Gameday Information: Game 16 vs. No. 16 Wake Forest (7-6)
When	Game 16 vs. No. 16 Wake Forest: Sunday, Oct. 23  | 1 p.m.
Where	Game 16: Dedham, Mass. | Dedham Field
Broadcast and stats	Game 16: Live Video | Live Stats
Game Notes	Northeastern (PDF)
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BOSTON – Yet another ranked opponent will grace Dedham Field on Sunday afternoon when No. 16 Wake Forest comes to town to face the Northeastern field hockey team at 1 p.m.
 
The Demon Deacons mark the third ranked team to face the Huskies at Dedham Field this season and the fourth Northeastern has faced against in 2016.
 
The two teams will meet for just the second time in program history and the first time during the regular season.
 
Make sure to bring your Northeastern Field Hockey tumbler for free coffee and hot chocolate at the game.
 
LAST TIME OUT...
• Northeastern split the weekend series last weekend, picking up their first conference victory over Hofstra on Friday and falling to UMass Sunday
• After jumping out to a 2-0 lead over Hofstra on Friday, the Pride fought back to tie the game at two-all. In the second half, Northeastern broke the tie and went on to a 4-2 win
• On Sunday, the Minutewomen were the ones to gain a two-goal lead, which the Huskies cut into via two Jamie Bartucca goals, but UMass scored late to claim the win
 
NORTHEASTERN VS.
 
WAKE FOREST
• Wake is 7-6 on the season with five of its losses coming in conference play
• The Demon Deacons are led by Nicola Pluta who has 14 goals and 32 total points
•In goal, Cat O'Connor has seen the majority of time in between the pipes holding a 6-6 record and a 2.31 GAA
• Northeastern and Wake Forest have met just one time in the past, a second round NCAA Tournament appearance at Harvard in 2004
• At the time of the meeting, Wake Forest was the two-time defending national championship and ranked third in the nation -- and went on to win their third straight National Championship that year
 
LAST TIME vs. WAKE
• The only other time Northeastern and Wake Forest have met in the past was in the 2004 NCAA Tournament 
• Wake defeated the Huskies 4-2 in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament at Harvard's Jordan Field in Allston
• Whitney Shean scored netted both of Northeastern's goals, while Diana Nelson made 10 saves, but it wasn't enough
• Wake Forest outshot the Huskies 27-5, and lead in penalty corners 10-4
• The Huskies finished the season with an 18-4 record for a .818 winning percentage, second best in program history
 
BREAKOUT FOR BARTUCCA
• Jamie Bartucca is having a breakout season on the pitch for Northeastern
• For the second time this season, the junior has earned CAA Player of the Week honors, the first time a Husky player has been named POW twice in the same season since Crystal Poland in 2012
• The junior, who tallied her first career goal in the season opener at UC Davis, has since gone on to score a team-leading nine goals this season
•After recording three goals against Maine (2) and UNH, Bartucca netted her first career CAA POW honors
• The second honor came after three goals at Hofstra and UMass (2) last week
• The Farmington, Conn. native leads the team in points (19) and goals (9), the most goals since All-American Emma Lamison recorded four in 2014
• Bartucca has hit the back of the cage (9) on half of her shots on goal (18) this season
 
398 AND COUNTING
• Northeastern head coach Cheryl Murtagh is in her 29th season at the helm of the Huskies and is two wins shy of 400 in her tenured career
• Over her 31 year coaching career, Murtagh has accumulated 398 career victories (381 at NU), which ranks 16th most among Division I head coaches and 13th most among active DI coaches
• Murtagh has also notched 128 career conference wins in her tenure and helped Northeastern to 16 NCAA Tournaments
 
SCORING BARRAGE
• Through 15 games this season, the Huskies have tallied 36 goals, the 2.40 goal per game margin ranking in the middle of the NCAA rankings
•  Against William & Mary the Huskies tied their goal total from 2015 with Jessica Unger's late goal
• In addition, Northeastern notched zero shutouts in 2015, but in 2016 rank second in the CAA in that category with two this season 
 
SHARING IS CARING
• In addition to the scoring barrage, the Huskies have aided their teammates on the majority of goals scored this season
• Northeastern's 1.93 assists per game rank fourt in the conference and 35th nationally
• Natalie Stewart has tallied eight assists on the season, tying her career high, which ranks third in the CAA and 36th nationally
• Stewart notched an assist in five straight games from Sept. 16-30
 
GARNER-ING RECORDS
• Earlier this season, Becky Garner moved into third place on the NU all-time saves list (since 1989) against PC. She has 90 this season and needs 16 to move into second place all-time
• Garner's 120 saves last year ranked eighth all-time at Northeastern
1.       Brenda Mitchell (1989-92)          638
2.       Lizzie Priest (2009-12)              428
3.       Becky Garner (2013-pres.)       413
4.       Kathleen Madaus (1998-01)        347
5.       Danielle Butsch (1993, 96-97)     327
 
TO BE THE BEST...
• Thirteen of the 18 teams the Huskies face this season were ranked or receiving votes in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Preseason Poll
• Northeastern faced its first ranked opponent of the season at No. 17 Boston University Sept. 2, a team the Huskies battled through overtime
• The Huskies also took on No. 18 Boston College and No. 19 Maine in successive games at Dedham Field
• The Huskies latest opponent to come to Dedham Field is No. 16 Wake Forest who is 7-6 on the season, however five of their losses have come in ACC conference play
• After facing Wake Forest on Sunday, NU will head out to take on a top-10 team in No. 8 Delaware in their final regular season road game of the year
• Seven of Northeastern's eight 2016 home opponents were ranked or receiving votes in the preseason poll