BOSTON – For just the second time in program history, the Northeastern field hockey team will face off against Bryant, this time closer to their home turf when the two teams meet on the campus of Brown University Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m.
Last year against Bryant, the Huskies defeated Bryant 8-1, the largest victory over an opponent since the 2006 season, and in doing so, helped Cheryl Murtagh to her 400
th career victory.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
- What happened the last time out you ask?
- The Huskies had just one game last weekend, but they made the most of it with a 5-2 victory over Hofstra to improve to 2-1 in conference play
- After the Pride got out to a 1-0 lead, the Huskies evened the score with a Kellie Stigas goal
- Hofstra went up 2-1, and Laura MacLachlan once again tied things up, to head to halftme at two-all
- Northeastern shut out the Pride in the second half and netted three unanswered goals (Camille O'Conor, Jamie Chebuske, Lexie Dunleavy) in the second half to come away with their second-straight 5-2 CAA victory
- Time for a Dogfight
HUSKIES VS. BULLDOGS
• Northeastern and Bryant will square off for the second-straight season, the second time in program history, and the second time at a neutral site
• This will also mark the second Tuesday game of the year for the Huskies
• Last season, the Huskies recorded their first 8-1 victory of the year against Bryant, the first win of the season for Northeastern and the 400th of Cheryl Murtagh's career
BRYANT IN 2018
• The Bulldogs are 2-11 on the season, with both of those wins coming in non-conference action
• After a five-game losing streak to start the season, the Bulldogs earned their first win of the year at Hofstra (1-0) on Sept. 9 also coming back with a 2-0 win at Colgate
• Bryant enters the game on a five-game losing streak and has only scored three goals during that time
• The leading goal scorer for the Bulldogs is Ally Burdick who has netted three goals on the year while Leyna DiMarco and Emily Perryman have added a pair
• In goal, Marijn Jaarsma has played the majority of the time between the pipes allowing 27 goals in nearly 800 minutes for a 2.39 GAA making 93 saves
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH BRYANT
Northeastern leads, 1-0
- Between the pipes
- Sophomore Julia Gluyas has played and started in all 12 games this season in goal for the Huskies
- After earning about half of the starts in goal in her freshman campaign, Gluyas has taken the opportunity and made the most of it allowing 30 goals for a 2.59 GAA while making a career-best 65 saves (so far) on 138 shots faced in 2018
- Combined with her 58 saves last season, Gluyas has already gone over the century mark for career saves with 123 ...and counting
