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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Behind two goals from Natalie Stewart, the Northeastern field hockey team picked up its first conference victory of the season at Hofstra on Friday afternoon.
 
Stewart snapped a 2-2 tie in the 55^th minute of play knocking in the eventual game winning goal on a pass from Laura MacLachlan, her third game-winner of the season.
 
Stewart wasn't the only Husky to score on the day as Jamie Bartucca put Northeastern on the board first, while Kellie Stigas netted an insurance goal late in the game for the Huskies.
 
Becky Garner made four saves in goal for the Huskies in her 10^th complete game of the season.
 
Northeastern improves to 7-7 on the year and is now 1-3 in conference play, while Hofstra falls to 9-6 and 1-2 in the CAA.
 
The Huskies got on the board first in the 10^th minute of play when Bartucca netted her seventh goal of the season. Bartucca gobbled up a rebound of her own shot and sent the put back into the back of the net. With the goal, the Huskies got on the board first for the 11^th time this season in 14 games and are now 7-4 on the year when scoring first.  
 
Stewart added to the Northeastern lead with her third goal of the season, giving the Huskies a 2-0 advantage. The goal was Stewart's first since the opening weekend of play and marked her 10^th game this season with at least one point.
 
Just minutes later, Hofstra cut into the Northeastern lead when Stella Schoen tallied a goal off of a penalty corner in the 24^th minute and evened the score in the 25^th minute when Claudia Marin-Samper netted her 15^th goal of the season as both teams headed into the second half tied at two-all.
 
In the 55^th minute of action, Stewart tallied her second goal of the game, snapping a 30 minute tie between her first multi-goal game since tallying two against Monmouth (Sept. 25, 2015). Stewart scored off of a feed from MacLachlan, who got her the ball after a penalty corner after the Pride broke up the initial try. The goal put the Huskies on top 3-2 as she snapped a near 30-minute tie.
 
Stigas tallied a goal in the 62^nd minute of action to give Northeastern a two-goal cushion late in the game. The ball rolled untouched into the circle where Stigas was waiting, collected the ball and scored.
 
The win snapped a two-game skid for the Huskies who will look to continue its winning ways, and road trip, at UMass on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.