When and Where: October 19, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (Mark A. Ouellette Stadium)
Score: #14 Southern New Hampshire University 2, Pace University 0
Records: SNHU 8-0-3 (4-0-2 NE10), Pace 2-6-4 (0-3-3 NE10)
Junior
Carly Schofield (Plymouth, Mass.) and graduate student
Alyssa Anderson (Londonderry, N.H.) each scored goals to lead the 14th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University women's soccer to a 2-0, Senior Day victory over the Pace University Setters on Saturday at Ouellette Stadium.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Schofield– goal
- Anderson – goal
- Junior Claudia Keith (Danvers, Mass.) – four saves, shutout
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Pace goalkeeper Annabella Cole kept the Penmen off the scoresheet until the 60th minute of the match, making a pair of clutch stops, including a diving save to take a goal away with 20 minutes remaining in the first half.
- Schofield found the back of the net in the 60 minute of the game, with assists coming from junior Imogen Noon (Gold Coast, Australia) and graduate student Alexsis Weiser (Long Beach, Calif.).
- With eight minutes remaining in the contest, Anderson caused a turnover off a goal kick, sending the ball to freshman Lauren Fox (Yonkers, N.Y.), who then found Anderson for the second Penmen goal of the day.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Cole stopped six of the eight shots she faced.
- The Penmen outshot the Setters, 20-8, including 8-4 in shots on target.
- SNHU also dominated corner kicks, 4-0.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire, ranked No. 14 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25, is unbeaten through 11 contests for the first time since 2021 (10-0-1), when it started 12-0-1.
- SNHU leads Pace in the all time series, sporting a record of 16-6-2. The Penmen have won six of the last seven meetings with the Setters, including two straight. SNHU is also unbeaten in nine of its last 10 at home versus Pace (8-1-1).
Keith earned her ninth shutout of the season, including her fifth straight, as she runs her current shutout streak to 463:05.
- Anderson's goal is her fourth of the season and 18th of her career. She leads the team with 12 points (4g, 4a) and is tied for the team lead in goals.
- Noon's assist is her team-leading fifth of the season, while Weiser's helper was her first point as a Penmen.
- The Penmen are now 62-24-21 (.678) over their last 107 matches dating back to the start of the 2017 campaign.
- SNHU is 40-7-10 (.789) at home since the end of the 2016 season, including 31-7-8 (.761) at Ouellette Stadium.
- Seniors Mikayla Thompson (Milford, N.H), Ava Jakich-Kunze (Moscow, Idaho), and Lauren Conti (Schenectady N.Y.) and graduate students Linnea Hicks (Deerfield, N.H.), Agata Giani (Milan, Italy) and Weiser were honored during SNHU's Senior Day ceremony prior to the match.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen will travel to Waltham, Mass., to play Bentley University on Tuesday, Oct. 22 (3:30 p.m.).
- SNHU will return home on Saturday, Oct. 26 (1 p.m.) to play host to the University of New Haven at 1 p.m.