Southern New Hampshire University

 
Sophomore Eliana Anderson (Danvers, Mass.) scored her fourth goal of the game with just over three minutes to play to left Southern New Hampshire Women's Lacrosse to an 11-10 win at Molloy University on Saturday afternoon. 

TOP PERFORMERS 

• Anderson – 4 goals, 1 assist, 5 points
• Graduate student Katelyn Hadden (Newburyport, Mass.) - 2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points
• Senior Rachel McLaughlin (Woburn, Mass.) - 2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points, 1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover
• Freshman Sabrina Redding (Forked River, N.J.) - 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 1 caused turnover
• Graduate student Abby Cole (Liverpool, N.Y.) - 11 saves

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The Penmen wasted no time getting on the board, as Anderson netted the game's first goal at 11:30, giving SNHU an early 1-0 lead. Minutes later, Hadden extended the advantage at 6:19, scoring a man-up goal off an assist from Anderson, making it 2-0 SNHU.
• Rachel McLaughlin ended a 5-0 push by Molloy, finding the net off an assist from Hadden at 8:27. Just a minute later, Hadden continued her strong play, scoring unassisted at 7:36 to make it 5-4 Molloy. 
• Redding capitalized on a man-up opportunity at 6:59, assisted by Hadden, pulling SNHU back within one at 6-5. Eliana Anderson struck again at 4:52, tying the game at 6-6 at halftime off an assist from McLaughlin. 
• Anderson responded again early in the third quarter, scoring unassisted at 9:37 to bring SNHU into the lead at 7-6.  
• The Penmen kept up the pressure, and at 4:00, sophomore Mazie Burt (Waterford, Vt.) delivered a clutch man-down goal to bring it to 8-7.   
• Three quick goals by the Lions at the end of the third, and the beginning of the fourth, gave the lead back to the home side 10-8.
• McLaughlin brought it to 10-9 scoring off a feed from Redding at 10:00.  
• Sophomore Charlotte Brown (Cheshire, Conn.) tied things up for SNHU at 5:17, finishing a great pass from McLaughlin to make it 10-10. 
• With just over three minutes left, Eliana Anderson delivered the go-ahead goal, giving SNHU an 11-10 lead at 3:17.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Abby Cole stopped 11 of 29 shots. 
• SNHU was 17-for-18 on clear attempts, while Molloy was 12-of-13.  
• The Lions took 7 free position shots to just one for the Penmen.

NOTES 

• Southern New Hampshire's 4-2 to start is its best through six games since the 2023 season, when it began the year 5-1.
• SNHU improves to 3-2 all-time against Molloy and have won three of the last four.  This was the first meeting between the schools in nine years.

WHAT'S NEXT 

• The Penmen return to action Saturday (March 22) at 2 p.m. when they host the University of New Haven.
• SNHU hosts again on Wednesday (March 26) when they face Bentley University.  

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