TOP PERFORMERS

• Renaud – career-high-matching 7 goals, 2 assists, career-high 9 points, 1 ground ball, 3 draw controls
• Graduate student Katelyn Hadden (Newburyport, Mass.) – 6 goals, 1 assist, 7 points
• Senior Shelby Cole (Gilford, N.H.) – 2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points
• Graduate student Angelina Graziano (Riverhead, N.Y.) – 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
• Junior Rachel McLaughlin (Woburn, Mass.) – 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points, 4 ground balls, 1 draw control
• Senior Alexis DeLucia (Uncasville, Conn.) – 2 ground balls, 1 caused turnover, career-high 15 draw controls

HOW IT HAPPENED

• New Haven jumped out to a 6-0 lead over the opening 6:49, before Renaud scored three of game's next five goals on her own to make it 8-3 with 3:38 left in the first quarter. UNH would add another to go in front, 9-3, after one.
• Southern New Hampshire came out with three of the first four goals in the second quarter, including two by Hadden, to trim its deficit to 10-6. It was a six-goal game when Cole found the back of the net and set up Renaud's fifth of the half to send the Penmen to the break trailing, 13-9.
• Renaud opened the second-half scoring just 1:14 in to get the Penmen within three and would score again in the frame, but New Haven extended its advantage to 18-12 after three quarters.
• SNHU dialed up the urgency, scoring the first four goals of the final frame to slash its deficit to 18-16 with 7:30 on the clock. Hadden notched the first three goals, while McLaughlin tallied a goal and two assists during the stretch. The Chargers stopped the bleeding with an insurance tally at the 4:08 mark, before Renaud set up Hadden with three minutes to go. That was as close as the visitors would get, however.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Freshman goalkeeper Nicole Mirra (Cicero, N.Y.) stopped one shot in the opening 9:20, while senior Megan Petko (Monroe, N.Y.) made eight saves on the 19 shots she saw over the final 50:40.
• New Haven 'keeper Gabby Bescemi stopped 13 shots.
• Senior Skylar Pietz (Dudley, Mass.) tallied an assist, a ground ball, a draw control and a pair of caused turnovers.
• Southern New Hampshire narrowly outshot New Haven, 35-33.
• SNHU held a 20-19 edge in draw controls, while ground balls were even, 15-15.
• The Chargers were 22-for-24 on their clear attempts, while the Penmen went 16-for-20.
• SNHU was 2-for-2 on its free-position attempts, while New Haven went 6-for-6.
• The Penmen had 18 of the game's 33 turnovers.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire is receiving votes in the latest ILWomen/Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II Poll, while New Haven is ranked 15th.
• This was SNHU's third of three contests against a nationally-ranked opponent in its first four games to begin the season.
• SNHU falls to 3-13 all-time against the Chargers, including 2-7 on the road.
• DeLucia's 15 draw controls set a new program record, topping the old mark of 13 that was reached four times, including twice by DeLucia herself. She is now just 48 shy of matching the program's all-time record.
• Hadden has now notched at least six points in all four games this year and is leading the NE10 in both goals (18) and points (26).

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Saturday, March 16 (1 p.m.) when they play host to Division I Presbyterian College in their home opener at Ouellette Stadium.