BOSTON – The Northeastern University men's soccer team (1-4-6, 0-3-1 CAA) returns to action this Saturday, October 12^th as the Huskies travel to Mount Pleasant, S.C. to take on the College of Charleston (7-4-1, 2-1-1 CAA) at 1 p.m. NU returns home the following Tuesday, October 15^th for its final non-conference game of the season, facing Dartmouth (4-4-2, 1-1-0 IVY) at 6 p.m. at Parsons Field. Both games will stream on FloFC, while Tuesday's game will be simulcast on NESN+.
 
 
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:

1. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE

In a match up of high-power offense vs. rock-solid defense, the Huskies will face off with the Cougars on Saturday in a battle between one the CAA's best offenses and one if its best defenses. The Huskies rank third in the conference (38^th in the NCAA) in team GAA, while Charleston have tallied the seventh-most total goals in the country (26).
 

2. SHUTOUT STREAK

Goalkeeper Colby Hegarty, who owns the 17^th-lowest individual goals-against average in the country, was recently on a lengthy shutout streak that ended last Tuesday at New Hampshire after shutting out the Wildcats for 84 minutes. In total, his shutout streak lasted 280 minutes, including two back-to-back shutouts in between his last two goals allowed. He has three of Northeastern's four shutouts on the year.
 

3. A LONG TIME COMING

The Huskies will face off with the Big Green of Dartmouth for the first time since 2016, a match in which Dartmouth took by a score of 2-0. This will be just the eighth all-time meeting between the two programs. The Big Green and Huskies have played two common opponents this season, with Dartmouth grabbing a 2-1 win over Merrimack and securing a 0-0 draw with UNH.
 

After next Tuesday, the Huskies stay home for another CAA Saturday at Parsons, hosting Delaware on Saturday, October 19^th at 1 p.m.