Southern New Hampshire University Athletics

Week at a Glance (January 25-31, 2022)

Female Athlete of the Week: Meghan Stroh - Women's Track & Field, Sr.
Meghan Stroh (New Fairfield, Conn.) won two events, the 200m and the 600m at the Husky Invitational at the University of Southern Maine on Sunday.  Stroh ran a season and career-best 1:42.01 to win the 600m after claiming the 200m in a season-best 26.68.

Male Athlete of the Week: Matt Becht - Men's Basketball, So.
Matt Becht (Vienna, Va.) led a short-handed SNHU squad to a 101-81 win at Pace University on Saturday, scoring a career-high 35 points.  He was named the Northeast-10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.   Monday night, he again led the Penmen with 20 points in SNHU's fourth consecutive win, a 75-63 decision over Southern Connecticut State University.

Women's Basketball (13-4, 7-3 NE10)

Notes:
- SNHU dropped a hard-fought 56-54 decision in overtime to Adelphi before heading out to face Pace Saturday.  The Penmen lost that game before bouncing back with a win over Southern Connecticut on Monday night.  The Penmen are the fourth-ranked team in the East Region in the latest Division II Sports Information Directors Association (D2SDIA) media poll.

- Graduate student Meg Knollmeyer (Hampton, N.H.) recorded back-to-back double doubles Saturday and Monday.  She led the way at Pace with 17 points and 14 rebounds.  
- Junior Adriana Timberlake (Braintree, Mass.) led all scorers with 17 points in the win over Southern Connecticut.
- Graduate student Gyanna Russell - 14 points (3-5 FG, 1-2 3-PT, 7-8 FT), 7 rebounds, 3 assists vs. the Owls in the Monday win.

Men's Basketball (10-6, 6-5 NE10)

Notes: 
- Men's basketball ran its win streak to four games with wins over Pace and Southern Connecticut
- Sophomore Matt Becht (Vienna, Va.), named the NE10 Player of the Week after hitting for a career-high 35 points against Pace.  He followed that up with 20 against the Owls Monday night.
- Senior Corry Long (Cincinnati, Ohio) pumped in 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting, pulling down 7 rebounds in the win at Pace.
- Freshman Arie Breakfield (Gonic, N.H.) scored a career-high 12 in the win over the Setters.
- Junior Ryan Layman (Wrentham, Mass.) pumped in 17 points and pulled down six rebounds in Monday's win.

Men's Ice Hockey (11-4, 9-1 NE10)

Notes:
- Men's ice hockey won its non-conference game with Rivier at The Ice Den on Friday night, 5-1.  
- Senior Adam Mercer (Belchertown, Mass.) stopped 27 shots to pick up the win in his first game in more than a month.
- Senior co-captain Andy Somerville (Medford, Mass.) scored a pair of goals in the win.
- SNHU avenged an opening night 5-4 loss to the Raiders, who are in the first-year of the new Div. 3 program.

Women's Track & Field

Notes:
- Senior sprinter Meghan Stroh (New Fairfield, Conn.) led the way with a pair of wins in the 200m and 600m at the Husky Invitational at Southern Maine, running season-best times in both races.
- Sophomore Emma Hallet (Billerice, Mass.) added a win in the 55 hurdles and a fifth-place finish in the high jump.  It was a busy day for Hallet, who also competed in the shot put, long jump, 200m, and a 4x4 relay, setting PR's in the shot and 200m.
- Senior Bennie Alula (Hartford, Conn.) won the weight throw with a 14.84m toss, and finished third in the shot put in the 11.34m.
- Distance runners competed Friday in Boston.

Women's Tennis (9-2, 9-1 NE10)

Last Week's Results:
Idle
This Week's Games:
Idle

Notes:
- Women's tennis is off until the spring.

Men's Tennis (0-0, 0-0 NE10)

Notes:
- Men's tennis will kick off the rust against Boston College on Friday.

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 was idle last week and is off until the spring.

COMPLETED SEASONS

Women's Soccer (13-4-1, 11-2-0 NE10)

Notes:
- Women's soccer posted its highest number of wins in three years, as it began the season 9-0-0 for the first time since the 1984 campaign and also started the year with a 13-match unbeaten streak (12-0-1), which was the longest since the 1989 season.
- The Penmen, who soared as high as No. 6 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II National Top 25 Poll, earned the program's first NE10 Regular-Season Championship and the top seed in the NE10 Championship, where it fell, 2-1, to eighth-seeded Southern Connecticut State University in the quarterfinal round.
- SNHU received its seventh NCAA Championship selections and its fourth straight, garnering the third seed in the East Regional, but lost, 1-0, to sixth-seeded Mercy College.
- Graduate students Allyson Patterson (Seekonk, Mass.) and Ai Inoue (Tokyo, Japan) claimed Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) East All-Region First Team honors. Patterson, who earned the accolade for the second consecutive season, started all 17 contests she played in, registering 13 points on six goals and an assist. Inoue, meanwhile, started 13 of the 14 matches she appeared in and was a huge difference-maker on a back line that ranked second in the conference in goals allowed (11), shutouts (9) and goals-against average (0.60). She contributed three assists, offensively.
- Head coach Elie Monteiro collected his second NE10 Coach of the Year award, while Patterson was crowned the NE10 Player of the Year and Inoue was chosen as the NE10 Defensive Player of the Year. Patterson and Inoue were joined on the NE10 All-Conference First Team by junior Jordan Butters (Beverly, Mass.), who started 14 of the 18 matches she played in and ranked second on the team with 14 points on five goals and four assists.

