When and Where: March 18, 2023  - Garden City, N.Y. (Motamed Field)
Score:   (4) Adelphi University 17, (RV) Southern New Hampshire University 7
Records: SNHU 1-1 (0-1 NE10), Adelphi 6-0 (2-0 NE10)

Senior Chris Valentine (Derry, N.H.) scored three goals and senior Ryan Auger (Hampstead, N.H.) tallied twice but SNHU opened NE10 play with a 17-7 loss at fourth-ranked Adelphi on Saturday in Garden City, N.Y.

TOP PERFORMERS
 

• Valentine – three goals, one assist
• Auger – two goals, one assist, two ground balls
• Graduate student Tristan Pietz (Dudley, Mass.) – goal, assist
• Senior Gennaro Marra (Hampstead, N.H.) – 15-of-26 face-offs, 10 ground balls
• Junior Ronan DePaul (Elkton, Md.) – 12 saves

HOW IT HAPPENED
 

• Adelphi kept the Penmen off the board for nearly nine-and-a-half minutes, building a 5-0 lead, before senior Tim Krutz (Cheshire, Conn.) scored off a perfect feed from Valentine.
• The Panthers dominated the second quarter and took a 10-1 lead at halftime with Logan Tucker scoring three consecutive goals.
• Valentine's hat trick all came in the third quarter with the goals coming on assists from Pietz, Auger, and junior Jack Terrones (Anaheim, Calif.).  
• Auger scored twice in the fourth quarter for the Penmen.  His first came off the fourth-quarter face-off won by Marra.  He also scored at 8:01 off a feed from sophomore Aiden Anthony (Stoneham, Mass.) who had raced up the field after an Adelphi turnover.
• Pietz scored the final goal with 4:37 remaining after racing from behind the cage to bury a shot in the upper corner.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 

• Adelphi outshot the Penmen 58-34 for the contest.
• The Penmen went 11-for-17 on clears while the Panthers were 22-of-23.
• Neither team was successful in extra man opportunities with SNHU 0-for-3.
• Adelphi had a slim 32-30 edge on ground balls.
• Each team made 12 saves in the game.

 
NOTES

• SNHU falls to 0-13 all-time against Adelphi.
• The Panthers finished 15-2 last season, falling in the NCAA tournament to Le Moyne.
• The Penmen have played the first two games of the season on the road and received a vote in this week's USILA/Dynamic 2023 Men's Coaches Division II poll.
• Valentine (10 points) and Auger (9 points) lead the Penmen in scoring through two games.
• With 122 career points, Valentine moves into a tie for 17^th in program history.
• Auger, who joined the SNHU program last season, has tallied 57 points (26 goals, 31 assists) in just 15 games.
• Pietz has 86 career points (42 goals, 44 assists).
• Eamon Hall (2G, 3A) and Logan Tucker (5G) led the Panthers.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen will host Le Moyne College on Saturday, March 25 at 1:00 p.m. at Mark A. Ouellette Stadium in Hooksett, N.H.

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