NE10 Field Hockey Report: Week 4

Posted: Sep 27, 2021

Week 4 - September 27, 2021

NE10 Player of the Week

Maeve Murphy, Saint Anselm
Junior | Forward | Scituate, Mass.

Junior Maeve Murphy logged three goals across two games this past week, picking up the game-winning goal in each of the two victories for the Hawks. She scored twice against Saint Michael's on Wednesday, doing so in the game's first 9:07, before scoring versus Southern Conn. St. on Saturday to open the day's scoring in a 5-0 shutout. Murphy ranks eighth in the NE10 in point scoring on the season.

NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week

Abigail Campbell, Stonehill
Senior | Goalkeeper | Norfolk, Mass.

Campbell averaged 9.50 saves per game while posting a 0.50 goals against average and .950 save percentage with a shutout in a 2-0 week for the No. 5-ranked Skyhawks. Capped the week with a career-high 13 saves, including 12 in the second half to preserve a two goal lead and notch her third shutout of the season in a 2-0 win over Adelphi on Saturday. Registered six stops in Wednesday's 4-1 win at Franklin Pierce.

NE10 Defensive Player of the Week

Madeleine McGee, Stonehill
Sophomore | Midfield | Pearl River, N.Y.

Keyed the No. 5-ranked Skyhawks defense again that posted a 0.50 team goals against average, with one shutout, in a 2-0 week. Collecting a defensive save in the process. The Stonehill defensive backline limited its opponents to 15.5 shots per game, including 10.5 on goal per game, and 4.5 penalty corners. She is a member of the Skyhawks corner defensive unit which didn't allow a goal on nine corner attempts this week. Opened the week by holding Franklin Pierce to just 12 shots, including eight on goal, while posting a defensive save in Wednesday's 4-1 win. The Skyhawks defense held Adelphi to just two shots in the first half in building a two goal halftime lead on its way to the fourth shutout of the season.

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Raegan Hickey, Stonehill
Sophomore | Forward | Greenfield, Mass.

Had a hand in four of the No. 5-ranked Skyhawks six goals in a 2-0 week, finishing with two goals and two assists over the two games. Posted a goal and assist in Wednesday's 4-1 win at Franklin Pierce and then had a role in both Stonehill markers in Saturday's 2-0 win over Adelphi.

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll

Deirdre Burchill, Assumption (Sr., F - Braintree, Mass.)
Burchill scored a goal in each of Assumption's games this week. She entered the week just two goals away from breaking the Assumption Field Hockey career goals record and claimed that record with her goal in a 3-1 victory over Pace on Saturday. She now has 37 career goals. She finished the week with eight shots and seven on goal for a .875 shots on goal percentage.

Madison Clark, Bentley (Jr., GK - Natick, Mass.)

In her first two career starts, Clark had a 1.00 goals against average and eight saves. She had three stops in a 2-0 shutout of St. Thomas Aquinas and five in a 4-2 win over St. Michael's.

Sam Simione, Bentley (Gr., MF-D - Cheshire, Conn.)
In a 2-1 week, Simione had a goal, an assist and three defensive saves. Two of those came in a 3-2 OT loss to fourth-ranked Assumption, as did her assist. She also scored her first of the season in a 4-2 victory against St. Michael's, and helped the Falcons to a 2-0 shutout against St. Thomas Aquinas.

Nicole Cotton, Mercy (Sr, F - West Islip, N.Y.)
Cotton scored two goals as Mercy went 1-2 on the week. The graduate student scored a goal against Southern Connecticut on Wednesday before scoring the game-winning goal in overtime of Mercy's win at No. 9 AIC on Friday.

Grace Henderson, Pace (Sr., GK - Kingswood, South Australia)
Henderson totaled 17 saves, while allowing just four goals, across Pace's 1-1 stretch last week. The Australia native was especially impressive on Saturday as she racked up a season-high 12 stops at No. 4 Assumption. Henderson currently ranks fourth in the NE10 in save percentage this season (.796), while playing the third most minutes in the conference.

Maddison Lebeau, Saint Anselm (Sr, B - Westbrook, Maine)
LeBeau had her first career defensive save for the Hawks last week, helping the team to a 4-2 victory over Saint Michael's and later contributing as a defensive leader in the team's 5-0 blanking of Southern Connecticut State on Saturday. The Hawks conceded just 12 shot attempts in the team's two games this past week, yielding seven shots on net in total.

Jenna Puleo, St. Michael's (Sr., F/M - Essex Junction, Vt.)
Senior Jenna Puleo recorded three goals and three assists during a 1-2 week on the road. In a 4-2 loss to No. 8 Saint Anselm on Wednesday, she notched a goal and an assist before turning in two goals - including the game-winner - and a helper in a 6-0 win at Molloy on Saturday. During a 4-2 non-conference loss at Bentley on Sunday, Puleo handed out an assist.

Jessie Hohenstein, St. Thomas Aquinas (Sr., GK - Stroudsburg, Pa.)
Jessie Hohenstein went 0-2 in two starts on the week, stopping 16 of 20 shots faced. Stevens posted a 2.00 goals against average and an .800 save percentage.

Megan Habakangas, Southern Conn. St. (Gr., D - Columbia, Conn.)
Habankangas put together two strong performances in a 1-1 week for the Owls. She started in both games and played all 120 minutes. She recorded her second defensive save of the season and picked up an assist in the Owls 3-2 win over Mercy. Habakangas set up the eventual game-winning goal and her third quarter defensive save proved to be the difference maker in the Owls victory. She also helped limit No. 8 nationally ranked Saint Anselm to just six penalty corners in their lone loss of the week.

Annemartine Christis, Southern N.H. (Fr., F - 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
Annemartine Christis scored three goals during a 1-1 week for the Penmen. Christis found the back of the cage in a 6-2 loss to Adelphi on Friday and then scored twice Sunday to extend her goal streak to five straight games and lift SNHU to a 4-2 win over in-state rival Franklin Pierce.

NE10 Weekly Winners

2021 NE10 Field Hockey Standings

	Conference				Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Assumption	14	14-0	1.000	22	20-2	0.909
Bentley	14	12-2	0.857	20	14-6	0.700
Saint Anselm	14	11-3	0.786	19	14-5	0.737
Stonehill	14	11-3	0.786	18	13-5	0.722
Pace	14	10-4	0.714	20	14-6	0.700
Adelphi	14	10-4	0.714	21	14-7	0.667
New Haven	14	9-5	0.643	20	10-10	0.500
St. Thomas Aquinas	14	7-7	0.500	19	8-11	0.421
So. New Hampshire	14	6-8	0.429	17	6-11	0.353
American Int'l	14	4-10	0.286	18	6-12	0.333
Saint Michael's	14	4-10	0.286	18	5-13	0.278
Mercy	14	3-11	0.214	17	4-13	0.235
So. Connecticut	14	3-11	0.214	17	3-14	0.176
Franklin Pierce	14	1-13	0.071	18	3-15	0.167
Molloy	14	0-14	0.000	16	0-16	0.000