When and Where: March 27, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (Mark A. Ouellette Stadium)
Score: #21 Saint Anselm College 16, Southern New Hampshire University 11
Records: SNHU 3-4 (0-2 NE10), Saint Anselm 5-3 (3-1 NE10)
 
Graduate student Skylar Renaud (E. Waterboro, Maine) scored four goals and assisted on three others, but SNHU's two-game win streak was snapped 16-11 by 21^st-ranked Saint Anselm College Wednesday afternoon.

TOP PERFORMERS

• Renaud – 4 goals, 3 assists, 3 draw controls, 1 ground ball
• Graduate student Katelyn Hadden (Newburyport, Mass.) – 3 goals, assist, ground ball, caused turnover, draw control
• Graduate student Angelina Graziano (Riverhead, N.Y.) – 3 goals, ground ball
• Senior Shelby Cole – goal, assist, 2 ground balls, caused turnover
• Senior Alexis DeLucia (Uncasville, Conn.) – 10 draw controls, two ground balls, caused turnover, assist
   

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Hadden opened the scoring with a free position goal with 7:15 left in the first quarter.
• Alison Ferullo answered for the Hawks, but two goals by Renaud gave the Penmen a 3-1 lead with four minutes to play in the first quarter.
• Graziano's goal with 13 seconds left in the first put the Penmen in front 4-3.
• The Hawks then went on a 5-0 run until SNHU found the board again with 8:14 to play in the third quarter on Renaud's third goal of the game.
• Hadden's free position shot 39 seconds later cut the lead to 8-6.
• Cole's man-up goal with 5:22 to play made it a one-goal game at 8-7.
• Saint Anselm responded with a 7-0 run to put the game away at 15-7 when Ferullo scored her fifth goal of the game with 9:48 to play.   She would add one more with 5:42 left.
• The Penmen scored four of the game's final five goals including Renaud's fourth of the game, another by Hadden, and a pair by Graziano.
• Southern New Hampshire outshot Presbyterian 27-22.
• SNHU held an 18-12 edge in draw controls, while Presbyterian had a 21-15 advantage on ground balls.
• The Blue Hose were 17-19 on clear attempts and SNHU was 18-21.
• SNHU was 3-for-5 on its free position shots compared to 1-for-2 for Presbyterian.
• The Penmen had 18 of the game's 35 turnovers.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Ferullo scored six goals for the Hawks and Maggie Fitzgerald had four goals and two assists.
• Saint Anselm had a 33-25 shot advantage including 24-19 on goal.
• The Hawks collected 29 ground balls to 13 for the Penmen.
• Saint Anselm finished 18-for-24 on clears while the Penmen were 15-for-20.
• SNHU held a 17-13 edge on draw controls.
• The Penmen went 3-for-3 on free position shots while the Hawks were 2-for-7.

NOTES

• The Penmen had won the first two home contests of the season with wins in non-conference games with Presbyterian College and Franklin Pierce University.
• Saint Anselm leads the all-time series 13-8 and the Hawks have won the last five with the Penmen and six of the last seven.
• The Hawks earn two Queen City Cup points, but SNHU leads the season competition with Saint Anselm 16-10.
• DeLucia's 10 draw controls give her 276 for her career, 24 off the program record.
• Renaud and Hadden have each scored 27 goals, which is tied for the second in the NE10.
• They also rank 1-2 in the league in points – Hadden has 41 and Renaud 36.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen visit top-ranked and undefeated Pace University on Saturday in Pleasantville, N.Y.  Game time is 11:00 a.m.
• The next home game at Ouellette Stadium will be on Saturday, April 6 against Southern Connecticut State University.  Game time is 1:00 p.m.

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