Clancy Records Career-High 19 Saves in 18-11 Loss to Harvard

Saturday, February 18

Durham, NH

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

0-1

Harvard

1-0

Harvard

New Hampshire

Photo by: Joey Walker

Clancy Records Career-High 19 Saves in 18-11 Loss to Harvard

2/18/2017 4:59:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) recorded a career-high 19 saves but the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team was upended by Harvard University, 18-11, in Saturday afternoon's season opener for both teams at Wildcat Stadium.

Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.) scored four goals and Devan Miller (Bristol, R.I.) tallied four points on a goal and three assists to lead UNH's offense. Krissy Schafer (Longmeadow, Mass.) and Marissa Gurello (Manorville, N.Y.) also had multiple points with three and two goals, respectively.

Harvard's attack was led by Keeley MacAfee and Marisa Romeo, both of whom finished with four goals and an assist. Maeve McMahon (2g, 1a) and Nicole Baiocco (2g) also had multiple points.

Meredith Brown was credited with seven saves.

NEXT HOME GAME: Wednesday, Feb. 22 vs. Dartmouth College, 3 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
Date: Feb. 18, 2017 (1 p.m.)
Location: Wildcat Stadium (Durham, N.H.)
Attendance: 123
Score: Harvard University 18, University of New Hampshire 11
Updated Records: UNH (0-1), Harvard (1-0)

GOALS:
UNH (11) Devon Croke (4), Krissy Schafer (3), Marissa Gurello (2), Devan Miller, Carly Wooters
HARVARD (18) Keeley MacAfee (4), Marisa Romeo (4), Nicole Baiocco (2), Maeve McMahon (2), Meg Hennessey, Julia Glynn, Marina Burke, Eliza Guild, Rosemary Scalise, Katie Muldoon

ASSISTS:
UNH (4)- Devan Miller (3), Catherine Sexton
HARVARD (4) Caroline Garrity, Keeley MacAfee, Maeve McMahon, Marisa Romeo

SAVES:
UNH- Kate Clancy 10-9–19 (18 GA) {60:00} [loss]
HARVARD- Meredith Brown 5-2–7 (11 GA) {60:00} [win]

GAME RECAP

After an even first half, Harvard dominated the second half in goals (10-3), shots (22-7), draw controls (10-4) and ground balls (17-8).
With the score tied 8-8 at halftime, the Crimson opened the second half with four consecutive goals to build a 12-8 lead – neither team led by more than two goals in the first half.
Schafer finished off Miller's feed for a player-down goal to trim the deficit to 12-9 at 15:19.
Harvard responded with MacAfee's player-up goal 21 seconds later to reestablish a four-goal advantage and ignite a 5-0 run that extended the margin to 17-9 at 9:30.
In the first half, UNH took leads of 1-0 and 2-1 on goals by Miller and Schafer, respectively.
After Harvard tied the score at 2, Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) scored a free-position goal at 22:39 and Schafer converted a Catherine Sexton (Niskayuna, N.Y.) pass into a goal and 4-2 lead at 19:27.
Harvard responded with four consecutive goals to transform a two-goal deficit into a two-goal lead of 6-4.
The Wildcats answered with a 4-1 spurt to regain the lead, 8-7. Croke scored goals at 8:03, 2:47 and 50 seconds to fuel the run.
Marisa Romeo scored her third goal of the first half with two seconds on the clock to send the teams into halftime tied at 8.

'CAT NIPS

Cat Sennott (Westford, Mass.) recorded a team-high four ground balls and was also credited with a caused turnover.
In addition to scoring three goals, Schafer tallied a team-high three draw controls.

SHOTS
UNH: 16-7–23
HARVARD: 21-22–43

GROUND BALLS
UNH: 4-8–12
HARVARD: 6-17–23

DRAW CONTROLS
UNH: 9-4–13
HARVARD: 8-10–18

TURNOVERS
UNH: 5-14–19
HARVARD: 1-11–12

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points (4): Devon Croke, Devan Miller
Goals (4): Devon Croke
Assists (3): Devan Miller
Shots (7): Devon Croke
Ground balls (4): Cat Sennott
Draw controls (3): Krissy Schafer
Caused Turnovers (1): Amy LeBel, Devan Miller, Catherine Sexton, Cat Sennott, Caroline Hernon

HARVARD LEADERS
Points (5): Keeley MacAfee, Marisa Romeo
Goals (4): Keeley MacAfee, Marisa Romeo
Assists (1): Keeley MacAfee, Marisa Romeo, Maeve MacMahon, Caroline Garrity
Shots (8): Marisa Romeo
Ground balls (6): Meg Hennessey
Draw controls (5): Meg Hennessey
Caused Turnovers (4): Meg Hennessey