Box Score

BROOKLINE, Mass. -- The fourth seeded Northeastern women's soccer team dropped a CAA quarterfinal match with fifth seeded Hofstra on Sunday evening in heartbreaking fashion, drawing 2-2 but losing on penalty kicks (3-1) at Parsons Field.

The Huskies led 2-1 in regulation as late as the 84th minute, but a late Hofstra goal forced overtime and eventually led to the penalty kick shootout. Seniors Greta Samuelsdottir (Kopavogur, Iceland) and Sandra Magnusdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland) scored NU's two goals, and sophomore Paige Burnett (Placentia, Calif.) made six saves in regulation.

With the tie, Northeastern finishes the season with a 9-9-1 mark. Tracey Leone now sits at a perfectly even 27-27-4 record after her first three seasons.

Hofstra outshot Northeastern 23-12 on thee day, including an 8-5 edge in shots on goal. The Pride generated 10 corner kicks to NU's two, and fouls were an even 15-15. Samuelsdottir led NU with two shots on goal.

In the game's second minute, Hofstra struck first. Sam Scolarici took a feed from Lulu Echeverry and gained possession in the box, Scolarici worked her way in deep, and fired a shot towards the goal that was deflected by an NU defender and past an unsuspecting Burnett.

Hofstra tried to tack onto its early lead in the 10th minute, but Chloe Dale's shot in the box was blocked. Junior Hanna Terry (Park City, Utah) fired NU's first shot of the contest a minute and a half later, but it sailed wide of the cage. NU earned the game's first corner kick in the 15th minute, but the serve in netted nothing. Hofstra earned a pair of corners in the 17th minute, but neither opportunity was able to muster a shot on net.

The Huskies gained a free kick from 40 yards out in the 34th minute, which Magnusdottir  sent towards net, but Morphitis snagged her serve in before an NU player could get a touch on it.

NU equalized in the 35th minute, scoring off a set piece. Magnusdottir fired in NU's second corner of the day, angling it towards the left post. Samuelsdottir raced in and headed her classmate and countrymate's pass past Morphitis for her team-high ninth tally of the year, a new career best.

Scolarici nearly put the Pride back on top in the final minute of the first half, but her rocket on net was tipped by Burnett and over the cage. The contest went to the half knotted at 1-1, with Hofstra holding a 5-3 edge in shots.

Hofstra earned a pair of corners five minutes into the second stanza, but they netted nothing aside from a blocked shot from Brittany Farriella. The Huskies had a pair of opportunities in the 56th minute, but Samuelsdottir's shot in the box was blocked before Terry sent one high. Samuelsdottir took another rip in the 58th minute, but her open look from 30 yards out was gathered by Morphitis.

The Pride won a free kick in the 71st minute, leading to a Caylin Dudley shot that sailed over the cage. NU had their best chance of the half in the 78th minute, with freshman Morgan Hilby (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) sending a long through ball to Terry to earn a breakaway. Terry got off a good shot, but her chance was turned aside by Morphitis.

Scolarici was assessed with a yellow card in the 80th minute, and three minutes later Farriella was also cautioned. In the free kick ensuing from Farriella's foul, Magnusdottir put the Huskies on top. Taking a free kick from the left side about 30 yards, the senior fired a shot serve to the right inside post to give NU a 2-1 lead.

The Huskies' lead was short-lived, as an NU foul in the box led to a penalty kick for the Pride in the 84th minute. Scolarici stepped up for HU and sent her second goal of the past a diving Burnett to tie the contest.

Hofstra nearly jumped right back on top in the 86th minute, when Northeastern's Brittani Gardella fouled Hofstra's Leah Galton hard outside the box, leading to a yellow card on Gardella and free kick for the Pride. Ruby Staplehurst's intial free chance was blocked, then Echeverry's shot in the ensuing scramble was saved by Burnett. Neither team generated a real chance for the remainder of regulation, and the contest went to overtime.

Chloe Dale took the first shot in extra time for the Pride, but it went wide of the cage. Sophomore Lahaina Zoller (Honolulu, Hawaii) took NU's first shot of the overtime, sending one on net that Morphitis saved in the 94th minute. Jeannine Molleda fired one from outside the penalty area in the 97th, but it was corralled by Burnett.

HU's Anya Koren ripped a shot on net in the 100th minute, and Burnett made a brilliant diving stop to keep the contest scoreless and send it to double overtime.

The Pride earned a corner in the 105th minute, and Staplehurt's serve in led to a Galton header that was saved by Burnett. HU had another corner a minute later, eventually leading back to a Staplehurst shot that was blocked and deflected into the crossbar. Dale then took a shot in the 108th minute that Burnett stopped. The contest stayed scoreless and went to a penalty kick shootout.

Magnusdottir shot first for Northeastern, but her shot sailed over the crossbar. Scolarici converted HU's first chance, before Morphitis stopped O'Donnell's attempt. With Hofstra up, 1-0, Jeanne Mollina was turned aside by a diving Burnett. Morphitis saved Terry's chance, and Dudley converted for Hofstra to give the Pride a 2-0 lead.

Rookie Shayna Blackwood (Somerville, N.J.) converted NU's first chance on their fourth attempt to make it 2-1, before Koren stepped up and sent one to the top left corner that sealed the victory for the Pride.

The elimination concludes Northeastern's season after its second consecutive CAA playoff trip.