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It’s Nov. 12, 2019. Here’s what’s been going on lately in Southern New Hampshire University sports.


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Women’s Soccer

The Penmen couldn’t find a goal in the Northeast-10 Conference Championship Quarterfinals, falling 1-0 to Bentley on Sunday.

Sophomore goalkeeper Hannah Rose (Waterloo, Ontario) stopped two of the three shots she faced. On the other end, the Penmen had ten shots, six of which went on net.

The loss marks the first time its lost two straight games since Oct. 1-9, 2016.

SNHU now awaits to see if it will earn a berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Women’s Basketball

The Penmen split the weekend at the 2019 Georgian Court Tip-Off Tournament.

On Saturday, they lost 77-71 to Georgian Court. There, senior Molly Terry (Shrewsbury, Mass.) led the Penmen with 13 points, also adding three assists and three steals.

On Sunday, they defeated Concordia University, 77-74. Terry had 15 points, with freshman Adriana Timberlake (Braintree, Mass.) leading the Penmen with 19 points.

The Penmen next face American International College on Wednesday, Nov. 13 (5:30 p.m.)

Men’s Basketball

On the men’s side, the weekend held two victories.

In Saturday’s contest, SNHU defeated Mercy, 94-70. Junior Corry Long (Cincinnati, Ohio) led the Penmen with 18 points, including 14 In the second half. Senior Eamonn Joyce (Medford, Mass.) had 17 points.

On Sunday, the Penmen finished with a 87-83 overtime win over Molloy. Senior Shawn Montague (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) had 27 points, including eight in overtime and a career-high 16 rebounds.

Joyce had 23 points and Freshman Jacari Sanders (San Antonio, Texas) had 18 points.

The Penmen will look to remain undefeated as they next face the College of Staten Island at home on Sunday, Nov. 17 (3 p.m.)

 

 

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Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.