When and Where: October 29, 2022 – New Haven, Conn. (Jess Dow Stadium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 2, Southern Connecticut State University 1 (OT)
Records: SNHU 6-8 (5-4 NE10), SCSU 4-11 (3-8 NE10)
Freshman
Bernardita Diaz De Vivar (Buenos Aires, Argentina) scored off a penalty corner in overtime to lift SNHU to its third straight win, 2-1 at Southern Connecticut Saturday. Freshman
Brianna Frisbee (Claremont, N.H.) scored her first career goal and set up the game-winner.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Diaz De Vivar – game-winning goal
- Frisbee – 1 goal and 1 assist
- Sophomore Annemartine Christis ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) – 1 assist
- Sophomore Eliza Bates (Newport, N.H.) – 1 assist
- Freshman Emma Peeters (Wageningen, The Netherlands) – 7 saves
KEY MOMENTS
- The Penmen took a 1-0 lead 3:07 into the second quarter. Christis sent a ball on net that freshman Frisbee tipped in for her first career goal.
- The Owls drew even in the third quarter on a score by Trinidad Rodriguez-Ricchiuti.
- SNHU's game-winner came with 3:30 to play in the overtime. Frisbee started the penalty corner with a pass to Bates, who tapped the ball to Diaz De Vivar. Her one-timer found the cage.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- SNHU had a 16-12 shot advantage, including 9-8 on goal.
- The Owls had 13 penalty corners, to seven for the Penmen.
NOTES
- Christis now has 17 points to lead the Penmen (five goals, seven assists).
- SNHU has won six straight against the Owls, and lead the all-time series 6-2.
- The Penmen have won three consecutive games for the first time this season.
WHAT'S NEXT
- SNHU will visit Assumption on Wednesday (7 p.m.) in an NE10 conference contest.
- The Penmen will return home for Senior Day on Saturday (Nov. 5) at 4:00 p.m. to play Saint Thomas Aquinas College on Dr. George Larkin Field.
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