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The Northeastern women's soccer team defeated the New Hampshire Wildcats, 2-1, Sunday afternoon in Durham, N.H.

The Wildcats jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the 2nd minute on a goal scored by senior Jordyn Krall, her first of the year.

Northeastern tied the game at one apiece when forward Greta Samuelsdottir put home a shot from the top of the box off a feed from Veronica Napoli. It was Samuelsdottir's second goal of the season.

Napoli put the Huskies up 2-1 in the 58th minute on an unassisted goal from the left side of the box, beating to the goalkeeper to the middle of the net.

Napoli's goal, her third of the season and the 29th of her career, puts her just one back of Kristin Kowalik's all-time program record of 30.

Freshman goalkeeper Paige Burnett made two saves in the victory.

The Huskies controlled play the majortiy of the match, outshooting New Hampshire 17-6 and holding an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks. Northeastern outshot New Hampshire in their two-goal second half, 10-2.

Northeastern improves to 3-4-0 on the season and is now 6-6-2 all-time against the Wildcats. In their last meeting, the Huskies earned a 3-1 victory at Parsons Field on Sept. 17, 2010.

The Huskies return to action this Friday, Sept. 16 when they take on Rhode Island at 6 p.m. at Parsons Field.