BOX SCORE | RAPID REACTION WITH HEAD COACH JULIE MUNSON

When and Where: October 20, 2018 – Manchester, N.H. (Larkin Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 2, Bentley University 1
Records: SNHU 7-5 (5-2 Northeast-10 Conference), Bentley 8-7 (4-7 Northeast-10 Conference)

Redshirt-junior Cassidy Huckins (Loudon, N.H.) and junior Laura van der Doorn (Beverwijk, The Netherlands) each scored goals to lead the Southern New Hampshire University field hockey team to a 2-1 victory over Bentley University on Saturday afternoon at Larkin Field.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Huckins' score was her team-best eighth of the season, while van der Doorn's was her fifth.
• Senior Melanie Rennie (Madison, Conn.) turned aside three of the four shots she faced.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Penmen needed just 1:12 to put the first goal on the board, as freshman Emily Campbell (Raynham, Mass.) drove into the middle and dished a pass to the left for Huckins, who went five-hole on Bentley goalkeeper Tatiana Naclerio to make it 1-0.
• The score stayed that way through halftime until Southern New Hampshire doubled its lead in the 47^th minute on a great individual effort for van der Doorn, who dribbled, dodged and slipped her way past a number of Bentley defenders before sending a reverse-stick shot into the top left corner to stretch the advantage to 2-0.
• Bentley sliced its deficit in half in the 64^th minute when Tess Anderson centered a pass that deflected off a defender to the middle of the circle for Keally Ingersoll, who back-tracked to collect the ball before quickly firing a shot off the blocker of Rennie and into the left side of the cage.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Naclerio made eight saves for the Falcons.
• Southern New Hampshire outshot Bentley, 20-9, including 13-4 in the second stanza.
• The Penmen also held a 6-5 edge in penalty corners.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has now won three straight for the second time this season and is again one win shy of the program record of four-in-a-row.
• The Penmen improve to 4-0 at home in Northeast-10 Conference contests.
• SNHU avenges a 3-2 non-conference loss at Bentley back on Sept. 19.
• Saturday's victory helps Southern New Hampshire keep pace with Stonehill College, LIU Post and Adelphi University in a four-way tie for third place in the Northeast-10 Conference standings.
• Huckins has now scored eight times in her last nine outings.

UP NEXT

• Southern New Hampshire is back in action Tuesday (October 23) when it battles crosstown-rival Saint Anselm College at 7 p.m.
• The next home game for the Penmen is Saturday, Oct. 27 (4 p.m.) when they play host to Pace University on Larkin.

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