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Emma Rippon
8
Iona College ION 1-8
15
Winner New Hampshire UNH 5-3
Iona College ION
1-8
8
Final
15
New Hampshire UNH
5-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Iona College ION 4 4 8
New Hampshire UNH 5 10 15

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Second Half Surge Pushes New Hampshire Past Iona 15-8

DURHAM, NH – After playing to a 5-4 deficit in the first half, the Iona Lacrosse team (1-8) was outscored by New Hampshire in the second half 10-4, falling to the Wildcats 15-8.

GAME SUMMARY

It didn't take long for Shannon McCaffrey to pick up her 400th career save, stopping the first Wildcat attempt three minutes into the contest. McCaffrey only trails Maria Ortiz '14 who holds Iona's record with 437 career stops.
 
Emma Rippon was the first to find the back of the net, rocketing one off a great feed from Christine Gironda. Six minutes later, she took advantage of a free position attempt, putting it past goalkeeper Issy Torres to notch her seventh goal of the season. New Hampshire scored the next three over a 2:43 span to take a one-goal lead with 16:08 remaining in the first half.
 
Mariah Metcalf evened the score on a free position attempt, and after a Devan Miller tally, Kati Paavola barreled through an opposing defender for her ninth goal of the season. With 51 ticks remaining in the half, Catherine Sexton found an open Mickenzie Larivee who fired one past a sprawling McCaffrey to give the Wildcats a 5-4 lead after 30 minutes.
 
New Hamsphire stormed the Gaels early in the second half, scoring four unanswered goals without conceding possession to the Gaels to take a five-goal advantage with 26:20 remaining. After Paavola shot high on a free position attempt, Madi Kochanek found Katherine Meyer who skipped it past Torres to pull the Gaels within four, 9-5. New Hampshire scored two more times over the next eight minutes before a patient Gironda from behind the net passed to Rippon to complete the rookie's hat trick. On the Gaels' next possession, Libby Miller dished out an assist to Paavola for her 10th goal of the season and sixth in two games.

New Hampshire scored four of the final five goals, with Iona's tally coming from Libby Miller, who spun away from a Wildcat defender to notch her second goal of the season.

NOTABLE NUGGETS

  • McCaffrey played the entirety, stopping 11 Wildcat shots.
  • Iona was outshot 27-33, with 18 coming on net.
  • New Hampshire held advantages in draw controls (15-10), ground balls (19-15) and caused turnovers (7-5).
  • Rippon is the fourth Iona rookie to record a hat trick this season, following Marshall, Paavola and Meyer.
  • Alyssa Connell caused three more turnovers and now leads the team with 17 on the season.
  • Gironda dished out two more assists and now leads the team with eight.

UP NEXT

Iona begins MAAC play on Saturday at Siena starting at 1:00 p.m.

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