounds, four blocks and three steals in Saturday's 77-71 defeat against American Int'l.
- Junior Daquaise Andrews (Queens, N.Y.) registered registered 16 points (6-15 FG, 4-5 FT), five rebounds and five assists versus the Yellow Jackets.
Men's Ice Hockey (8-4-2, 4-3-1 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
1/16 at Post - W, 4-3
1/19 vs. Franklin Pierce - L, 1-4
1/20 at Franklin Pierce - W, 6-1
This Week's Games:
1/26 vs. Saint Michael's - 7:30 p.m.
1/27 vs. Saint Michael's - 3 p.m.
Notes:
- Men's ice hockey went 2-1-0 last week and has now lost just once in the last seven contests.
- Senior Chris Moquin (Hooksett, N.H.) and junior Artem Efimov-Barakov (Khimki, Russia) each scored three goals. Moquin potted game winners in Tuesday's 4-3 win at Post and Saturday's 6-1 victory at Franklin Pierce, while Efimov-Barakov found the back of the net in all three contests.
- Freshman Zack Ciampa (Revere, Mass.) dished four assists - all coming in the win at Franklin Pierce, while senior Kyle Valliere (Goffstown, N.H.) handed out two of his three assists at FPU.
- Sophomores Jared Goudreau (Manchester, N.H.) and Brett Strawn (Wareham, Mass.) also turned in three-point weeks with a goal and two assists. Goudreau recorded an assist at Post and registered a goal and an assist at Franklin Pierce, while Strawn collected a pair of assists at Post, including the game winner, and scored at Pierce.
- Sophomore Kurt Gutting (Weymouth, Mass.) stopped 61 of 65 shots in the two wins, including 31 of 32 at Franklin Pierce on Saturday. Senior Ryan Slatky (Manchester, N.H.) made 31 saves in a 4-1 loss against Franklin Pierce on Friday.
Women's Track & Field
Last Week's Results:
1/20 at Panther Invitational - 3rd/9
This Week's Meets:
1/26 at John Thomas Invitational
1/26 Tufts Multi Invitational
1/27 at Branwen Smith-King Invitational
Notes:
- Women's track & field used three first-place finishes to place third at the Panther Invitational at Plymouth State on Saturday.
- Junior Ashley Elder (Bristol, Conn.) won the shot put with a personal-best heave of 13.30 meters (43 feet, 7.75 inches) and finished second in the weight throw with a toss of 14.17 meters (46 feet, 6 inches).
- Sophomore Alanna Murphy (Nashua, N.H.) captured the triple jump with a leap of 10.83 meters (35 feet, 6.5 inches) and added a second-place effort in the 60-meter hurdles (9.34 seconds), a third in the 200-meter dash (28.16) and a fourth-place performance in the long jump (4.95 meters - 16 feet, 3 inches).
- The final event win came in the 4x200-meter relay, with the contingent of Murphy, junior Danielle Humphreys (Hebron, Conn.), Murphy, junior Mary Claffey (Burlington, Conn.) and sophomore Megan Eugene (Everett, Mass.) completing the event in a time of 1:54.24.
Women's Tennis (11-4, 9-3 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
Idle
This Week's Games:
Idle
Notes:
- Women's tennis is off until the spring.
Men's Tennis (3-0, 2-0 NE10)
Last Week's Results:
Idle
This Week's Games:
Idle
Notes:
- Men's tennis is off until the sping.
Women's Golf
Last Week's Results:
Idle
This Week's Matches:
Idle
Notes:
- Women's golf is off until the spring.
Men's Golf
Last Week's Results:
Idle
This Week's Matches:
Idle
Notes:
- Men's golf is off until the spring.
COMPLETED SEASONS
Women's Soccer (15-3-5, 9-1-4 NE10)
Notes:
- Women's soccer, which was ranked as high as No. 18 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Poll during the season, put together a historic season, winning the sixth most number of matches in program history.
- The Penmen earned the highest Northeast-10 finish ever with the No. 2 seed and went on to capture their second NE10 crown and first since 2012.
- The team garnered the program's fourth berth into NCAA Tournament, where it notched the first NCAA postseason win in program history in the first round.
- Senior Rianna Fasanello (E. Bridgewater, Mass.) was named to the D2CCA East All-Region First Team, with classmate Trisha Luis (Lowell, Mass.) earning a spot on the Second Team. Fasanello anchored a back line that led the league in GAA (0.62) and goals allowed (15), while scoring her first career goal in a 1-0 win against Assumption on Oct. 17. Luis led the team in both goals (11) and points (27), checking in third in the league in both categories.
