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Ava Jakich-Kunze dribbling the ball
Jim Stankiewicz
1
Southern N.H. SNH (8-0-4, 4-0-3)
1
Bentley BEN (4-3-6, 1-2-4)
Southern N.H. SNH
(8-0-4, 4-0-3)
1
Final
1
Bentley BEN
(4-3-6, 1-2-4)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern N.H. SNH 0 1 1
Bentley BEN 0 1 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Jakich-Kunze Saves Unbeaten Season, as #13 Women's Soccer Draws Bentley, 1-1

Team's leading scorer nets the equalizer in the 85th minute

When and Where: October 22, 2024 – Waltham, Mass. (Bentley Soccer Field)
Score:  #13 Southern New Hampshire University 1, Bentley University 1
Records: SNHU 8-0-4 (4-0-3 NE10), Bentley 4-3-6 (1-2-4 NE10)

Senior Ava Jakich-Kunze (Moscow, Idaho) found the back of the net with 5:50 remaining, as the 13th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University women's soccer team stole a 1-1 tie from Bentley University on Tuesday afternoon at the Bentley Soccer Field to keep its unbeaten season intact.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Jakich-Kunze – goal
  • Junior Claudia Keith (Danvers, Mass.) – three saves
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Bentley scored just the third goal against Southern New Hampshire all season late in the 78th minute off a seemingly harmless throw-in near the right corner by Gabby Vachon. The ball rolled along the end line, where Bridget Gleason popped it into the air toward the far post. Heidi Lawrence was in perfect position to put a head on it, and the ball caromed off a Penmen defender and inside the left post.
  • SNHU took advantage of a Bentley yellow card early in the 85th minute that gave the visitors a free kick from just outside the top of the box. Jakich-Kunze hit a perfect ball that hooked around the wall of Bentley defenders and just inside the right post.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Bentley 'keeper Claire Ewen stopped six of seven shots.
  • SNHU outshot Bentley, 16-10, including 7-4 in shots on goal.
  • SNHU also dominated corner kicks, 8-0.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire, ranked No. 13 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25, is unbeaten through 12 contests for the first time since 2021 (11-0-1), when it started 12-0-1.
  • SNHU, which leads the all-time series with Bentley, 19-7-4, is 13-2-4 in the last 19 meetings between the two squads. The Penmen extend their unbeaten streak against the Falcons to five (4-0-1).
  • Bentley's goal with 12:07 to go halted SNHU's string of clean sheets at five and also ended its shutout streak at 540:57.
  • Jakich-Kunze's goal is her team-leading fifth of her first season with the program.
  • The Penmen are now 62-24-22 (.676) over their last 108 matches dating back to the start of the 2017 campaign.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Oct. 26 (1 p.m.) to play host to the University of New Haven at Ouellette Stadium.
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