Gameday Information: Game 11 vs. Drexel | Game 12 vs. BU
When	Game 11 vs. MONMOUTH: Friday, Oct. 2  |  5 p.m. Game 12 vs. BU: Sunday, Oct. 4  |  3 p.m.
Where	Game 11: Dedham, Mass.  | Dedham Field Game 12: Dedham, Mass.  | Dedham Field
Stats	Game 11: Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video Game 12: Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
Notes	Game notes (PDF)
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BOSTON – The Northeastern field hockey team is set to host two home games this weekend at Dedham Field.
 
The Huskies will first take on Drexel in their CAA opener on Friday night at 5 p.m. followed by a meeting with cross-town rivals Boston University on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.
 
Sunday is a day of field hockey for the Huskies who will host a skills clinic from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. prior to the game. Sunday is also Alumni Day for Northeastern Field Hockey alums with events beginning at 2 p.m. The game vs. the Terriers will kick off at 3 p.m.
 
There will be one shuttle to the field hockey game on Sunday leaving from Chicken Lou's at 2 p.m.
 
SCOUTING THE DRAGONS
Nearly halfway through their 2015 season, Drexel is 2-6 on the season.
 
The Dragons are led by Megan Wiest, who earned CAA Rookie of the weeke honors this week. Wiest has talled three goals and one assists on the season for a team-high seven points, the Hawks have nine players on their squad that have tallied points on the season, while seven different Drexel players have recorded goals on the year.
 
Drexel has split time between Erin Gilchrist and Ainslie Rhoads between the posts. Rhoads has tallied the majority of the minutes, but each goalie has a win on the year.
 
THIS SEASON: The Dragons have played eight games this season taking on three top-10 teams already this year.
 
The season began on a five-game losing streak, but Drexel has won two of its last three matches defeating Central Michigan and Lafayette .
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: The two teams have met 24 times in history, all during conference action split between the America East conference and the CAA. The Huskies were 10-1-1 all-time during America East play and 7-5 during CAA action.
 
The Huskies have outscored Drexel 73-27 in the all-time series.
 
LAST TIME AGAINST THE DRAGONS: The Huskies have won the last three meetings against Drexel including a 2-1 overtime victory as Caroline Judge put in the game winner less than three minutes into the overtime period last year in Philadelphia.
 
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS
Nine games into 2015, Boston University has complied a 6-3 record.
 
Eleven different Terriers have recorded a point this season, each of them tallying at least one goal.
 
The Terriers are led by Hester van der Laan (6 goals, 4 assists) and Bea Baumberger (3g, 7a) on the attack.
 
Cammy Jensen has seen the majority of the time in goal allowing 17 goals on the year and posting a 1.86 goals against average. She has notched 38 saves and has a .691 save percentage on the year.
 
THIS SEASON: Boston University is 6-3 on the season and has faced three top-20 teams in No. 18 UMass, No. 10 BC and No. 2 Syracuse. The Terriers and Orange went head-to-head this weekend with Syracuse coming out on top 5-1. 
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: The Huskies own a 26-19 series lead over Boston University and are on a one game win streak over the Terriers.
 
LAST TIME AGAINST THE TERRIERS: The Huskies took a 2-1 victory from Boston University last season upsetting the 20th ranked Terriers using two late goals.
 
BU got on top first with a goal halfway through the second half, but Natalie Stewart respondeed with her fourth goal of the season to tie things up and Jessica Unger recorded her first goal of the year on a penalty stroke to give the Huskies the lead and victory.
 
CAA OPENERS
Northeastern begins conference play this weekend when they play host to Drexel on Friday night.
 
The Huskies are 17-9 all-time in conference openers, but 3-7 during CAA play.  NU has never opened CAA conference play against Drexel, but were 3-0 against them in conference openers when both teams were a part of the America East Conference from 1991-2001.
 
Northeastern is 7-5 against Drexel during CAA play and has won its last three meetings against the Dragons.
 
NORTHEASTERN VS. BOSTON
This weekend, Northeastern will faceoff against the final of three Boston area teams on its schedule with a Sunday afternoon tilt against Boston University.
 
The Huskies and Boston area schools have had a long and storied rivalry dating back to the Huskies' first season as a varsity program in 1980. NU holds a 72-43-1 record over its Boston area foes. 
 

School	Record	Pct.	Streak
Boston College	23-14-1	.618	L1
Boston University	26-19	.578	W1
Harvard	23-12	.657	L1
Total	72-45-1	.614

LAST TIME OUT
Northeastern finished last weekend 1-1 after taking on Monmouth at home Friday night and then heading to Orono to take on Maine Sunday afternoon. The Huskies recorded six goals on the weekend, they had tallied seven goals through the previous eight games.
 
The Huskies jumped out to an early lead and went into halftime with a 1-0 lead over the Hawks. The second half, filled with eight goals, was a back-and-forth of lead exchanges until the Huskies came out on top 5-4. Vanessa Pryor notched the game-winner for NU with no time on the clock getting a shot past the Monmouth goalie using a penalty corner opportunity to do so.
 
The Huskies looked to carry the momentum into Sunday where Pryor netted a goal with just 46 seconds left in the first half to even things out at one. But Maine notched a goal five minutes into the second half to take a 2-1 lead where the score would remain as the Black Bears improved to 9-2 on the season.
 
TOUGH TO GET PAST
Junior captain Becky Garner has proven this season that she is hard to get past. Garner has played all but six and a half minutes in net this season. During those 6.5 minutes the net remained open.
 
Garner has tallied a conference leading 7.20 saves per game, a figure that also ranked in the top-10 in the NCAA (7th). She has also recorded a .720 save percentage, once again best in the conference and 25th nationally. Garner has faced 165 shots this year.
 
Halfway through the season, Garner has registered 72 saves and is on pace to best her previous season high for saves (111 - 2013).
 
Against Harvard and BC, Garner notched 12 and 14 saves respectively, the first time in her career she has tallied back-to-back 10-save games. The 14 saves against BC were one off of her career best (15 vs. William & Mary, 2014).
 
TO BE THE BEST...
...You have to face the best. The Huskies will take on yet another ranked team in No. 17 Boston University this weekend. This season Northeastern will go up against six teams ranked in the NFHCA preseason Top-20. So far, the Huskies have faced No. 1 UConn, No. 10 Northwestern, No. 18 UMass, and No. 11 Boston College.
 
STARTING IT OFF TOUGH
For the fourth consecutive season, the Huskies faced a ranked opponent in their opening weekend and for the second straight season it began against the nation's No. 1 team.
 
2015 - No. 1 UConn, No. 10 Northwestern
2014 - No. 1 Maryland
2013 - No. 11 Northwestern
2012 - No. 23 Louisville, No. 20 Northwestern
 
Additionally, during the Huskies' preseason, NU faced off against preseason No. 7 Albany at Dedham Field.
 
MURTAGH AT THE HELM
The Huskies embarked on their 36th season Saturday Aug. 29, when they faced off with the preseason No. 1 team UConn at Lakeside Field on the campus of Northwestern University.
 
Northeastern is once again be led by Cheryl Murtagh, who is in her 28th season at the helm of the Northeastern field hockey program. Murtagh has racked up 371 career wins during her time at Northeastern, including 125 in conference play.