When and Where: November 12, 2022 – Seaford, N.Y. (Cedar Creek Park)
Score:  Southern New Hampshire University 2, Molloy College 0
Records: SNHU 8-10 (7-6 NE10), Molloy 1-16 (0-13 NE10)

Sophomore Carley Lovejoy (Kennebunk, Maine) and senior Taylor Marchman (Derry, N.H.) scored goals as Southern New Hampshire field hockey earned a trip to the NE10 playoffs with a 2-0 win at Molloy College on Saturday.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Lovejoy - goal
• Marchman - goal
• Freshman Emma Peeters (Wageningen, Netherlands) – three saves

KEY MOMENTS

• Neither team generated much offense in a scoreless first quarter.
• Lovejoy put SNHU on the board with about three minutes to play in the half, scoring off a loose ball in front of the cage.
• The Penmen would score all they would need against the Lions at the start of the third quarter when Marchman scored off a rebound of a shot by SNHU sophomore Annemartine Christis ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands).

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Freshman Lillian Finley (Scarborough, Maine) recorded a defensive save, her second of the season.
• SNHU had a 18-12 shot advantage, including 8-4 on goal.
• Molloy had a 6-5 advantage on penalty corners.

NOTES

• Peeters recorded her second shutout of the season. 
• Lovejoy tallied her fourth goal of the season, and second in as many games.
• Marchman's goal her third of the season, and 14^th of her career with SNHU.

WHAT'S NEXT
 
      •     The Penmen finished the regular season with consecutive wins and have earned the eighth-seed in the upcoming NE10 Championships.  They will play at top-seed Saint Anselm College on Tuesday, November 15 (4 p.m.) in a Quarterfinal round contest.
 
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