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Field hockey goalie Emma Peeters lays out for a save
Jim Stankiewicz

Peeters Makes Nine Saves as Field Hockey Blanks AIC

Four Different Players Score in 4-0 Win

Box Score When and Where: October 24, 2023 – Springfield, Mass. (Abdow Field)
Score:  Southern New Hampshire University 4, American International College 0
Records: SNHU 9-7 (8-4 NE10), AIC 6-10 (3-9 NE10)

Sophomore Emma Peeters (Wageningen, Netherlands) made nine saves and four different players scored goals as SNHU field hockey won 4-0 at American International College on Tuesday in Springfield, Massachusetts.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
 
  • Junior Annemartine Christis ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) – goal, 2 assists
  • Freshman Minke van de Poll (Oosterbeek, Netherlands) – goal, assist
  • Sophomore Anne Wiersma (Veldhoven, Netherlands) – goal, assist
  • Senior Emma Thibodeau (Danvers, Mass.)  - goal
  • Junior Eliza Bates (Newport, N.H.) - assist
  • Peeters – second consecutive shutout, fourth of the season
 
KEY MOMENTS
 
  • Thibodeau opened the scoring at 12:52 after van de Poll came up with a turnover in the Yellow Jacket end and pushed the ball ahead to her for the easy goal.
  • Christis made it 2-0 just 51 seconds into the fourth quarter, scoring off a pass from Wiersma off a penalty corner.
  • Van de Poll took a long pass from Christis and scored on the breakaway to make it 3-0 at 51:06.
  • Wiersma completed the scoring at 54:30 for the Penmen off a pass from Christis that started with a penalty corner from Bates.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • AIC outshot the Penmen 15-13, and had a 7-4 advantage on penalty corners.
  • Peeters improved to 9-7, making nine saves.
NOTES
  • van de Poll leads the Penmen with 28 points on 13 goals and 2 assists.
  • Christis has 25 career assists, the most in program history.  She has also scored seven goals in the last four games.
  • Peeters earns her sixth career shutout (in 28 starts).
  • The Penmen now lead the all-time series with AIC 5-4 including three straight.
  • At 8-4 in NE10 play, the Penmen are in fifth place, just a game behind Pace and Bentley for third.  The top four teams will earn home games in the NE10 quarterfinals.
UP NEXT
  • SNHU will conclude the regular season on Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas (2:30 p.m.).
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