Box Score LANCASTER, Pa. – The Northeastern Huskies opened the 2014 season falling to the Temple Owls, 4-2, at the Conference Cup at The Nook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The Huskies' first goal came off the stick of sophomore forward
Emmy Zweserijn in the 55th minute. Zweserijn, who led the Huskies with a team-high 65 shots in 2013, beat Temple's goalkeeper Lizzy Millen in the corner of the net with a slick shot.
Vanessa Pryor was the second Husky to get on the score sheet after connecting on a penalty corner with just less than five minutes remaining in the game. Sophomore forward
Emma Lamison was credited with the assist.
Goalkeeper
Becky Garner made five saves in the setback, two shy of a career-high.
Temple scored the first goal of the game at the 13:31 mark of the first half. Ali Meszaros broke through for the Owls after her shot deflected off a Husky and found its way past Garner.
The Owls scored again 10 minutes into the second half. Amber Youtz took a pass from Paige Gross on the right side of the field, and put it past Garner. Temple's third goal came in the 55th minute when Rachael Mueller connected off a rebound after Garner made the initial save.
Zweserijn's goal came 10 seconds after Mueller scored.
Midfielder
Caroline Judge led all Huskies with three shots in 63 minutes of work. It was the senior's 22nd straight regular-season start for NU.
This was the first meeting between these two teams since the 1991 season,
Cheryl Murtagh's fourth as head coach of the Huskies.
Northeastern is back in action on Sunday when the Huskies take on No. 1 ranked Maryland at 1 p.m. in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The following weekend, NU hosts Dartmouth for its home opener on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m.
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