BOSTON – The Northeastern field hockey team brings a three-game win-streak into Hanover, N.H. when they Huskies square off with Dartmouth at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Northeastern kicked off game week with a 3-0 shutout of Bryant on Tuesday afternoon on the campus of Brown University and will continue their play on another Ivy League campus Sunday against the Big Green on ESPN+.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
- Shutting out the Bulldogs
- After a victory over Bryant the last time out, the Huskies will take a three-game win-streak to Dartmouth this weekend
- The Huskies started their week off early, getting right down to business on Tuesday afternoon when they took on Bryant on the campus of Brown University
- After a scoreless first 33:43 of the game, Northeastern struck first when Rachel Campbell ripped a shot home on a penalty corner to break open the scoring
- One minute later, and with less than 10 seconds remaining in the half, Lexie Dunleavy made it a 2-0 game at halftime
- Bella Cuomo added her first goal of her career in the second half with just over 13 minutes to go to make it a 3-0 game
- Julia Gluyas staved off a flurry of Bryant shots down the stretch to preserve the clean sheet, her first of the season and second of her career for the 3-0 victory
- Tackling the Big Green
HUSKIES VS. BIG GREEN
• After taking a year off, Northeastern and Dartmouth will reconvene its series, this time in Hanover
• The Huskies own a 13-2 series lead over the Big Green with their last loss coming in the 1987 season
• Northeastern has won 10-straight over Dartmouth, who marks the third Ivy League opponent of the season for the Huskies, the second-straight season the Huskies will face three Ivies in the same year
DARTMOUTH IN 2018
• The Big Green are 4-6 on the season and 3-4 in non-conference action, falling their last time out 4-0 to Maine on Tuesday afternoon
• Dartmouth will take on Yale at home on Saturday before facing off with the Huskies Sunday afternoon
• Katie Spanos is the leading goal scorer for the Big Green this year putting in five goals on the season while adding an assist
• In goal, Hailey Valerio has played the majority of minutes making 78 saves and allowing 30 goals for a 2.99 GAA on 190 shots faced
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH
Northeastern leads, 13-2
- Amongst the Ivies
- The Huskies will face off against their third Ivy League program (on their fourth Ivy League field) this year when they take on Dartmouth on Sunday
- Since the Huskies began as a varsity program in 1980, they have competed against an Ivy League opponent in every season, except for 1981
- This season, NU will face off against three different Ivies for the second-straight season and will check another Ivy League competitor off of their list when they take on Columbia for the first time
- The Huskies are playing on their fourth Ivy League field, and second of the week, after facing Bryant on Brown University's campus earlier this week
Northeastern vs. Ivy League teams
| Brown |
18-4 |
| Columbia |
1-0 |
| Cornell |
Never Met |
| Dartmouth |
13-2 |
| Harvard |
24-14 |
| Princeton |
2-3 |
| Penn |
1-0 |
| Yale |
5-0 |
| Total |
64-23 |
- And one more thing…
• With the Ivy League's new partnership with ESPN, both of the Huskies' games this weekend will take place on ESPN+, ESPN's new subscription service
• There is a seven-day free trial available
here
• Then the subscription will cost you $4.99 a month, happy watching!
