Huskies overpower Quinnipiac, 3-1
Sept. 11, 2009
Quinnipiac Field Hockey Complex (Hamden, Conn.)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Northeastern (2-2) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Quinnipiac (1-1) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Goals from Pam Aldridge, Kaela Barker and Crystal Poland helped the Northeastern University Huskies to a 3-1 victory over the Quinnipiac Bobcats at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey Complex on Friday.
The Huskies thoroughly dominated the affair, outshooting the Bobcats by a 27-5 count, including a 14-0 margin in the first half.
Aldridge opened the scoring with her first goal of the season at the 25:36 mark of the first half. Taking advantage of the space afforded to her by the Quinnipiac defense, Aldridge dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and fired a laser past Quinnipiac keeper Jenna Grossman to give the Huskies the lead.
Barker doubled the advantage early in the second half with a shot through traffic from the right side.
Quinnipiac did not go quietly, however. Less than two minutes after Barker's goal, senior Bonnie Shea cut the Husky lead in half with a strike off a penalty corner.
The Northeastern defense took over from there. Over the final 21 minutes, the Husky D did not allow a shot on goal as Quinnipiac desperately tried to tie the game.
With just 19 seconds to play, the Huskies salted the game away for good as Poland beat Grossman off a feed from junior Meg Sweeney.
The Huskies return to action this Sunday at 2 p.m. against Boston University at Sweeney Field.
Field Hockey Box Score (Final) 2009 Northeastern Field Hockey Northeastern vs Quinnipiac (Sep 11, 2009 at Hamden, Conn.) Northeastern (2-2) vs. Goals by period 1 2 Tot Quinnipiac (0-2) ------------------------------- Date: Sep 11, 2009 Attendance: 125 Northeastern........ 1 2 - 3 Weather: Cloudy, light to heavy rain, high 50's Quinnipiac.......... 0 1 - 1 Northeastern Quinnipiac Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A DS Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A DS --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- GK 1 Priest, Lizzie...... - - - - - GK 2 GROSSMAN, Jenna..... - - - - - 3 Sweeney, Meg........ 1 - - 1 - 4 WATKINS, Tina....... - - - - - 4 Poland, Crystal..... 7 5 1 - - 5 LONGACRE, Brandy.... - - - - - 6 Barker, Kaela....... 4 3 1 - - 9 SHEA, Bonnie........ 2 2 1 - - 8 Conti, Allison...... - - - - - 12 ADAMS, Cassie....... - - - - - 10 Graham, Nicola...... 3 - - - - 13 NOTARIANNI, Kaitlyn. 1 - - - - 11 Malloy, Carolyn..... 5 3 - - - 20 MCCREEDY, Megan..... 1 - - 1 - 14 Aldridge, Pam....... 4 2 1 - - 21 GRADWELL, Ashley.... - - - - - 15 Quinn, Keelin....... - - - - - 25 VAN NOSTRAND, Katie. - - - - - 18 Stuhlmann,Anne-Rieke 1 - - - - 32 GRADY, Christine.... - - - - - 21 Hewlett, Montana.... - - - - - 33 HARTNETT, Lauren.... 1 1 - 1 - ---------- Substitutes ---------- ---------- Substitutes ---------- 7 Norell, Emily....... - - - - - 8 ZIMNISKI, Lauren.... - - - - - 17 Clayman, Annie...... 2 2 - - - 10 MARINA, Liz......... - - - - - Totals.............. 27 15 3 1 0 18 ENGELKE, Kristin.... - - - - - 23 LIPTAK, MacKenzie... - - - - - Totals.............. 5 3 1 2 0 Northeastern Quinnipiac ## Player MIN GA Saves ## Player MIN GA Saves --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 1 Priest, Lizzie...... 70:00 1 2 2 GROSSMAN, Jenna..... 70:00 3 12 Shots by period 1 2 Tot Saves by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- ------------------------------- Northeastern........ 14 13 - 27 Northeastern........ 0 2 - 2 Quinnipiac.......... 0 5 - 5 Quinnipiac.......... 5 7 - 12 Penalty corners 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Northeastern........ 6 5 - 11 Quinnipiac.......... 0 4 - 4 SCORING SUMMARY: GOAL Time Team Goal Scorer Assists Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 25:36 NU Aldridge, Pam (1) Unassisted dribbled into, shot from top of zone 2. 46:29 NU Barker, Kaela (1) Unassisted shot from the right side of the net, thr 3. 48:15 QU SHEA, Bonnie (1) MCCREEDY, Megan; HARTNETT, Lauren shot off a corner to the lower right cor 4. 69:41 NU Poland, Crystal (3) Sweeney, Meg shot from just to the left of the goal. PLAYER CARDS: GC-NU #14 (44:31); GC-NU #15 (45:23) Officials: Rick Nelson; Leslie Loeb; Timekeeper: Jacquelyn Collins; Scorer: Ken Sweeten
