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NEW YORK CITY – Almost five minutes into the overtime period, Columbia had the ball and had beaten almost all of the Northeastern field hockey players, hoping for an open field and a clean shot at goalkeeper
Julia Gluyas, but
Rachel Campbell was ready and waiting, and the senior defender stepped up, cleanly stole the ball, drove into the circle and drew a penalty corner, helping to set up the ultimate game winner.
Off of the corner,
June Curry-Lindahl inserted a pass while
Ffion Thompson made a clean stop to perfectly set up their classmate
Laura MacLachlan for the game-winning strike as Northeastern walked away with a 3-2 victory over Columbia Sunday afternoon.
The game marked the first overtime stanza of the season for the Huskies, as Northeastern improved to 2-4 on the year, while Columbia dropped to 3-3.
The goal was MacLachlan's first of the season, while Curry-Lindahl added a pair of scores on the day. Gluyas finished with five saves, including a couple big stops before the half.
Curry-Lindahl got the Huskies on the board first in the 10
th minute when she took a pass, dribbled down the middle and beat the keeper with a low shot to the back of the goal. The goal marked her fourth of the season and fourth-straight for the Huskies.
Just five minutes later, Columbia evened the score off of a penalty corner and the score ultimately remained tied at one at the half.
The Lions took advantage of another penalty corner opportunity early in the second half to take a 2-1 lead but with less than five minutes remaining in the game Curry-Lindahl evened the score. The senior, took the ball, dribbled around the circle, set herself up at the top left corner and ripped a backhanded shot into the net and past Columbia keeper Dempsey for the equalizer setting up the overtime period.
Just over five minutes into the overtime period, the MacLachlan netted her first goal of the season, and the game-winner for the Huskies as they finished the weekend off with a win.
The Huskies have a busy week ahead of them as they will take on three ranked teams, including a pair of top-10 opponents, at their home confines of Dedham Field. The week begins on Tuesday night when No. 9 Boston College heads just a little bit south for a 6 p.m. battle while the weekend slate begins on Friday night against No. 18 Maine Friday at 6 p.m. and rounds out against No. 7 Virginia on Sunday at Noon.
As always admission to Dedham Field is free for everyone.
