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SNHU Student-Athletes of the Week: September 14-20

Southern New Hampshire University Athletics
Student-Athletes of the Week (September 14-20
, 2026)

Female Athlete of the Week: Mollie Cahalane - Women's Soccer - 5th., F
Mollie Cahalane (Merrimac, Mass.) scored two second-half goals to lead women's soccer to a 3-1 victory at Assumption University on Saturday.

Male Athlete of the Week: Andrew Surprenant - Men's Golf - Jr.
Andrew Surprenant (Boscawen, N.H.) fired a 4-under 67 Friday to earn individual medalist honors and lead men's golf to an 18-shot win over Saint Anselm College at Candia Woods Golf Links on Friday. SNHU's 279 slotted in as the fourth best round in school history.


Other Penmen Notables: 
Avary Hall - Women's Soccer - Sr., F
Avary Hall (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) registered a goal and an assist in the Assumption victory.

Isabel Hughes - Women's Soccer - Sr., GK
Isabel Hughes (Phoeniz, Ariz.) made 12 saves on 16 shots in a 1-1-0 week for women's soccer. Hughes stopped four shots in a 3-1 loss at Roberts Wesleyan University on Tuesday, before turning away eight of nine bids in a 3-1 victory at Assumption University on Saturday.
 
Inigo Burusco - Men's Soccer - 5th, F
Inigo Burusco (Pamplona, Spain) collected five points on two goals and an assist during a 1-0-1 week for No. 4 SNHU. Burusco buried a penalty kick with 1:29 left in the contest to complete a two-goal rally and help the Penmen steal a 4-4 tie at the University of Bridgeport on Wednesday. He then put the Penmen on the board with a 65th minute equalizer and then set up the game winner in the 77th minute, as SNHU edged American International College, 2-1, Saturday.

Zoe Demers - Field Hockey - Sr., F/M
Zoe Demers (Manchester, N.H.) scored two goals, including the game-winner 5:03 into overtime, as field hockey edged Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday.

Agusta Miranda Waigand - Field Hockey - So., GK
Agusta Miranda Waigand (Miami, Fla.) piled up 12 saves on 17 shots in a 1-1 week for field hockey. She stopped eight of 12 shots in a 4-1 loss to No. 7 Saint Anselm College on Wednesday and then turned away four of five in the 2-1 overtime victory against Southern Connecticut.

Lyla Thomas - Women's Volleyball - Fr., OH
Lyla Thomas (Fond Du Lac, Wisc.) notched a career-high 22 kills (4.40 k/s) on .311 hitting in SNHU's five-set loss to Franklin Pierce University on Tuesday. The 22 kills were the most in a match for the Penmen since 2021.

Emma Martinez - Women's Volleyball - Fr., S
Emma Martinez (Plano, Texas) handed out 47 assists (9.40 a/s) against Franklin Pierce.

Meri Ibrahimi - Women's Volleyball - 5th, L
Meri Ibrahimi (Woburn, Mass.) collected 22 digs (4.40 d/s) versus the Ravens.

Lois Tsui - Women's Tennis - Sr.
Lois Tsui (Amsterdam, Netherlands) won both of her matches in SNHU's 6-1 victory over Saint Anselm College on Saturday. Tsui blanked Claire Kochenbach, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 2 singles, and also teamed with senior Dajana Abadzic (Weinstadt, Germany) for a 6-4 win at the top doubles flight against Kochenbach and Polina Makarenko.

Ross Wallace - Men's Cross Country - Fr.
Ross Wallace (Garden City, N.Y.) finished 18th overall at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday, completing the eight-kilometer course in 25:11 to earn a top-20 finish in his first collegiate 8K race. His time ranks as the 14th best mark at 8k in program history.
 

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