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Delaware vs. New Hampshire
Oct. 4, 1998 at 1:00 p.m.
L 2-4

The University of Delaware women's soccer team (2-7-1, 1-1) lost for the seventh time in nine games as the Blue Hens were defeated 4-2 by New Hampshire (5-5, 3-1) on Sunday at the Delaware Mini-Stadium. New Hampshire was led by Kristen Cannistraro's five point performace. The Wildcats jumped out on two quick goals by Cannistraro in the first 13 minutes of the game. Tara Foley put in a third goal in the middle of the first half to lead New Hampshire to a commanding 3-0 halftime lead. Delaware came back in the second half when Nicole Spadafino (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge) lofted a pass into the penalty box on a free kick that resulted in a wild scramble that Kim Reynolds (Swarthmore, Pa./Strath-Haven) put in the net to make the score 3-1. The Blue Hens pulled to within one goal when Cate Harrison (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey) headed in a Mandy Merritt (Ontario,Canada/Grimsby) corner kick to make the score 3-2. New Hampshire withstood several Delaware goal opportunities and with 10:07 left in the game Sue Abenne put a perfect pass through to Marky Solomon who put in a goal to move the score to 4-2. New Hampshire outshot Delaware 16-11 but saw the Bue Hens put 10 shots on goal in the second half after having one for the first half.

New Hampshire...3...1...4
Delaware........0...2...2

Scoring: 1st Half - N - Cannistraro (Foley) 37:24 left; - N - Cannistrano (Longua) 32:30 left; Foley (Cannistraro) 24:52 left; 2nd Half - D - Reynolds (Spadafino) 30:08 left; -D - Harrison (Spadafino) 17:03 left;- N - Solomon (Abenne) 10:07 left; Shots: N-16, D-11; Corners: D-3, N-1; Saves: D-6 (Martin), N-5 (Springer)