When and Where: September 14, 2023 – Boca Raton, Fla. (Bobby Campbell Stadium)
Score: #22 Southern New Hampshire University 1, (RV) Lynn University 0
Records: SNHU 3-0-0, Lynn 3-2-0
Sophomore
Imogen Noon (Gold Coast, Australia) scored in the 89th minute, as the 22nd-ranked Southern New Hampshire University women's soccer team notched a 1-0 victory against Lynn University on Thursday evening at Bobby Campbell Stadium.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Noon – 1 goal
- Sophomore Claudia Keith (Danvers, Mass.) – 5 saves; shutout
KEY MOMENTS
- With the match deadlocked in a scoreless tie early in the 89th minute, Southern New Hampshire was moving the ball forward in its offensive zone when a Lynn defender was able to take it away. Her back-pass, however, rolled slowly toward a teammate, while Noon broke and hustled to the ball, intercepting it and booting it past the Fighting Knights goalkeeper and into the back of the net with just 1:49 on the clock.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Lynn goalkeeper Brooke Auth stopped five of the six shots she faced.
- Lynn outshot SNHU, 10-9, while the Penmen returned the favor in shots on target (6-5).
- The Penmen also dominated in corner kicks, 7-1.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire, ranked 22nd in the latest United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25 Poll, begins the season 3-0-0 for the third straight campaign and just the fourth time since 1997.
- All three wins this year have come against teams receiving votes in the national poll.
- SNHU now leads the all-time series with Lynn, 2-0. This was the first meeting since August 25, 2005, when the Penmen recorded a 3-2 road win.
- Noon's goal is her first of the season and second of her career.
- Keith has now stopped 14 of the 15 shots she's faced in three matches this season. Her 0.33 goals-against average and .933 save percentage rank second in the NE10.
- The Penmen are now 47-19-13 (.677) over their last 79 matches dating back to the start of the 2017 campaign.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen close out their Florida trip Saturday (Sept. 16) at 2 p.m. when they take on Barry University.
- After six straight matches away from home to begin the year, SNHU finally opens its Ouellette Stadium slate Wednesday, Sept. 27 (7 p.m.) by playing host to Franklin Pierce University.
