Graduate student Katelyn Hadden (Newburyport, Mass.) led Women's Lacrosse with three goals and five assists, but the Penmen lost the Northeast-10 Conference opener 17-10 to #24 University of New Haven on Saturday.

TOP PERFORMERS 

• Graduate student Katelyn Hadden (Newburyport, Mass.) - 3 goals, 5 assists, 2 ground balls, 2 draw controls
• Sophomore Natalie Bosselman (Falmouth, Mass.) - 2 goals, 1 ground ball
• Freshman Sabrina Redding (Forked River, N.J.) - 2 goals, 4 ground balls
• Graduate student Skyler Pietz (Dudley, Mass.) - 1 goal, 1 ground ball, 5 draw controls

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Pietz scored the game's first goal just 1:15 into the contest off a feed from Hadden.
• Goals by Hadden and McLaughlin pushed the Penmen into a 3-2 lead.
• The Chargers responded with a 14-1 run over the next 27 minutes of game time to take a 15-4 lead.  Caitlin Seleny scored four times in that stretch including a pair of man-up goals.
• The Penmen would outscore New Haven 6-2 over the final 25 minutes.
• SNHU received two late goals from Bosselman, two from Redding, one from Hadden, and one from sophomore Camdyn Swain (N. Falmouth, Mass.).

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• The Penmen opened with sophomore Nicole Mirra (Cicero, N.Y.) in goal, and freshman Corrina Moulton (Barre, Vt.) made eight saves over the final 35 minutes.
• The Chargers had a 34-27 shot advantage, and won ground balls 13-11.
• New Haven converted a pair of free position shots while the Penmen had one.
• Draw controls favored SNHU 16-12.
• SNHU received five cards and the Chargers committed two.
• Katie Schenk (3 goals, 4 assists) topped the Chargers and Lindsey Belmonte and Seleny scored four times and had an assist.

NOTES 

• New Haven has a 14-3 lead in the all-time series with wins in 13 of the last 14 contests including three straight.
• Hadden has now had four games with at least three goals this season, and her 24 goals and 20 assists (44 points) are tops on the squad.
• Bosselman has six goals this season and eight for her career.
• Redding has eight goals and has scored twice in three different games for the Penmen.

WHAT'S NEXT 

• The Penmen will be back at Ouellette Stadium Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. against Bentley University.   

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