When and Where: March 2, 2025 – Hooksett, N.H. (Ouellette Stadium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 19, Roberts Wesleyan University 12
Records: SNHU 1-1, RWU 0-4
Graduate student
Katelyn Hadden (Newburyport, Mass.) matched her career highs in both goals (7) and points (10), as she notched her 100th point in a Penmen uniform and led the Southern New Hampshire University women's lacrosse team to a 19-12 victory over Roberts Wesleyan University on Sunday afternoon at Mark A. Ouellette Stadium.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Hadden – career-high-matching 7 goals, 3 assists, career-high-matching 10 points, 9 draw controls, 2 ground balls
- Sophomore Eliana Anderson (Danvers, Mass.) – career-high 4 goals, 1 assist, career-high-matching 5 points, 4 ground balls, 6 draw controls
- Senior Rachel McLaughlin (Woburn, Mass.) – 3 goals, 3 points, 4 ground balls
- Graduate student Skylar Pietz (Dudley, Mass.) – 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points
- Sophomore goalkeeper Nicole Mirra (Cicero, N.Y.) – 11 saves
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After Roberts Wesleyan scored the contest's first goal a little more than three minutes in, Southern New Hampshire responded with three straight, including a pair from Hadden, to go up, 3-1, with 9:20 remaining in the opening quarter. Another three-goal run later helped SNHU exit the frame with a 6-3 advantage.
- Hadden tallied two goals and an assist during a 4-1 flurry in the second quarter that ballooned the Penmen lead to 10-4 with five minutes left before halftime. RWU would add a score before the break.
- SNHU broke it open in the third, scoring six of the eight goals to widen the gap to 16-7. McLaughlin struck three times during the stretch, while Hadden added two goals and a helper.
- The Redhawks scored four of the first six goals in the final frame to pull them within 18-11, but with less than two minutes remaining in the contest.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Mirra stopped 11 of the 19 shots she faced over the opening 50:23, while freshman Corrina Moulton (Barre, Vt.) made two saves on six shots in the final 9:37.
- Roberts Wesleyan 'keeper Shawna Lesmerises made six saves.
- Sophomore Charlotte Brown (Cheshire, Conn.) collected a pair of assists and is now tied for the team lead with four helpers through two games.
- Sophomore Natalie Bosselman (Falmouth, Mass.) tallied a goal and an assist.
- Freshman Sabrina Redding (Forked River, N.J.) and sophomore Mazie Burt (Waterford, Vt.) both scored goals.
- Roberts Wesleyan narrowly outshot SNHU, 31-29, including 11-6 in the fourth quarter.
- The Penmen owned advantages in draw controls (20-14) and ground balls (22-12).
- SNHU was 12-for-13 on its clear attempts, while RWU was 13-for-16.
- The Penmen were 5-for-8 on their free-position attempts, while the Redhawks came up empty on five chances.
- SNHU had 17 of the game's 28 turnovers.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire is 1-1 to start the season for the second straight year.
- The Penmen improve to 2-0 all-time against the Redhawks after previously scoring a 14-13 home win March 6, 2022.
- Hadden now has 102 points in two seasons with the Penmen, after notching 82 in four years with Franklin Pierce University. She is the 27th member of the program to reach the 100-point plateau.
- Burt's goal was the first of her career.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen return to action Tuesday, March 4 (1 p.m.) when they play host to Felician University at Ouellette Stadium.
