When and Where: September 15, 2021 – Colchester, Vt. (Duffy Field)
Score: #19 Southern New Hampshire University 1, Saint Michael's College 0
Records: SNHU 4-0-0 (2-0-0 NE10), SMC 3-2-0 (1-1-0 NE10)
Junior Jordan Butters (Beverly, Mass.) scored midway through the 77th minute to lift the 19th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University women's soccer team to a 1-0 triumph over Saint Michael's College on Wednesday afternoon at Duffy Field.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Butters – goal
- Senior Sydney Carney (Northborough, Mass.) – assist
KEY MOMENTS
- With the game locked in a scoreless draw, Carney served a ball into the box that Butters drilled into the top right corner of the goal to provide all the offense the Penmen needed.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Senior goalkeeper Hannah Rose (Waterloo, Ontario) made her season debut and recorded the shutout without being called upon to make a save.
- Saint Michael's 'keeper Katie Escobedo stopped three of the four shots that came her way.
- SNHU outshot the Purple Knights, 11-4, including 4-0 in shots on target.
- The Penmen also owned a 5-2 advantage in corner kicks.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire begins the season 4-0 for the first time since the 1997 campaign.
- SNHU now leads the all-time series with Saint Michael's, 28-8-2. The Penmen have won nine of the last 10 meetings, including six-in-a-row. During the six-match winning streak, Southern New Hampshire is outscoring the Purple Knights, 14-2. The Penmen also have a shutout streak of 378:21 against SMC, which dates back to Oct. 18, 2016 and stretches over four full matches. SNHU is outscoring the Purple Knights, 10-0, during that span.
- SNHU now holds a shutout streak of 327:21 dating back to the first half of the home opener Sept. 3.
- Butters' goal is her first of the season and fifth of her career.
- The assist for Carney is her team-leading second of the year and 19th of her career.
- Through four matches, the Penmen are outscoring their opponents 8-1, outshooting them 61-24 and dominating corner kicks, 27-3.
- The Penmen are now 47-15-10 (.722) over their last 72 matches dating back to the 2016 campaign.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen return to action Saturday, Sept. 18 (7 p.m.) when they take on the University of New Haven.
- The next home match for SNHU is Tuesday, Sept. 21 (7 p.m.) when it plays host to in-state rival Franklin Pierce University at Penmen Stadium.
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