<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4K2Otj_0v435law00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4K2Otj_0v435law00" width="1920" height="1080" ><figcaption>Delaney Lappin (center) celebrates her first goal as a Wildcat Photo by: Gabi Selig</figcaption></figure>BOSTON – Grad student Delaney Lappin (Corbin City, N.J.) of the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team was named the America East Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.Lappin scored two goals to help lead UNH to a pair of wins in the opening week of the season.In the Aug. 18 win against Holy Cross, UNH trailed 2-1 when Lappin scored her first goal as a Wildcat to tie the score at 84:45 and then she struck again 56 seconds later to give the 'Cats their first lead of the game, 3-2, at 85:41.Lappin is the first Wildcat to score two goals within a minute since August 28, 2016, when Brooke Murphy scored goals 37 seconds apart vs. Central Connecticut State.On her first goal, Lappin's sliding effort redirected a centering pass into the goal from five yards. Less than a minute later, the forward ran onto a service into the box and left-footed a volley across the goalmouth inside the right post to lift UNH to a 3-2 victory.Lappin recorded three shots – two on goal – in 36 minutes off the bench vs. Holy Cross.She played 39 minutes off the bench in her UNH debut, the season opening 2-0 win at Stonehill College in which she recorded two shots, one of which caromed off the crossbar.Lappin is currently tied atop UNH's leaderboard in both goals (two) and points (four).New Hampshire (2-0-0) returns to action Aug. 22 (7:30 p.m.) at the University of Louisville. The Wildcats' next home game is Aug. 25 (2 p.m.) against UConn.</div></body>

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BOSTON – Grad student Delaney Lappin (Corbin City, N.J.) of the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team was named the America East Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. Lappin scored two goals to help lead UNH to a pair of wins in the opening week of the...