Clancy Records Career-High 13 Saves; Women's Lax Falls to Fairfield, 16-6

DURHAM, N.H. – Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) made a career-high 13 saves, but the University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team was defeated 16-6 by Fairfield University in Saturday afternoon's non-conference matchup at Cowell Stadium.


GAME INFORMATION
Date: March 5, 2016 (4 p.m.)
Location: Cowell Stadium (Durham, N.H.)
Attendance: 206
Score: Fairfield University 16, University of New Hampshire 6
Updated Records: Fairfield (4-2), UNH (2-4)

GOALS:
  FAIRFIELD- Riley Hellstein (7), Maeve Quinn (3), Julieanne Mascera (3), Colleen Reynolds (1), Lily Crager (1), Taylor Mitchell (1)
  UNH- Devan Miller (2), Laura McHoul (1), Carly Wooters (1), Devon Croke (1), Krissy Schafer (1)

ASSISTS:
  FAIRFIELD- Brenna Connolly (2), Riley Hellstein (2), Alex Fehmel (1), Erin Mammele (1), Maeve Quinn (1)
  UNH-  Nicole Grote (1), Catherine Sexton (1)

SAVES:
  FAIRFIELD- Chelsey Sidaras   4-4–8 (5 GA) {54:30} [win]
                          Caleigh O'Connor x-2–3 (1GA) {5:30}
  UNH- Kate Clancy 9-4–13 (16 GA) {60:00} [loss]

Next Game: Saturday, March 12 (1 p.m.) at Harvard University
Next Home Game: Saturday, March 26 (12 p.m.) vs. UMass Lowell


GAME RECAP

• Devon Croke (Norwell, Mass.) scored an unassisted goal at 18:39 of the first half to pull UNH within 3-2, but Fairfield scored four goals in a span of 2 minutes, 45 seconds to build a 7-2 advantage at 14:22; the Wildcats never got closer than four goals the rest of the way.
• The Stags closed the first half on a 3-0 run to take a 10-3 lead into halftime. The visitors built that lead with sizeable advantages in shots (21-8), draw controls (10-4) and turnovers (4-10).
• Laura McHoul (Westwood, Mass.) and Devan Miller (Bristol, R.I.) scored consecutive goals at 22:40 and 22:09 to mark the smallest second-half deficit of six goals, 11-5.
• Riley Hellstein (7g, 2a) responded with goals 61 seconds apart – at 21:00 and 19:59 – to quickly reestablish an eight-goal cushion of 13-5.
• Fairfield then went into a perimeter passing offense to maintain possession, and the Stags slowly extended the lead to double digits, 15-5, at 12:34.

UNH NOTEBOOK

• Kate Clancy (Barrington, R.I.) made a career-high 13 saves, including nine in the first half. She had recorded 12 saves twice this year and twice last season.
• Carly Wooters (White Plains, N.Y.) extended her goal streak to six games with one tally.
• McHoul extended her point streak to six games with one goal; she had tallied at least one assist each of the previous five games.
• With her one point, McHoul climbed into at tie for No. 7 on UNH's career points list with Liz Brickley at 179 career points. McHoul has 72 goals and a school-record 107 assists.

SHOTS
FAIRFIELD: 21-12–33
UNH: 8-11-19

GROUND BALLS
FAIRFIELD: 9-4–13
UNH: 8-6–14

DRAW CONTROLS
FAIRFIELD: 10-4–14
UNH: 4-5–9

TURNOVERS
FAIRFIELD: 4-3–7
UNH: 10-3–13

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADERS
Points: Devan Miller (2)
Goals: Devan Miller (2)
Assists: Nicole Grote (1), Catherine Sexton (1)
Shots: Laura McHoul (5)
Ground balls: Carly Wooters (4)
Draw controls: Devan Miller (2), Hope Kissick (2)
Caused Turnovers: Cat Sennott (1), Hope Kissick (1)

FAIRFIELD LEADERS
Points: Riley Hellstein (9)
Goals: Riley Hellstein (7)
Assists: Riley Hellstein (2), Brenna Connolly (2)
Shots: Riley Hellstein (13)
Ground balls: Erin Bauman (3)
Draw controls: Riley Hellstein (4)
Caused Turnovers: Riley Hellstein (1), Colleen Reynolds (1), Alex Fehmel (1), Lily Crager (1)