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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Despite firing a season-high 41 shots on goal, the No. 7 Northeastern women's hockey team (5-4-1, 3-1-0 WHEA) came up just short in a 2-1 setback at Providence (5-2-2, 2-0-0 WHEA) on Saturday afternoon at Schneider Arena.

Senior Lauren Kelly scored her first goal of the season for the Huskies, but two Providence goals in a 50-second span midway through the second period proved to be the difference as the Friars snapped a 10-game losing streak at the hands of the Huskies.

Providence netminder Madison Myers stopped 40 shots – including 22 in the second period – while Northeastern's Brittany Bugalski turned away 30 attempts on the day.

Goal Recaps
• After a scoreless first period, Providence struck for two goals in a span of 50 seconds midway through the second to take a 2-0 lead. Christina Putigna potted the opener with an unassisted tally, sniping home a wrister from the top of the right circle at 9:35. Maureen Murphy then doubled the PC lead at 10:25 with a shot that snuck through the pads of Bugalski from the opposite wing.
• Northeastern cut the deficit in half at 15:12 of the second stanza on a power-play goal by Kelly. After Brooke Hobson's point-shot was blocked to the left corner, Kelly scooped up the loose disc behind the goal-line and alertly threw it back towards the net, where it caromed off Myers and into the cage to make it 2-1.

Stats of the Game
• Northeastern recorded a season-high 41 shots on goal. Its 23 second-period shots were also a single-period high this year.
• The NU power-play struck for the fourth consecutive game. Over that span, the Huskies are 9-for-19 with the numerical advantage (47.3 percent).
• Lauren Kelly scored her first goal of the season, while Brooke Hobson extended her point streak to three straight games with an assist.
• The Friars beat the Huskies for the first time since Nov. 15, 2014.
• Northeastern's three-game winning streak came to an end.

Up Next
The Huskies and Friars will battle yet again on Sunday when the puck drops at 2 p.m. from Matthews Arena.