-Fasanello was also an NE10 major award winner, being selected as the Defensive Player of the Year, with fourth-year head coach receiving Coach of the Year honors. Fasanello was joined on the All-Conference First Team by Luis, while Senior Abigail Maker (Naples, Maine), junior Ariana Silvia (Brockton, Mass.) and sophomore Shae Roys (No. Billerica, Mass.) were all Second Team selections. Senior goalkeeper Paige Salmon (W. Hempstead, N.Y.), senior Courtney Benson (Hopkinton, N.H.) and junior Samantha Sparda (Scarborough, Maine) also were tabbed for the Third Team, while freshman Allyson Patterson (Seekonk, Mass.) received an All-Rookie Team nod.
Men's Soccer (11-3-3, 8-3-2 NE10)
Notes:
- Men's soccer, which was ranked as high as No. 12 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Poll during the season, finished fourth in the Northeast-10 standings and played to a 0-0 draw against fifth-seeded Le Moyne in the quarterfinal round of the NE10 Championship, before falling on penalty kicks.
- The team missed out on an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, bringing the nation's longest active streak to an end at nine appearances.
- Junior Alex Satrustegui (Pamplona, Spain) was selected to the NE10 All-Conference First Team after a 15-goal, four-assist, 34-point campaign that saw him rank second in the league in goal goals and points, as well as fourth in game-winnign tallies (4). He found the back of the net in 13 of 17 matches, including a season-high five straight from Oct. 7-21. Sophomore Louka Masset (Paris France) was also a First Team selection with six goals for 12 points, in addition to helping anchor a back line that was fourth in the league in GAA (0.95) and goals allowed (17). Masset also had a flair for the dramatic, with five of his six goals coming as either game winners or equalizers in the 70th minute or later.
- Sophomore Romain Daniellou (Brest, France) and freshman Daniel Jones (W. Hartford, Conn.) were tabbed for the Second Team, while freshman Kiko Hernandez (Madrid, Spain) earned a spot on the Third Team. Jones and Hernandez also received All-Rookie nods.
Women's Volleyball (11-12, 7-7 NE10)
Notes:
- Volleyball narrowly missed the Northeast-10 postseason, but turned its season around down the stretch, winning seven of its final 10 matches to get to .500 in the league.
- The team posted a 3-1 victory against NE10 runner-up Southern Connecticut on Oct. 28 as part of that span, while narrowly falling at eventual NE10 Champion New Haven, 3-2, on Nov. 4.
- Senior Marisa Coronis (Hudson, N.H.) earned the third NE10 All-Conference selection of her career with a Second Team honor. Coronis set a new single-season program record with 346 kills, while leading the league in kills per set (3.89) and ranking 15th in service aces per set (0.34). She wrapped up er career second all-time in kills (1,166) and matches played (104), as well as seventh in both hitting percentage (.241) and blocks (202).
Field Hockey (8-9, 4-8 NE10)
Notes:
- Field hockey began the season 5-1, including 2-0 in the Northeast-10, before hitting an eight-game slide and then wrapping up the year with three straight wins.
- Five of the losses during the eight-game skid came by just a single goal.
- Freshman Hélène Servais (Brussels, Belgium) was crowned the Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year - the first member of the program ever to earn a major award from the league - after posting 19 points on eight goals and three assists.
- Sophomore Laura van der Doorn (Beverwijk, The Netherlands) was named to the NE10 All-Conference Second Team after turning in a 10-goal, four-assist, 24-point campaign.
Cross Country
Notes:
- The women's cross country team twice finished runner-up at meets this season, in addition to placing seventh at the Northeast-10 Championship and ninth out of 25 teams at the NCAA East Regional Championship.
- Sophomore Jill Couto (Newton Junction, N.H.) paced the team all year, capturing first place at both the Vermont Tech Invitational and the Bruce Kirsch Cup. Couto also finished 13th at the NE10 Championship to earn All-Conference Second Team honors, as well as 17th at the NCAA East Regional to claim United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region accolades.
- On the men's side, the team won the Bruce Kirsch Cup, was runner-up at the Vermont Tech Invite, finished third at the NE10 Championship and was fifth of 23 teams at the NCAA East Regional.
- Senior Tyler McLaren (Pepperell, Mass.) turned in a magnificent season, winning both the Vermont Tech Invitational and the Bruce Kirsch Cup, while finishing runner-up at the New England Championship, NE10 Championship and NCAA East Regional. McLaren, who garnered NE10 All-Conference First Team and USTFCCCA All-Region honors, became the second runner in program history to qualify for the NCAA National Championship, where he turned in the highest finish at the meet for a Penmen, placing 43rd out of 249 runners in a time of 32:02.8. McLaren topped the previous SNHU best by 32 spots, while finishing just three spots shy of attaining All-America status.
