BOSTON – The Northeastern field hockey team is set for two games this weekend when they face Providence and California in a Friday/Sunday slate.
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The Huskies will continue on their four-game road trip to begin the 2017 season at Providence on Friday night at 6 p.m. and then, for the first time, will head home to Dedham Field for a Sunday afternoon match against Cal at 12 p.m.
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HOME SWEET HOME
• Northeastern is 21-15 all-time in home openers after winning last year's home opener 1-0 in double OT against Providence
• The Huskies started off the season with four-straight road games for the second-straight year and the sixth time in program history
• Northeastern is 3-2 all-time when they return to the home confines after playing at least four-straight games on the road to begin the year
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| Year |
Road Games to Begin Season |
W/L |
| 1998 |
Four (Cuse, UMass, UVa, JMU) |
L |
| 1999 |
Four (Mich St., Mich., ODU, Penn St.) |
W |
| 2004 |
Four (Ball St., Ohio, Princeton, Penn St.) |
W |
| 2007 |
Five (N'Western, Ball St., American, Md., QU) |
L |
| 2012 |
Played entire season on the road/neutral sites |
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| 2016 |
Four (UC Davis, Cal, BU, Vermont) |
W |
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LAST TIME OUT
• Last weekend, the Huskies made the most of their lone game of the Labor Day Weekend stretch when they took on Quinnipiac for the first time since the 2010 season
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Jamie Bartucca tallied both of Northeastern's goals on the day, including the game-winner with just 57 seconds left in regulation, in the lone game in her home state, during her senior season
• With the win, the Huskies improved to 11-0 all-time against the Bobcats
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NORTHEASTERN VS.
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PROVIDENCE
• Northeastern holds a 20-7-2 series lead over Providence in a series that dates back to the 1980 season
• The two teams have met each season for the last four seasons, with the Huskies winning each of those meetings
• With Madl at the helm of Providence over the last 16 seasons, and Murtagh leading the Huskies for the last 30, the two coaches have gone head-to-head 11 times in the past with Murtagh holding a 8-3 advantage, including wins in the last five meetings between the two teams with Providence's last win over NU coming in the 2010 season
• Last season, it took two overtimes for a decision, but the Huskies earned a 1-0 win thanks to a
June Curry-Lindahl goal in the 87th minute of play
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CALIFORNIA
• Cal and Northeastern have met six times in the past with the last meeting coming last season in Berkeley, a 3-2 overtime victory for the Huskies.
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Natalie Stewart knocked in a penalty corner attempt dished in from
Alyssa Carlson 10 minutes and 36 seconds into overtime to give the Huskies the win, the fifth ever over Cal
• Northeastern's lone loss came in the 2010 season, a 4-2 setback at Cal
• The two teams met for the first time in the 1986 season, a 3-1 win for the Huskies in Boston.
•This game will be Cal's third at Northeastern, the first at Dedham field and their first trip to Massachusetts to face the Huskies since the 2002 season, a 6-0 victory for the Huskies
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TOPS IN THE NATION
• Six different Huskies have already scored in 2017, and four of those athletes have tallied multiple goals as Northeastern
• As a team, the Huskies rank second in the CAA and fifth nationally scoring 4.67 goals/game through the first three games of the year
• Redshirt senior
Jamie Bartucca leads the Husky scorers and has four goals in the first three games, which tops the CAA and ranks fifth in the nation with 1.33 gpg in 2017
• Meanwhile,
June Curry-Lindahl, who has racked up three assists on the season so far, ranks third in the CAA and seventh nationally with 1.00 apg
• The duo, each of which has recorded seven total points on the year, rank second in the conference and seventh nationally with their 3.00 ppg
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PROVIDENCE CONNECTIONS
• NU assistant coach
MaKayla Hancock spent two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at Providence after graduating from Bryant and before her time as a Husky
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