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AMHERST, Mass. – Despite Jamie Bartucca's second multi-goal effort of the season, the Northeastern field hockey team fell to UMass Sunday afternoon, 3-2.
 
Celina Hocks netted the game-winner for the Minutewomen with just over two minutes left in the ball game as UMass escaped with the win marking the third-straight season the game was decided by one goal.
 
Bartucca finished the afternoon tallying half of Northeastern's shots on the day with three, however, both of her shots on goal hit the back of the cage.
 
Garner made a season-high tying nine saves on the day, facing 16 UMass shots, 12 on goal.
 
UMass got on the board first when Izzie Delario nabbed her ninth goal of the season. Delario stole the ball from the Huskies and dribbled halfway down the weakside of the field and inside of the circle where she set up a backhanded shot for herself that went to the right of Garner and into the bottom right corner of the goal for a 1-0 lead.
 
A jumble in front of the net in the 26^th minute gave the Minutewomen a 2-0 lead when Grace Horgan put in a pass right across the baseline from Hannah Farrell that snuck by Garner for the 2-0 lead.
 
The Huskies got on the board for the first time late in the first half. After a streaking Bartucca's shot attempt was sent out of bounds by the UMass defense resulting in a penalty corner, Bartucca snuck inside after Laura MacLachlan's initial attempt, gobbled up the rebound and sent in the put back to cut the lead in half, before the half. The goal was her team-leading eighth of the season.
 
With just over six minutes remaining the game, Bartucca netted the game tying goal for the Huskies with a reverse shot in the the center of the circle for her second goal of the game. MacLachlan was the catalyst to Bartucca's second goal as well, setting up Kellie Stigas who sent a pass to Bartucca for the score. 
 
However, the Minutewomen once again regained the lead just a few minutes later with just two minutes left in the game, taking advantage of their sixth corner of the game as Hocks netted the game-winner for the Minutewomen.
 
The Huskies will return to the field in exactly one week with their final non-conference game of the season when they play host to No. 17 Wake Forest at Dedham Field on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 1 p.m.