Dukes Drop Road Contest To Northeastern

Sunday, October 21

Boston, Mass.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

(4-10, 1-3CAA)

Northeastern

(7-9, 3-1CAA)

James Madison

Northeastern

10/21/2018 3:13:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

BOSTON, Mass.– With under a minute remaining, Northeastern scored to defeat James Madison 3-2. This snapped a four-game win streak the Dukes held against the Huskies.

Northeastern (7-9, 3-1) controlled the ball late in the game with a 20-9 shot advantage over the Dukes (5-10, 1-3). The Huskies took six penalty corners in the game, while the Dukes were not awarded any.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
11:20 | Elfi de Rooij stole the ball from Northeastern and ran down the left side and shot the ball passed the goalie
53:12 | de Rooij scored her second goal of the game as there was a lot of chaos in the circle in front of the goal
NORTHEASTERN
30:12 | June Curry-Lindahl tied the game at one with a shot right in front of the cage
37:30 | Rachel Campbell takes a shot from the top of the circle with no defenders in front of her and it goes by Nelson
69:22 | Campbell scored her second goal of the game off the right side

GAME NOTES

Rachel Yeager picked up her first defensive save of the season and second of her career
Elfi de Rooij scored her fifth & sixth goal of the season while tallying her first multi-goal game
This was the first time since September 28, 2014 the Dukes were not awarded a penalty corner
The game marked the Dukes first loss at Northeastern since October 31, 2014
This was the sixth game this season JMU took under 10 shots
This marked the second straight game decided by a goal in the final two minutes

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Coach Morgan: "We played with heart today. I'm proud of the effort. This is a game of inches and the inch didn't fall our way today! We are all very disappointed but with such a youthful team, we are excited about the future!"

UP NEXT
JMU will host Towson at home on Friday, October 26 at 6 p.m.