When and Where: March 20, 2021 – Rindge, N.H. (Sodexo Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 16, Franklin Pierce University 15
Records: SNHU 1-0 (1-0 NE10), Franklin Pierce 0-1 (0-1 NE10)

Senior Stephen Dubois (Goffstown, N.H.) scored a career-best five goals and graduate transfer David Wiedenfeld (Londonderry, N.H.) tallied his fourth goal of the game with 13 seconds remaining to lift the Penmen to a 16-15 win at Franklin Pierce in the season opener Saturday.

LINK: BOX SCORE 

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Dubois - 5 goals, 1 assist
• Wiedenfeld - 4 goals, 1 assist
• Freshman Jack Terrones (Anaheim, Calif.) - 3 goals, 2 assists
• Senior Cole Jacobsen (Dartmouth, Mass.)- 3 goals
• Junior Jackson Hounchell (Middlebury, Vt.) - 1 goal, 1 assist

KEY MOMENTS

• Dubois scored the first goal of the season for the Penmen with 9:12 left in the first period to tie the game at 1-1.
• The Penmen trailed 10-4 early in the third quarter on Conor Rooney's third goal of the game for the Ravens.
• SNHU would forge to its first lead of the day at 15-14 with 2:53 to play when Jacobsen buried his attempt off a pass from Wiedenfeld.
• Sean Daly tied it for Franklin Pierce at 15-15 with 1:42 remaining.
• Wiedenfeld's game-winner, his third goal of the final period, came off a scrum in front of the Raven net with 13 seconds left.
• Franklin Pierce had a final shot of the contest in the final seconds, but Josh Dorr's attempt went wide.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Wiedenfeld scored 68 goals and tallied 87 assists in 51 games for Keene State before transferring to SNHU.
• Junior Alex Sturgess (Derry, N.H.) and senior Oscar Kozikowski (Portsmouth, N.H.) shared time in net for the Penmen.
• Southern New Hampshire outshot Franklin Pierce, 40-37.
• The Penmen also won 20 of 32 faceoffs.

NOTES

• The Penmen snapped a two-game losing streak in openers.
• SNHU improves to 19-4 all-time against Franklin Pierce.  The win was the first over the Ravens since 2017.
• The five goals scored by Dubois in a game are his career-high.  He had tallied four goals in a game twice, including in the 2020 opener at Georgian Court.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Wednesday, March 24 (7:00 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Anselm College at Penmen Stadium.

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