When and Where: September 25, 2024 – Rindge, N.H. (Sodexo Field)
Score: #T-7 Southern New Hampshire University 3, Franklin Pierce University 0
Records: SNHU 5-1 (2-0 NE10), Franklin Pierce 0-7 (0-2 NE10)
Senior
Annemartine Christis ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) scored twice and added an assist to become SNHU's all-time career scoring leader in a 3-0 win at Franklin Pierce on Wednesday night. Senior
Eliza Bates (Newport, N.H.) scored her first goal of the season and added an assist.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Christis – 2 goals, assist
- Bates – goal, assist
- Sophomore Zoe Demers (Manchester, N.H.) – assist
- Junior Emma Peeters (Wageningen, Netherlands) – 2 saves
KEY MOMENTS
- The only score in the first half came with 5:42 left in the second quarter.
- Christis was initially unable to handle a feed from the far side, but the ball carried through to Demers, who returned to Christis for the goal.
- It took less than a minute into the third quarter for the Penmen to make it 2-0.
- Bates started a penalty corner and then found a position near the Raven goal and was able to turn a loose ball into her first score of the season. Christis was credited with the assist.
- Bates would return the favor a few minutes later when her pass from the right wing on a breakaway found Christis for a blast that made it 3-0.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Penmen had a 15-4 shot advantage including a 13-2 edge on shots on goal.
- Peeters, named the NE10 Goalie of the Week Monday and NFHCA National Defensive Player of the Week, made two saves.
- SNHU took four penalty corners to one for the Ravens.
NOTES
- Christis has now scored two goals in five of the six SNHU games this season.
- Christis now has 93 career points, moving past Laura van der Doorn (89) into first-place on the career list.
- Demers is credited with her first career point with the assist.
- The Penmen lead the all-time series with the Ravens 7-5, winning by shutout for the second consecutive season.
- SNHU moved into the NFHCA Division II poll this week, in a seventh place tie with Newberry College.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen remain on the road to play Adelphi University on Saturday in Garden City, N.Y. at 3:30 p.m.
- The next home game for SNHU will be against Saint Michael's College on Tuesday, October 1 at 5:00 p.m.
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