BOSTON, Mass. – No. 25 William & Mary field hockey jumped out to an early lead but couldn't hold on down the stretch, falling 5-1 to Northeastern at Dedham Field on Friday afternoon. The Huskies scored five straight, including four second-half goals, and held a 19-6 shot advantage.
Senior
Lauren Curran got the Tribe (7-7, 1-3 CAA) on the board at the 2:53 mark of the first quarter, converting a penalty corner for her team-leading ninth goal of the season. Junior
Allison Goodwin and graduate student
Aidan Rossman notched the assists.
Northeastern (3-10, 2-0 CAA) answered in the waning minutes of the frame when Maria Armaganian scored on a penalty stroke to knot the game at 1-all.
Coming out of halftime, the Huskies continued to control tempo, pressuring the Green and Gold defense. Just over five minutes into the third, Emmy Stubbs gave Northeastern a lead it would never surrender, scoring off an assist from Armaganian. Anna-Kate Domingue then padded the Northeastern lead in the 42nd minute.
Stubbs recorded her second of the game in the 54th minute, with a low shot into the left corner, before Emilia Adragna rounded out the Huskies scoring as the clock wound down.
Offensively, the Tribe had a number of chances, drawing three consecutive penalty corners in the fourth quarter, but could not find the back of the cage. Junior goalkeeper
Maddie George finished with five saves.
Scoring Summary
3' | W&M –
Lauren Curran (
Allison Goodwin and
Aidan Rossman)
13' | NU – Maria Armaganian
36' | NU – Emmy Stubbs (Maria Armaganian)
42' | NU – Anna-Kate Domingue (Emmy Stubbs)
54' | NU – Emmy Stubbs
59' | NU – Emilia Adragna
Starters
W&M - #1 George (GK), #3 Domovich, #5 Snead, #6 Rossman, #8 Friedman, #9 McGaughey, #12 Moon, #14 Billingham, #17 Miller, #21 Goodwin, #33 Curran
Northeastern – #29 Kennedy (GK), #2 Stubbs, #6 Taylor, #7 Coyle, #8 Armaganian, #9 Cotter, #11 Baisdell, #14 Sweeney, #15 Adragna, #18 Hart, #19 Graves
Up Next
The Tribe makes the trip to Long Island for a Sunday afternoon tilt against Hofstra. The match is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. and will be broadcast on FloLive.
