UNH WEEKLY ROUNDUP
November 2, 2009
DURHAM,
N.H. –
Kelly Paton of
the women’s ice hockey team and Dylan
George (Bangor,
Maine) of the men’s
soccer team are featured in this week's Service Credit Union
Student-Athlete Spotlight. This information and more can be found
in this week's Wildcat Roundup.
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| KELLY PATON
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| DYLAN GEORGE
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STUDENT-ATHLETE
SPOTLIGHT
Kelly
Paton, women’s ice hockey
Kelly, a senior forward from
Woodstock, Ontario, factored in seven of the team’s eight
goals with three goals and four assists in wins against the
University of Connecticut (3-1; Oct. 31) and University of Maine
(5-0; Nov. 1); she also had a +6 rating for the week.
Kelly tallied two goals and
two assists vs. Maine to match her career high of four points. She
scored the second and fifth goals of that game and set up goals 28
seconds apart in the third period to quickly double a two goal lead
and give the Wildcats control of the game. Against UConn, Kelly set
up both second-period goals and scored early in the third to help
the ‘Cats erase a one-goal deficit.
Dylan
George, men’s soccer
Dylan, a junior forward from
Bangor, Maine, recorded his first multiple-goal game to finish with
a personal best of four points and propel UNH to a 2-1 victory
against Binghamton University in the Wildcats’ America East
finale. His first goal of the game gave the ‘Cats a 1-0 lead
in the 11th minute. Dylan struck again I the
63rd minute to break a 1-1 tie and score what proved to
be the game-winning goal.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Field hockey: Leah
Boody, America East Player of the Week
Women's ice hockey:
Kelly Paton, Hockey East Player of the Week
Men’s soccer:
Dylan George, America East co-Player of the Week
LAST WEEK’S
RESULTS
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Men’s soccer:
UNH 2, Binghamton 1
Thursday, Oct. 29
Women’s
soccer: at Maine 2, UNH 1 (America East quarterfinal)
Friday,
Oct. 30
Volleyball: at
Albany 3, UNH 0
Men’s ice
hockey: at #19 Wisconsin 4, UNH 1
Saturday, Oct. 31
Men’s cross
country: 2nd place at America East Championships (at
Vermont)
Women’s cross
country: 4th place at America East Championships (at
Vermont)
Football: #8 UNH
48, Northeastern 21
Field hockey: UNH
2, at #16 Albany 1
Women’s ice
hockey: at #4 UNH 3, Connecticut 1
Men’s ice
hockey: at #19 Wisconsin 6, UNH 1
Sunday,
Nov. 1
Volleyball: UNH 3,
at Binghamton 0
Women’s ice
hockey: #4 UNH 5, Maine 0 (White Out the Whit)
THIS WEEK’S
EVENTS
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Field hockey at
Harvard, 6 pm
Men’s soccer
vs. Dartmouth, 7 pm (Senior Day)
Friday,
Nov. 6
Field Hockey at
Albany, 1 pm (America East semifinal)
Volleyball at
Hartford, 6 pm
Men’s hockey
vs. Boston College, 7 pm
Women’s ice
hockey at Boston University, 7 pm
Saturday, Nov. 7
Football vs. Rhode
Island, 12 pm
Women’s
swimming & diving vs. Central Connecticut State, 2 pm
Women’s ice
hockey vs. Boston University, 7 pm
Sunday,
Nov. 8
Men’s hockey
at UMass-Lowell, 5 pm
MEN’S CROSS
COUNTRY
- UNH placed
second at the America East Championships that were held Oct. 31 at
the University of Vermont.
- Senior
Wesley Dinnan (Juneau, Alaska) was the top Wildcat in
seventh place and he was followed closely by Ben
Jenkins (Francestown,
N.H.) and Nick Decrescenzo (New Milford, Conn.) in 11th and
12th place, respectively.
- Josh
Kearns (Ridgefield,
Conn.) and Marc Ouellette (Hopkinton, N.H.) completed the team scoring
in 14th and 16th place, respectively.
WOMEN’S CROSS
COUNTRY
- UNH placed
fourth at the America East Championships that were held Oct. 31 at
the University of Vermont.
- Junior
Allison Letourneau (Kingston, Nova Scotia) and senior
Courtney Hamer (Andover, Mass.) led the Wildcats in
13th and 14th place, respectively.
