| Match Information: Northeastern (7-5) vs. Bryant (2-12) |
| When |
Sunday, Oct. 20 | 1 p.m. |
| Where |
Dedham, Mass. | Dedham Field |
| Broadcast & Statistics |
Stats | Video |
| Game Notes |
Northeastern (PDF) |
| Social Media |
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BOSTON– The Northeastern field hockey team is back in action at home on Sunday, October 20 when they play host to Bryant at 1 p.m. on Dedham Field.
The game is a Howlin' Huskies Production and can be found
here.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
- Taking a look at the competition
HUSKIES VS. BRYANT
- Northeastern and Bryant will square off for the third-straight season, the third time in program history, and the first time on on of the team's home turfs
- In 2017, 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
- Last year the Huskies blanked Bryant 3-0
- Bryant is 2-12 on the season, beginning the season with nine-straight losses before picking up a win over Lehigh
- The Bulldogs recently earned a 4-0 victory against Wagner and will face Sacred Heart on the road Friday night before taking on the Huskies Sunday
- Taryn Rauff leads the team with four goals while Marijn Jaarsma has played the majority of the time between the pipes allowing 31 goals in 821 minutes for a 2.27 GAA making 77 saves
- Northeastern vs. The Northeast (Conference)
- Bryant marks the third opponent from the Northeast Conference that the Huskies will face this season
- The Huskies took on NEC opponents in back-to-back games back at the end of September starting off with a victory against Merrimack and finishing with a win over #23 Fairfield
- In those two contests the Huskies outscored their NEC foes 13-3, including a 7-0 shutout of Merrimack and a 6-3 win over the Stags, the team's first victory over a top-25 opponent since 2014
- In two contests against the Bulldogs the Huskies are outscoring Bryant 11-1
- Last time out
- The Huskies had just one contest last week and actually have had nine days off between contests after taking on Towson on the road Friday afternoon
- On Friday, NU got out to a quick 1-0 lead in the 10th minute, but the Tigers were able to even the score before the half
- It was Angela Connolly who finished with the game-winning goal in the 54th minute of action, her first goal of the season, as the Huskies left Maryland with their first CAA win of the year
