Box Score When and Where: November 2, 2024 – Manchester, N.H. (Larkin Field)
Score: #5 Southern New Hampshire University 11, Saint Thomas Aquinas College 0
Records: SNHU 15-2 (12-1 NE10), STAC 4-14 (3-10 NE10)
Senior
Anne Wiersma (Veldhoven, The Netherlands) scored three goals and added two assists as #5 SNHU field hockey celebrated Senior Day with an 11-0 win over Saint Thomas Aquinas College. The Penmen conclude its best-ever regular season at 15-2.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Wiersma – 3 goals, 2 assists
- Senior Annemartine Christis ('s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands) – 2 goals, 2 assists
- Sophomore Minke van de Poll (Oosterbeek, The Netherlands) – 2 goals, 1 assist
- Sophomore Amelia Crocombe (Somerset, England) – 2 goals
- Freshman Natalie Paradzick (Hooksett, N.H.) – goal, assist
- Senior Eliza Bates (Newport, N.H.) – goal, assist
- Junior Emma Peeters (Wageningen, The Netherlands) - shutout
KEY MOMENTS
- Wiersma scored a goal in each of the first three quarters including the game-winner just 1:52 into the game when she rolled the ball into the left corner off a pass from van de Poll.
- van de Poll made it 2-0 when she tipped in a pass from Christis with 1:43 left in the first.
- The Penmen built a 6-0 lead by halftime which included a highlight-reel play when senior Carley Lovejoy (Kennebunk, Maine) elevated a pass and Paradzick slapped it in with 3:15 to play in the second quarter.
- Wiersma completed her hat trick midway through the third quarter off a pass from freshman Julia Giampietro (Sandwich, Mass.).
- Christis scored twice in the second half for SNHU.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- SNHU had a 31-6 shot advantage including 23-2 on goal.
- The Penmen had a 6-5 edge on penalty corners.
NOTES
- SNHU improves to 7-2 all-time against Saint Thomas Aquinas.
- SNHU was ranked fifth in Tuesday's NFHCA (Field Hockey Coaches) poll.
- The Penmen completed the Northeast-10 season at 12-1, with the loss to Assumption University. The Greyhounds finished at 13-0 and will be the top-seed in the tournament.
- Christis leads NCAA Division II with 27 goals and has 12 multi-goal games this season.
- Peeters has allowed just two goals in her last ten starts (600 minutes) and her goals-against average is 0.74, second best in the nation.
- Wiersma's eight-point game (3 G, 2 A) give her 55 career points, the fourth highest total in program history.
- The five points for van de Poll were a season-high.
- Crocombe scored her first two goals of the season.
- The 11 goals were the most scored in a contest for SNHU since a 12-1 win over New Haven on 10/21/17.
- The Penmen recognized eight members of their program on "Senior Day". Hannah Dobecki (Scarborough, Maine), Suzanne Bussemaker (Bussum, The Netherlands), Shannon Gifford (Goffstown, N.H.), Wiersma, Peeters, Lovejoy, Christis, and Bates.
UP NEXT
- SNHU will host a quarterfinal game on Monday at 6:00 p.m. in the Northeast-10 tournament.
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