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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Sophomore Hannah Lopiccolo scored in the eighth minute to help the Northeastern women's soccer team (10-4-1, 3-1-1 CAA) secure three big points in the CAA standings with a 1-0 win at James Madison on Friday night.

After a 90-minute lightning delay pushed the start time to 8:30 p.m., Northeastern wasted little time in taking the lead when Lopiccolo scored her third collegiate game-winner at the 7:42 mark.

Freshman keeper Nathalie Nidetch (six saves) and the NU defense took over from there, holding JMU off the score sheet to hand the Dukes (9-5-0, 3-1-0) their first conference loss of the season.

Goal Recaps
• Lopiccolo scored the game's only goal after collecting a failed clearance deep in JMU territory, and firing a shot off the fingertips of Dukes' keeper Ellen Forrest.

Stats of the Game
• Northeastern won its third straight game and pitched its fifth shutout of the season.
• Lopiccolo scored her third collegiate game-winner and second game-winning goal of the season (Maine).
• Lopiccolo is now tied with Mackenzie Dowd and Kayla Cappuzzo for the team lead in goals with five.
• Nidetch pitched her first career 90-minute shutout.
• Nidetch set a new career high with six saves.

Up Next
• NU will look to cap its weekend road trip with another win Sunday against Towson at 1 p.m.