| Match Information: Northeastern (5-2) at #23 Fairfield (7-1) & at #21 Wake Forest (2-5) |
| When |
Friday, Sept. 27 | 4 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 29 | 1 p.m. |
| Where |
at Fairfield: Fairfield, Conn.. | University Field
at Wake Forest: Winston-Salem, N.C. | Kentner Stadium |
| Broadcast & Statistics |
at Fairfield: Stats | Video
at Wake Forest : Stats | Video |
| Game Notes |
Northeastern (PDF) |
| Social Media |
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BOSTON– The Northeastern field hockey team is headed out on a two-game road trip where they will face a couple of ranked opponents in No. 23 Fairfield and No. 21 Wake Forest this weekend.
Friday afternoon's game against the Stags will kick off at 4 p.m. and can be found
herewhile Sunday afternoon's meeting in Winston-Salem is an ACC Network Xtra and can be found
here.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
- Taking a look at the competition
HUSKIES VS. FAIRFIELD
- Northeastern and Fairfield will meet for the first time since the 2002 season on Friday afternoon
- The two teams have met three times in the past with Northeastern winning on all three occasions, in fact Fairfield hasn't ever scored a goal against the Huskies
| 9/17/83 |
Home |
W, 6-0 |
| 9/15/84 |
Away |
W, 2-0 |
| 10/13/02 |
Home |
W, 2-0 |
- The Stags are ranked for the first time since September 11, 2012, when they also stood 23rd in the nation after the team opened the year with a 4-2 record
- This season they are off to a 7-1 start
- After falling 3-0 to UMass-Lowell in the season opener, Fairfield has rallied off seven-straight wins heading into Friday's game
DEACS AND DOGS
- The Huskies and Demon Deacons have also met three times in the past, and Wake Forest has the upper hand winning all three of those instances
- This year's contest will mark the third time in the last four seasons the two teams will meet and the first time on the campus of Wake Forest
| 11/14/04 |
Neutral (NH) |
L, 2-4 |
| 10/23/16 |
Home |
L, 1-2 |
| 9/9/18 |
Home |
L, 3-4 |
- The Demon Deacons are off to a 2-5 start to the season, but have squared off against six ranked teams during that time
- The Deacs have picked up wins over Penn and #13 Liberty the last time out
- The will face Stanford on Friday night before their meeting with the Huskies Sunday
- Already this week
- The Huskies started off the three-game week with a 7-0 victory over Merrimack on Wednesday night
- Lauren Rowe picked up her second hat trick of the season just a few minutes into the second half netting her first two goals in the first half while her third goal came on a penalty stroke in the 32nd minute
- Alli Meehan, Kasidy Anderson, Lauren Brewster and Kelsie Stephenson also added goals in the victory
- Atop the Nation
- Seven games into the season, the Northeastern offense is on TOP of the national rankings
- As a team:
| Category |
Rank |
Value |
|
| Points per game |
1st |
12.71 |
2nd-UNC 12.57 |
| Goals per game |
1st |
4.71 |
2nd-UNC 4.57 |
| Assists per game |
3rd |
3.29 |
1st-Stanford 3.67 |
| Player |
Category |
Rank |
Value |
| Lauren Rowe |
Points per game |
1st |
4.00 |
|
Assists per game |
3rd |
1.14 |
|
Goals per game |
2nd |
1.43 |
