When and Where: March 28, 2023 – Manchester, N.H. (Grappone Stadium)
Score: #11 Saint Anselm College 13, SNHU 5
Records:  SNHU 1-3, Saint Anselm 3-2

Senior Ryan Auger (Hampstead, N.H.) scored four goals but SNHU fell 13-5 at #11 Saint Anselm College on Tuesday afternoon.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Auger- 4 goals
• Junior Jack Terrones (Anaheim, Calif.) – goal
• Graduate student Tristan Pietz (Dudley, Mass.) -2 assists, 7 ground balls
• Graduate student Chris Valentine (Derry, N.H.) – assist
• Junior Ronan DePaul (Elkton, Md.) – 20 saves
• Senior Gennaro Marra (Hampstead, N.H.) – 12 of 20 face-offs, 4 ground balls

KEY MOMENTS

• SNHU trailed 3-0 before finally finding the net with 3:35 to play in the first period.
• Junior Cam Cote (Saco, Maine) did a great job securing a ground ball, and passed to Valentine, who found Auger in front for the goal.
• The Penmen did not score again until 3:58 remaining in the half with Auger finishing off a perfect pass from Pietz.  Cote caused the turnover and graduate student Alex Sturgess (Derry, N.H.) picked up the ground ball that led to the goal to make it 7-2 in favor of the Hawks.
• Down 9-2 in the third quarter, Auger scored back-to-back goals seven seconds apart, one on a feed from Pietz and one off the face-off win by Marra.
• Terrones scored with 1:11 to play to finish off the SNHU scoring.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Freshman Dylan Quigley (East Longmeadow, Mass.) collected a career-high six ground balls.
• Saint Anselm outshot SNHU 55-35 for the game with DePaul making 20 saves for the Penmen.
• SNHU went 21-for-28 on clear attempts while the Hawks were 26-29.
• Saint Anselm had a 46-41 advantage on ground balls.
• The Hawks were 1-4 in man-up situations and the Penmen were 0-4.

NOTES

• Saint Anselm holds a 25-12 series advantage over the Penmen including win in the last nine meetings.
• The Hawks pick up two Queen City Cup points to take a 15-14 lead with the women's lacrosse teams meeting on Wednesday at Grappone Stadium.
• Auger has now scored 31 goals and added 32 assists in the 17 games he has played for the Penmen.
• DePaul's 20 saves were his most in a game since his first career start at Assumption March 31, 2021 (22 saves).

WHAT'S NEXT

• SNHU will host #10 Pace University on Saturday, April 1 at 1 p.m. at Dr. Mark A. Ouellette Stadium. 

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