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DEDHAM, Mass. – With a 3-0 victory over Drexel Friday night, the Northeastern field hockey team locked up a spot in the CAA Tournament in head coach Cheryl Murtagh's final season with the Huskies.
 
The shutout victory was also the first of the season and goalkeeper Julia Gluyas tallied her first career shutout in the win. Gluyas made a pair of solid saves on the night while the Husky backline played one of its strongest games of the season to record the shutout bid.
 
Northeastern's three goals came at the hands of three different players, graduate student Ffion Thompson, senior Kristin Abreu and rookie Camille O'Conor while Aniek van de Graaf finished the game with five shots, three of which came on goal.
 
GOAL DESCRIPTIONS
 
FIRST HALF
Northeastern 1-0: Northeastern took a 1-0 lead when Ffion Thompson tallied her third goal of the season, all coming on penalty stroke opportunities. The penalty stroke came after Aniek van de Graaf's attempt on the Huskies' third penalty corner of the game was kicked by a Dragon in front of the goal. Thompson's shot ricocheted off of the left pipe, hit the right pipe and pinged back into the goal past a diving Gilchrist.
 
SECOND HALF
Northeastern 2-0: Senior Kristin Abreu made it a two-goal game just a couple of minutes into the second half putting home a shot for her fourth goal of the season. After Jamie Bartucca scooped up a Drexel turnover by the 23-meter line on the Drexel offensive end, the redshirt senior took it down the field, dashing past the Drexel defense and into the circle where she found an awaiting Abreu. Bartucca crossed a pass directly to an awaiting Abreu who smashed it home for the score.
 
Northeastern 3-0: After O'Conor drew the Huskies' sixth penalty corner of the game, she followed that up with the goal off of the short corner situation. Mia Martin sent the direct insert to the freshman van de Graaf who stepped up inside the circle and sent a hard shot through the circle. O'Conor raced in and behind Gilchrist and redirected the shot past the goalie for her seventh goal of the year.
 
UP NEXT
The Huskies finish out the regular season against the defending National Champions in No. 7 Delaware on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. The Senior Day activities will begin approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of the game.