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PROVIDENCE – In its third game on the road this season, the Northeastern field hockey team bested Providence 2-1 to earn its first victory of the 2015 season Sunday.
 
The Huskies, who faced three nationally ranked opponents to begin the season, won their fourth straight game vs. Providence and and sixth straight on the PC campus.
 
Two different Huskies scored during the game, Natalie Stewart, who earned her first goal of the season, and Kristin Abreu who tallied her second goal of the year in as many games.
 
Becky Garner finished the game with six saves.
 
Providence outshot the Huskies 9-7 on the day, and had five penalty corner opportunities to Northeastern's one.
 
For the fourth time this season, the score was 1-0 at halftime. This time it was the Huskies that had the lead.
 
The Huskies got on the board first for the first time this season when Stewart found the back of the box. After a feed into the circle from from June Curry-Lindahl, Stewart, who was wide open, slipped the ball past Providence netminder Deidra Clymer for the lead.
 
NU added to its lead when Abreu bested Clymer in a one-on-one situation. Abreu was fed by Abbey MacLellan, then broke away and beat the goalie to give the Huskies a two-goal lead.
 
PC cut the lead in half a few minutes later as Emily Matthews recorded her first goal of the season to make it a 2-1 game, where it remained.
 
The Huskies is back in action on Friday, September 11 when they continue their three-game road trip in Hanover, N.H. to face Dartmouth at 3 p.m.