Men's Soccer (11-6-1, 8-3-1 NE10)

Notes:
- Men's soccer reached double figures in wins for the first time since 2018. After starting the campaign 3-4-0, the Penmen caught fire and put together a seven-match unbeaten streak (6-1-0), as they lost just one of their final nine matches to end the regular season.
- SNHU claimed the No. 4 seed and a quarterfinal home match for the NE10 Championships and secured a 1-0 victory over fifth-seeded Adelphi University to advance to the semifinal round for the first time since '18. The Penmen lost to top-seeded Franklin Pierce University, 2-1, in overtime to fall short of the title game.
- Graduate students Kiko Hernandez (Madrid, Spain) and Jannik Mohr (Koblenz, Germany) landed spots on the NE10 All-Conference First Team. Hernandez was a key cog in the midfield for the Penmen and dished a pair of assists. Mohr anchored a back line that  allowed the second fewest number of goals in the NE10 this season (18) and also ranked third in goals-against average (0.91). Mohr  also contributed on the offensive end with two goals and an assist for five points.
- Grad student Nadjib Chibout (Lyon, France) was chosen as a Second Team selection, while fellow grad student Michael Goncalves (Ludlow, Mass.) and sophomore Nicolas Gonzalez (Santander, Spain) received Third Team nods.

Field Hockey (6-11, 6-8 NE10)

Notes:
- Field hockey started the season slow, but won five of its last eight down the stretch, including three straight. The Penmen narrowly missed the NE10 postseason, however, falling one game short of the eighth and final spot in the NE10 Championship.
- Freshman Annemartine Christis ('S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) received NE10 All-Conference Second Team and NE10 All-Rookie Team honors. Christis, who started all 17 contests for the Penmen, led the team in both goals (9) and points (23), while ranking second in assists (5). She finished 13th in the NE10 in points and also sat inside the top 20 in goals and assists. Amongst the league's freshmen, Christis slotted in third in assists and fourth in both goals and points.
- Junior Sofie Wolters (Schilde, Belgium) was an NE10 All-Conference Third Team selection. She started all 17 matches and was an important cog in the SNHU defense, making a pair of defensive saves. She also contributed, offensively, with two goals and three assists for seven points. Wolters placed third on the team in assists, fourth in points and tied for fifth in goals, while ranking inside the top 10 in the league in defensive saves.

Women's Volleyball (12-11, 8-5 NE10)

Notes:
- Volleyball jumped out to a 3-1 start – its best since the 2014 campaign – and won six of eight down the stretch to claim the seventh seed in the NE10 Championship. The Penmen, making their first appearance in the NE10 postseason since 2018, dropped a 3-1 decision to the second-seeded University of New Haven.
- SNHU finished above .500 for the second straight season – the first time it has done that since the 1979 and 1980 campaigns.
- Junior Juliana Pacini (Sao Paulo, Brazil) became just the third Penmen ever to earn NE10 All-Conference Second Team honors. In 85 sets across 23 matches, Pacini amassed 269 kills (3.16 k/s), 38 service aces (0.45 sa/s), 246 digs (2.89 d/s) and 22 blocks (0.26 b/s).

Cross Country

Notes:
- The women started the season out on the right foot by winning the Shacklette Invitational at Saint Anselm College. Graduate student Ashley Corcoran (East Longmeadow, Mass.) was also victorious, capturing the event for a second straight season with a time of 23:29.3. The Penmen were also 12th at the 23-team New England Championships (Corcoran matched the fastest 5K in program history at 18:20.4), third at the NE10 Championships and fourth at NCAA East Regional Championships, as they missed out on qualifying for the NCAA National Championships by just a since point. Corcoran's time of 21:43.7 slotted her fourth, overall, which was good enough for an automatic bid to nationals, where Corcoran placed 71st in a time of 21:52.1.
- Corcoran received NE10 All-Conference First Team accolades for finishing third at the NE10 Championships in a time of 22:21.11. She was joined on the First Team by classmate Jill Couto (Newton Junction, N.H.), who was fifth at 22:51.7. Junior Sarah Zarakotas (Deerfield, N.H.), sophomore Kelsey Seamans (Methuen, Mass.) and graduate student Maura Coakley (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) were all Third Team honorees.
- The men checked in seventh at the NE10 Championships, with senior Jacob Logan (Norwood, Mass.) leading the way in 18th place in a time of 26:50, which earned him NE10 All-Conference Third Team recognition. SNHU was 15th at the NCAA East Regional Championships, with sophomore Kody Gagnon (Tolland, Conn.) running the race in 34:36.3.

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