Dukes Drop 2-1 Battle to Northeastern

Sunday, October 1

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

7-6-0, 2-2-0CAA

Northeastern

9-4-1, 3-0-1CAA

Northeastern

James Madison

10/1/2017 5:04:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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HARRISONBURG, Va. - Junior Steffi Page picked up her second goal of the season on Sunday afternoon, but a pair of first-half goals lifted Northeastern past James Madison, 2-1, in a Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer match at Sentara Park. The loss dropped JMU to 7-6 (2-2 CAA), while the Huskies improved to 9-4-1 (3-0-1 CAA).

All three goals were scored in the opening 31 minutes of the contest, as play was balanced throughout the afternoon. Northeastern edged the Dukes in shots, 13-12, while JMU had six corner kicks to the Huskies' five. Page racked up a match-high four shots on the day, while sophomore Haley Crawford and junior Brittany Borum each added three.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
26' | Page levelled the match at 1-1 with some quick work in the box. After taking a pass from sophomore Haley Crawford, Page made a quick turn and chipped a tightly-angled shot from the left side that ducked into the side netting for her second goal of the season.
Northeastern
3' | Nicole Gorman opened the scoring just 2:40 into the match after Valent Soares Gache fired a shot from 25 yards and the diving save caromed off the crossbar and fell to her feet just 10 yards out, allowing Gorman to make the easy finish.
31' | Chelsea Domond provided the eventual gamewinner just after the half-hour mark, burying a one-touch shot from six yards after Kayla Cappuzzo's low cross skirted between a defender's legs to put Northeastern back up, 2-1.

MATCH NOTES
- The Dukes tallied double-digit shots in a match for the 11th time in their 13 matches this season and have not had fewer than eight shots in any contest. Dating back to 2016, the Dukes have posted double-digit shots in 27 of their last 29 matches.
- With her assist on the Dukes' lone goal, sophomore Haley Crawford has now recorded at least a point in nine of JMU's 13 contests in 2017. She leads JMU with 15 points, which puts her in third in the CAA.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Olivia Miller picked up four saves on Sunday, while Nathalie Nidetch only needed to notch a pair for Northeastern.

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JMU Women's Soccer alumni from the 28 years of the program joined the Dukes on campus for Alumni Weekend and took part in a halftime recognition.

QUOTING COACH LOMBARDO
"This was a tough result for us. After conceding the early goal, our play was very even throughout the match. Northeastern is an experienced team and very dynamic; the difference today was finishing. Both sides had good chances, but they did a little bit better job of finishing theirs. Our focus is now on Charleston on Thursday. We have to get back in the plus column and make certain that we qualify for the CAA Tournament."

CAA STANDINGS
Hofstra | 4-0-0 (12)
Northeastern | 3-0-1 (10)
Drexel | 2-1-1 (7)
James Madison | 2-2-0 (6)
Delaware | 2-2-0 (6)
Elon | 1-2-1 (4)
UNCW | 1-2-1 (4)
Towson | 1-2-0 (3)
College of Charleston | 0-2-1 (1)
William & Mary | 0-3-1 (1)

UP NEXT
The Dukes will remain at home for the first portion of the week, welcoming College of Charleston to Sentara Park for a 7 p.m. matchup on Thursday, Oct. 5. On Sunday, the Cougars dropped a 2-1 double-overtime heartbreaker to Elon to fall to 5-5-1 (0-2-1 CAA) and sits in ninth place in the league table.