When and Where: May 2, 2023 – Pleasantville, N.Y. (Pace Stadium)
Score: #2 Pace University 19, RV Southern New Hampshire University 6
Records: SNHU 9-8, Pace 16-1
Senior
Angelina Graziano (Riverhead, N.Y.) scored two goals, but the eighth-seeded Southern New Hampshire University women's lacrosse team had its season ended with a 19-6 loss to second-ranked and top-seeded Pace University in the NE10 Championship quarterfinal round Tuesday at Pace Stadium
TOP PERFORMERS
- Graziano – 2 goals
- Junior Shelby Cole (Gilford, N.H.) – 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 draw control, 1 caused turnover
- Junior Alexis DeLucia (Uncasville, Conn.) – 1 goal, 1 assist, 4 draw controls
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Pace scored the game's first three goals before Cole found the back of the net off a DeLucia feed with 7:39 left in the first quarter to put SNHU on the board. Senior Skylar Renaud (E. Waterboro, Maine) capped the first-quarter scoring via a Cole pass with 2:35 on the clock to trim the Penmen deficit to 5-2.
- Graziano scored the lone SNHU goal in the second quarter, as Pace held a 5-1 advantage that extended its lead to 10-3 at halftime.
- The Setters scored six-in-a-row to begin the third before senior Courtney Cronin (Woburn, Mass.) found the back of the net with 1:11 left. SNHU made it three straight, as DeLucia and Graziano opened the scoring in the final frame to pull the Penmen within 16-6 with 11:46 remaining. Pace would score the final three goals.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Junior goalkeeper Megan Petko (Monroe, N.Y.) made 12 saves.
- Pace 'keeper Samantha Tanguay stopped three shots.
- Pace outshot SNHU, 40-14, including 27-8 in the opening half.
- The Setters owned advantages in draw controls (15-13) and ground balls (22-18).
- Pace was 23-for-27 on its clear attempts, while SNHU went 11-for-15.
- The Penmen were 3-for-4 on their free-position attempts, with the Setters going 2-for-7.
- SNHU had 22 of the game's 33 turnovers.
NOTES
- All eight losses this season for SNHU, which is receiving votes in the latest ILWomen/Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II Poll, have come against nationally-ranked opponents.
- Southern New Hampshire, making its 10th NE10 Championship appearance, falls to 5-10 (.333).
- The Penmen reach nine wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2010 and 2011, and finish above .500 in consecutive campaigns for the first time since 2015 and 2016.
- Pace, ranked second and winners of 14 straight, leads the all-time series with SNHU, 6-2, and has captured six-in-a-row, including a 19-5, regular-season victory in Hooksett back on April 1. The last win for the Penmen in the series came March 19, 2016 (14-10) at Pace, where it has since lost three straight.
