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Claudia Keith, women's soccer, and Andrew Surprenant, men's golf; SNHU Student-Athletes of the Week graphic

SNHU Student-Athletes of the Week: Oct. 6-12

Southern New Hampshire University Athletics
Student-Athletes of the Week (October 6-12, 2025)

Female Athlete of the Week: Claudia Keith - Women's Soccer - Sr., GK
Claudia Keith (Danvers, Mass.) stopped 14 of the 15 shots she faced during an 0-1-1 week for women's soccer. Keith made two saves in a 1-0 loss at Saint Michael's College on Wednesday, before turning away a career-high 12 shots in a 0-0 draw with No. 22 Franklin Pierce University on Saturday. She was named the NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week on Monday.

Male Athlete of the Week: Andrew Surprenant - Men's Golf - So.
Andrew Surprenant (Boscawen, N.H.) claimed championship medalist honors with an 8-under 205 that helped men's golf capture its sixth – and second straight – NE10 title. Surprenant fired a 6-under 65 in the final round, setting both a Penmen program and NE10 Championship record.


Other Penmen Notables: 
Zoe Demers - Field Hockey - Jr., F/M
Zoe Demers (Manchester, N.H.) scored three goals for six points in a 2-0 week for field hockey. She struck twice in Wednesday's 5-0 victory at Saint Michael's College and then scored the first SNHU goal in a 4-3 overtime victory at American International College on Saturday.

Kim Dull - Field Hockey - Fr., M
Kim Dull (Wilnis, Netherlands) scored two goals during the week for field hockey. She scored in the win over the Purple Knights and then netted the game winner 5:18 into overtime at AIC. She was selected as the NE10 Rookie of the Week earlier Monday.

Abby Forbes - Field Hockey - Jr., M
Abby Forbes (Boscawen, N.H.) also found the back of the net twice, including the game winner against SMC and an equalizer versus the Yellow Jackets.

Agustina Miranda Waigand - Field Hockey - Fr., GK
Agustina Miranda Waigand (Miami, Fla.) stopped 12 of 15 shots for field hockey. She made all three saves for the clean sheet against Saint Michael's and then turned away nine shots against American Int'l.

Gabriel Castro - Men's Soccer - So., M
Gabriel Castro (León, Spain) scored a pair of goals in a 1-1-0 week for second-ranked men's soccer. Castro opened the scoring with a 20th-minute goal that stood up into the 82nd minute of an eventual 2-1 loss at Bentley University on Tuesday. He also scored a goal in the 28th minute that put the Penmen up 3-0 in their 6-0 victory over Pace University on Saturday.

Felipe di Paola - Men's Soccer - Fr., F
Felipe di Paola (Mar del Plata, Argentina) notched a goal and an assist in Pace victory. di Paola subbed into the match in the 39th minute and found the back of the net just 21 seconds later to make it 4-0. He then set up the fifth and final goal of the half just 2:13 after that.

Sean Correia - Men's Soccer - Fr., M
Sean Correia (Warwick, R.I.) collected his first collegiate points with a pair of assists in the win over Pace.

Vicente Preto - Men's Tennis - So.
Vicente Preto went 2-0 in a 5-2 win at Saint Michael's College for men's tennis Sunday. He improved to a perfect 5-0 with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Viktor Boban at No. 1 singles and also teamed with junior Albert Modol (Lleida, Spain) to double up Boban and Garrett Brooker, 6-3, at No. 1 doubles.

Lois Tsui - Women's Tennis - So.
Lois Tsui went 3-0 during a 2-0 week for women's tennis. Tsui's No. 1 singles match in a 4-1 win at Saint Anselm College on Thursday was unfinished when the contest was suspended due to darkness. She then pulled out a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Lucy McPherson at the top flight in Saturday's 6-1 win at Saint Michael's College. She also combined with junior Dajana Abadzic (Wieinstadt, Germany) for a pair of No. 1 doubles victories. They doubled up Saint Anselm's Irene Garbo and Natalia Gonzalez Ramos, 6-3, and then edged McPherson and Emma Gredenhag, 7-6 (7-3), against SMC.

Corinna Obernesser - Women's Cross Country - Sr.
Corinna Obernesser (Westminster, Colo.) paced women's cross country at the NEICAAA Championships with a strong 5K run of 19:05.31, placing 60th overall, as the Penmen checked in 19th.

Dillon Labonte - Men's Cross Country - Sr.
Dillon Labonte (Lee, N.H.) led the men's cross country at New Englands with a standout run of 25:37.50, finishing 53rd overall in the 8K field, as the Penmen were 18th.
 

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