TOP PERFORMERS

• Hadden – 4 goals, 2 assists, 6 points, 1 caused turnover
• Graduate student Skylar Renaud (E. Waterboro, Maine) – 3 goals, 1 assist, 4 points, 8 draw controls
• Graduate student Angelina Graziano (Riverhead, N.Y.) – 2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points, 2 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
• Junior Rachel McLaughlin (Woburn, Mass.) – 2 goals, 2 points, 1 ground ball
• Senior Alexis DeLucia (Uncasville, Conn.) – 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 1 ground ball, 5 draw controls
• Senior Layne Walther (Center Moriches, N.Y.) – 4 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers

HOW IT HAPPENED

• DeLucia set up the game's first goal by Renaud just 3:20 in and then scored her own 1:38 later to stake Southern New Hampshire to a 2-0 advantage. A Graziano strike would put the Penmen in front, 3-1, with 8:42 left in the opening quarter.
• Embry-Riddle scored four straight to end the frame, however, and then tallied the first three of the second stanza to seize an 8-3 advantage with 11:52 to go before halftime. SNHU roared back with four of the final five before the break to trim its deficit to 9-7. Hadden put up a pair of goals and an assist during the stretch, with Graziano adding a goal and a helper.
• The Graziano-Hadden duo set up two of the first three goals of the second half – one by senior Skylar Pietz (Dudley, Mass.) just 11 seconds in and another from McLaughlin a minute later – to pull the Penmen within 10-9. That would be as close as they would get, as the Eagles scored the final four of the third quarter to open up a 14-9 lead.
• SNHU did not go away, however, as it scored four of the first five goals in the final frame – with Hadden and Renaud each burying a pair – to climb back within 15-13 with 7:01 remaining. ERAU added one more less than a minute later and the final 6:17 of the contest would go scoreless.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Freshman goalkeeper Nicole Mirra (Cicero, N.Y.) made a career-best 12 saves in her first collegiate start.
• Embry-Riddle 'keeper Ella-Rae Cox stopped 14 shots.
• Pietz registered a goal and an assist to go with a pair of draw controls.
• Freshman Eliana Anderson (Danvers, Mass.) tallied an assist, two ground balls and caused a turnover.
• Southern New Hampshire outshot Embry-Riddle, 39-36, including 11-4 in the final frame.
• ERUA held an 18-14 advantage in ground balls, while draw controls were even, 15-15.
• The Eagles were 21-for-24 on their clear attempts, while the Penmen went 16-for-23.
• SNHU was 2-for-4 on its free-position attempts, while Embry-Riddle went 4-for-5.
• The Penmen had 20 of the game's 37 turnovers.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire is receiving votes in the latest ILWomen/Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II Poll, while Embry-Riddle is ranked 11th.
• This was SNHU's second of three contests against a nationally-ranked opponent in its first four games to begin the season.
• This marked the first meeting between the two teams.
• Hadden has now notched at least six points in all three games this year and is leading the NE10 in both goals (12) and points (19).

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Sunday, March 10 (1 p.m.) when they take on the 15th-ranked University of New Haven in their NE10 opener.
• The first home contest for SNHU is Saturday, March 16 (1 p.m.) when it plays host to Division I Presbyterian College at Ouellette Stadium.