TOP PERFORMERS

• Graziano – 6 goals, 2 assists, 8 points
• Graduate student Katelyn Hadden (Newburyport, Mass.) – 3 goals, 4 assists, 7 points, 8 draw controls, 1 caused turnover
• Junior Rachel McLaughlin (Woburn, Mass.) – 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points
• Senior Shelby Cole (Gilford, N.H.) – 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points, 3 ground balls
• Graduate student Skylar Renaud (E. Waterboro, Maine) – 2 goals, 2 points, 1 ground ball

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After Adelphi kicked off the scoring 3:13 into the contest, Southern New Hampshire went in front, 2-1, with 8:55 to play in the opening quarter, following back-to-back goals from Graziano. The Panthers scored two of the next three to tie it, 3-all, with 7:06 left, but strikes from Hadden and McLaughlin put the Penmen in front, 5-3, with 3:26 to go. Adelphi found the back of the net twice in the final 2:20 to pull even, 5-5, after one.
• Adelphi grabbed the lead for good with two straight goals to open the second-quarter scoring and go up, 7-5, 3:03 in. After a Graziano goal sliced the SNHU deficit in half, the hosts scored three-in-a-row to make it 10-6 with 5:43 remaining in the first half. Renaud and Graziano would give the Penmen two of the final three goals to make it an 11-8 game at the break.
• Hadden struck just 1:17 into the second half and Graziano answered an Adelphi goal to make it 12-10 with 9:20 left in the third, but the Panthers reeled off six of the next seven to break it open at 18-11 with 2:09 left. McLaughlin put one home for the Penmen with just 11 seconds left in the stanza to trim the deficit to 18-12.
• After Adelphi grabbed it back 1:05 into the final frame, SNHU scored three straight to get within 19-15 with 5:47 to go. Cole had a goal and an assist during the run, while Hadden dished out a pair of helpers. Adelphi, however, scored the final two to seal it.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Freshman Nicole Mirra (Cicero, N.Y.) matched her career high with 12 saves.
• Adelphi 'keeper Jillian McFadden stopped nine shots.
• Freshman Eliana Anderson (Danvers, Mass.) scored a goal, won four draw controls and caused a turnover.
• Senior Alexis DeLucia (Uncasville, Conn.) tallied an assist, seven draw controls, a ground ball and a caused turnover.
• Sophomore Delaney Ramalho (Hollis, N.H.) scooped up four ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers.
• Adelphi outshot Southern New Hampshire, 40-30, including 8-3 in the final frame.
• Adelphi held edges in both ground balls (21-17) and draw controls (21-19).
• The Penmen were 17-for-24 on their clear attempts, with the Panthers going 21-for-23.
• SNHU was 1-for-2 on its free-position attempts, while Adelphi went 2-for-3.
• The Penmen had 24 of the game's 31 turnovers.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire had won four of its last six, including three straight.
• The Penmen are currently alone in seventh place in the NE10 standings, with the top eight making the NE10 Championship. A win in their regular-season finale would clinch the No. 7 seed and a potential first-round rematch with Adelphi, which currently holds the No. 2 seed.
• Adelphi leads the all-time series with SNHU, 15-0, including 7-0 at home.
• Hadden leads the NE10 in points (84) and goals (55), while ranking sixth in assists (29).
• Hadden surpassed her career numbers in her lone season with the Penmen with her four-goal, three-assist performance. In 35 games over four seasons with Franklin Pierce University, Hadden tallied 82 points on 54 goals and 28 assists. She now has 84 points on 55 goals and 29 assists in just 15 games with SNHU.
• Graziano is tied with Hadden for the league lead in goals (55), while sitting fifth in points (74). Cole is seventh in points (65) and eighth in assists (28).
• Graziano moved past Alexa Bedell (2015-18; 231) for fourth place on the program's all-time points list and now has 235. 
• On the single-season points list, Hadden moved past Bedell (2016; 80), Graziano (2023; 83) and Cole (2023; 83), and into a third-place tie with 84 points.
• Hadden (55) and Graziano (55) both jumped into a ninth-place tie on the single-season goals list, while Hadden (29) and Cole (28) moved into seventh and eighth, respectively, on the assists list.

• The Penmen close out the regular season Tuesday, April 30 (5 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Michael's College at Ouellette Stadium.