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Jordan Butters running down the field
Jim Stankiewicz
3
Winner Southern N.H. SNHU (5-0-0, 3-0-0)
1
New Haven UNH (3-3-0, 0-3-0)
Winner
Southern N.H. SNHU
(5-0-0, 3-0-0)
3
Final
1
New Haven UNH
(3-3-0, 0-3-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern N.H. SNHU 2 1 3
New Haven UNH 1 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Women's Soccer 5-0 for First Time in 27 Years with 3-1 Win at New Haven

Butters notches goal and assist in the victory

When and Where: September 18, 2021 – West Haven, Conn. (Zolad Stadium)
Score: #19 Southern New Hampshire University 3, University of New Haven 1
Records: SNHU 5-0-0 (3-0-0 NE10), UNH 3-3-0 (0-3-0 NE10)

Junior Jordan Butters (Beverly, Mass.) notched a goal and an assist to power the 19th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University women's soccer team to a 3-1 victory against the University of New Haven on Saturday evening at Zolad Stadium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Butters – goal, assist
  • Senior Julia Keller (Munich, Germany) – goal
  • Senior Kiri Chiba (Tokyo, Japan) – goal
  • Graduate student Ai Inoue (Tokyo, Japan) – assist
KEY MOMENTS
  • With the Penmen trailing, 1-0, midway through the 25th minute, Butters helped the visitors draw even by setting up Keller's strike.
  • Chiba put SNHU in front for good with just under six minutes to play in the opening half, while it was Butters adding the insurance just 3:43 into the second stanza.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Sophomore goalkeeper Z Kaplan (Smithtown, N.Y.) made one save.
  • New Haven 'keeper Paige Davis stopped 11 shots.
  • SNHU outshot the Chargers, 21-3, including 14-2 in shots on target.
  • The Penmen also owned a 5-0 advantage in corner kicks.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire begins the season 5-0 for the first time since the 1994 campaign.
  • SNHU now leads the all-time series with New Haven, 14-5-4. The Penmen have won five-in-a-row against the Chargers and are unbeaten in the last seven. New Haven's last win in the series came Nov. 2, 2013 in Manchester. The Chargers have not won in their last five contests at home against Southern New Hampshire (0-4-1), with their last home victory coming Oct. 8, 2010.
  • SNHU had its shutout streak snapped at 347:21, while Kaplan had their personal shutout streak ended at 257:21.
  • Butters' goal is her second of the season and sixth of her career. Keller's was her second of the season, while Chiba's was her first with the Penmen.
  • Through five matches, the Penmen are outscoring their opponents 11-2, outshooting them 82-27 and dominating corner kicks, 32-3.
  • The Penmen are now 48-15-10 (.746) over their last 73 matches dating back to the 2016 campaign.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen return to action Tuesday, Sept. 21 (7 p.m.) when they play host to in-state rival Franklin Pierce University at Penmen Stadium.

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