When and Where: October 6, 2024 – New Haven, Conn. (Jess Dow Field)
Score: #13 Southern New Hampshire University 1, Southern Connecticut State University 0
Records: SNHU 6-0-2 (2-0-1 NE10), SCSU 3-4-1 (0-3-0 NE10)
Senior
Ava Jakich-Kunze (Moscow, Idaho) found the back of net in the 60th minute, as the 13th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University women's soccer team edged out Southern Connecticut State University, 1-0, Sunday afternoon at Jess Dow Field.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
KEY MOMENTS
- The game was scoreless until 14:49 into the second half when the Penmen played a little pinball to score what wound up as the lone goal. Anderson sent a corner service from the left that sailed to the back post, where Conti headed it back to the near post. Jakich-Kunze ran onto it, sending her own header back to the far post and into the back of the net.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Suthern Connecticut 'keeper Kaelen Fabry stopped three shots.
- Both shots (10-10) and shots on target (4-4) were even.
- SCSU held a 2-1 edge in corner kicks.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire, ranked No. 13 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25, is unbeaten through eight contests for the first time since 2021 (8-0-0), when it started 12-0-1.
- SNHU leads the all-time series with SCSU, 13-11-7. The Penmen are unbeaten in 10 of the last 11 meetings (7-1-3), including the last five on the road (3-0-2).
- Jakich-Kunze's goal is her fourth of the year in her first season with the Penmen.
- Keith earned her sixth shutout of the season, including her second straight, as she runs her current shutout streak to 193:05.
- After never having an assist, Conti now has helpers in back-to-back contests.
- The Penmen are now 60-24-20 (.673) over their last 104 matches dating back to the start of the 2017 campaign.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen are back at it Wednesday, Oct. 9 (7 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Michael's College at Ouellette Stadium.
