Southern New Hampshire University Athletics
Student-Athletes of the Week (September 15-21, 2025)
Female Athlete of the Week: Zoe Demers - Field Hockey - Jr., F/M
Zoe Demers (Manchester, N.H.) scored three goals during a 2-0 week for No. 8 field hockey. Demers found the back of the net twice in Monday's 5-0 triumph over Saint Michael's College, but her biggest was the game winner just 1:13 into overtime to lift the Penmen to a 3-2 victory against American International College on Saturday.
Male Athlete of the Week: Martin Fuentes - Men's Soccer - Gr., F
Martin Fuentes (Pamplona, Spain) totaled three goals and an assist during a 1-0-1 week for No. 6 men's soccer. Fuentes scored the game winner with 3:06 left and assisted on an insurance marker with eight seconds to go, as the Penmen notched a 3-1 victory against the University of Bridgeport on Wednesday. Fuentes then scored both SNHU goals in the second half in a 2-2 tie in Friday's NE10 opener at Southern Connecticut State University.
Other Penmen Notables:Â
Minke van de Poll - Field Hockey - Jr., M
Minke van de Poll (Oosterbeek, Netherlands) tallied two goals and an assist, with all five points coming in the 3-2 overtime win against AIC. van de Poll opened the scoring in the 10th minute, forced overtime with just 17 seconds remaining in regulation and then set up the winner in the extra session.
Kim Dull - Field Hockey - Fr., M
Kim Dull (Wilnis, Netherlands) put together a four-point evening in the 5-0 blanking of Saint Michael's, as she dished a pair of assists and scored a goal of her own.
Claudia Keith (Danvers, Mass.) made three saves for her first clean sheet of the year, as women's played to a scoreless tie with Southern Connecticut on Saturday.
Lois Tsui - Women's Tennis - So.
Lois Tsui (Amsterdam, Netherlands) went 2-0 in SNHU's lone match last week, as it defeated Division I Merrimack, 6-1, Tuesday. Tsui recorded a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles against Jordan Phillips and also teamed with
Dajana Abadzic for a 6-2 No. 1 doubles victory that clinched the doubles point against Kiana Thompson and Pia Vargas-Lopez.
Andrew Surprenant - Men's Golf - So.
Andrew Surprenant (Boscawen, N.H.) torched the course with a 4-under 68 in Tuesday's final round of the Granite State Opener, as he finished tied for sixth with a 3-under 213 (71-74-68) to help men's golf place fourth.
Dillon Labonte - Men's Cross Country - Sr.
Dillon Labonte (Lee, N.H.) set a new PR at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational, placing 15th, overall, in a time of 24:56.56. The run tied for the fifth-fastest 8K in program history and helped men's cross country grab 15th in competitive field of 32 teams.
Deirdre Bailat - Women's Cross Country - Jr.
Deirdre Bailat (North Billerica, Mass.) paced women's cross country with a standout performance at UMass Dartmouth, finishing 16th overall in 24:26.62 over the 6K course, as the Penmen placed eight out of 22 teams.
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