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WENTZVILLE, Mo. – Junior McKenna Brand and freshman Matti Hartman each recorded a goal and an assist to lead the Northeastern women's hockey team (2-2-0) to a weekend sweep of Lindenwood (0-4-0) with a 4-1 victory on Saturday night at the Lindenwood Ice Arena.

Senior Heather Mottau and sophomore Kasidy Anderson also scored for the Huskies, while sophomore netminder Brittany Bugalski turned in a strong performance with 27 saves.

Junior Denisa Krizova earned the primary assist on Mottau's eventual game-winner to become the 25th player in program history to accumulate 100 career points. 

Goal Recaps
• Northeastern grabbed the lead at 3:04 of the first period when freshman Codie Cross forced a turnover in the neutral zone, and sent the puck up the left-wing boards. After taking a deflection off the stick of junior Halle Silva, the disc slid onto the stick of Hartman, who went forehand to backhand for her second goal in as many games. 
• The Huskies doubled the advantage at 13:53 of the opening period on a beautiful passing play. Brand gathered the puck with speed on the right wing and sent a cross-ice pass to a streaking Krizova along the left boards. The Czech Republic native then lifted a saucer pass into the slot for a cutting Mottau, who shifted the puck past the Lindenwood goaltender to make it 2-0.
• Lindenwood scored its first goal of the weekend at the 7:49 mark of the second period when Kirsten Martin's shot found its way through traffic from the top of the zone on a power play.
• NU restored its two-goal cushion at 14:05 of the second stanza. After sustained pressure in the LU zone, Matti Hartman found classmate Paige Capistran cutting to the net between the circles. Capistran collected the feed and quickly fired a shot on goal that was stopped, but Anderson was able to dig out the loose puck and stash it home at the right of the cage to make it 3-1. 
• The Huskies bumped the scoreline to 4-1 at 17:29 of the frame when senior Melissa Haganey held the puck in along the right-wing boards and chipped the puck back into the low slot. Brand raced forward to meet the pass, before sniping a shot top-shelf to push the scoreline to 4-1.

Noteworthy
• Denisa Krizova notched her 100th career point Saturday.
• Paige Capistran posted her first collegiate point with an assist on Anderson's goal.
• Matti Hartman recorded her first multi-point game with a goal and an assist.
• Brittany Bugalski finished the weekend with 37 saves on 38 shots (.974 save percentage).
• Codie Cross tallied an assist for the third straight game. 
• Northeastern allowed its first power-play goal of the year early in the second period. The Huskies had started the year with 13 straight penalty kills.
• The Huskies held a 36-28 advantage in shots on goal.

Up Next
Northeastern will return to Boston for a pair of home games against Syracuse next weekend. Puck drop on Friday, Oct. 14 is set for 7 p.m.