Elizabeth Campbell (Colonia, N.J.) also finished in the top 20
at 19th place.
FIELD HOCKEY (10-6, 2-2
America East)
- UNH extended its
winning streak to three games with a 2-1 win at
16th-ranked Albany. The Wildcats have won six of the
last seven games.
- UNH concludes
the regular season Tuesday at Harvard, then begins postseason play
Friday in an America East semifinal at Albany.
- Leah
Boody (Amesbury, Mass.)
scored the game-winning goal and was also credited with an assist
vs. the Great Danes. She was honored as America East Player of the
Week for her performance.
- Meg
Shea (Melrose, Mass.)
extended her school-record point-scoring streak to 17 games and
continued her ascension in the UNH record book. She is now #2 on
the single-season points list (50) as well as tied for second in
single-season goals (21); furthermore, Shea is fourth in career
points (94) and tied for fourth in career goals (40).
FOOTBALL (7-1, 4-1
CAA)
- UNH rolled to a
48-21 victory against Northeastern to remain unbeaten at home this
season. The Wildcats compiled a season-high 461 yards of total
offense that included 281 rushing yards.
- At 7-1, UNH is
off to its best start since the 2005 season, when the ‘Cats
went 11-1 through 12 games.
- Chad
Kackert (Simi Valley,
Calif.) ran for a career-high 176 yards and two touchdowns on 17
carries. He also had a kickoff return of 37 yards.
MEN’S ICE
HOCKEY (2-4-1, 2-0-0 Hockey East)
- UNH was swept in
a two-game series at 19th-ranked Wisconsin.
- Brian
Foster (Pembroke, N.H.)
recorded a career-high 47 saves in the Oct. 30 game vs. the
Badgers.
WOMEN’S ICE
HOCKEY (7-1-2, 2-0-0-0 Hockey
East)
- Fourth-ranked
UNH won home games against both UConn (3-1) and Maine (5-0) in
Hockey East action to improve to 7-0-1 at home this season.
- Kelly
Paton (Woodstock, Vt.)
recorded a point on seven of the team’s eight goals with
three goals and four assists.
- Raylen
Dziengelewski (Southwick, Mass.) tallied three assists and
a +4 rating against Maine.
- Micaela
Long (South Boston,
Mass.) recorded five points (1g, 4a) with a +6 rating and three
blocked shots.
MEN’S SOCCER
(9-5-2, 6-0-1 America East)
- UNH became the
first team since 1997 to complete the America East slate unbeaten
when the Wildcats defeated Binghamton, 2-1, last week. The victory
also gave the ‘Cats their first outright league title.
- UNH has a
seven-game unbeaten streak of 6-0-1.
- Dylan
George (Bangor, Maine)
tallied career highs in both goals (two) and points (four) against
Binghamton. He was honored as America East co-Player of the Week
for his performance.
- Chris
Banks (Wesborough,
Mass.) recorded an assist on both goals and has a point in six of
the last seven games.
- UNH plays its
regular-season finale Nov. 3 (7 p.m.) at home against Dartmouth.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
(4-14-1, 3-5-0 America East)
- UNH’s 2009
season came to an end Oct. 29 with a 2-1 overtime loss at Maine in
the opening round of the America East tournament.
- Senior
Shaunna Kaplan (Framingham, Mass.) sent the game into OT
with a goal in the 83rd minute.
- Kaplan was
joined on the America East All-Conference Second Team by sophomore
Kelly Mooney (Canton, Mass.) and freshman
Monique Lamotte (Tampa, Fla.). Lamotte was also selected to
the All-Rookie Team.
- Ten of
UNH’s 14 losses were by one goal.
SWIMMING & DIVING
(3-0)
- UNH did not have
a meet last week. The Wildcats return to action Nov. 7 (2 p.m.) at
home against Central Connecticut State.
VOLLEYBALL (10-14, 2-5
America East)
- UNH split a pair
of road matches last week by falling in straight sets to Albany and
then sweeping Binghamton.
- Senior
Kirsten Bates (Calgary, Alberta) on the verge of her
1,000th career kill. She enters this week’s action
with 989.
- Bates and
classmate Lindsay Fogarty (Pleasanton, Calif.) both rank in the top 10
in kills in America East.
