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BOSTON – The visiting Merrimack Warriors (4-4-1, 2-1-0 WHEA) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second period and held off a furious third-period rally by Northeastern (6-3-1, 2-1-0 WHEA) to emerge with a 3-2 victory on Friday evening at Matthews Arena.

Freshmen Codie Cross and Matti Hartman scored for Northeastern, while sophomore Brittany Bugalski turned aside 28 shots.

Goal Recaps
• Using a 16-8 shot advantage in the first period, Merrimack pushed out to a 1-0 lead at the 9:30 mark of the frame when Felila Manu's point shot snuck through traffic and into the back of the cage. 
• Merrimack doubled the lead at 9:35 of the second period when Jessica Bonfe threw the puck across the crease and off the skate of Paige Voight and into the back of the net. 
• The Warriors added to the scoreline just over four minutes later when Emily Volpe jammed home a rebound at the right of the cage after Brittany Bugalski had initially stopped a redirection from point-blank range. 
• Northeastern got on the board at 7:13 of the third period when Cross blasted a low, hard shot inside the right post from the point on the power play. 
• The Huskies cut the deficit to one with three seconds remaining when Hartman redirected a Lauren Kelly point-shot into the back of the net with an extra attacker on the ice. 

Noteworthy
• Northeastern had its seven-game unbeaten streak snapped.
• The Huskies fell to Merrimack for the first time in program history (3-1-0).
• Codie Cross scored her first collegiate goal.
• Denisa Krizova extended her point streak to nine games with an assist on Cross' goal.
• Northeastern outshot Merrimack by a 37-31 margin, including an 18-4 advantage in the third period.
• Both NU goals were scored by freshmen.
• The Huskies fell to 2-3-1 at home compared to 4-0-0 on the road. 

Up Next
The Huskies are off until next weekend when they host Maine (Saturday, 2 p.m.) and Providence (Sunday, 2 p.m.) at Matthews Arena.