No. 14 UConn Field Hockey Defeats
No. 10 Northeastern 3-2
Sophomore Kristin Galuski scores pair of goals in win

Final Boxscore

BOSTON, Mass. (October 12, 2005) - Sophomore Kristin Galuski (Latham, N.Y.) scored a pair of goals as the No. 14 University of Connecticut field hockey team raced out to a 3-0 lead and held on for a 3-2 victory over No. 10 Northeastern on Wednesday afternoon in Boston.

Galuski scored her two goals over the opening 15:42 of the first half to give UConn a 2-0 lead. Freshman Jennifer Kleinhans (Mannheim, Germany) added her fourth tally of the season at the 27:25 mark of the opening period to increase the Connecticut advantage to 3-0.

Northeastern cut the margin to 3-1 prior to halftime on a goal by Lauren Edelmeier at 29:12. Northeastern’s Whitney Shean registered her team-leading 14th goal of the season at 51:50 in the second to round out the game’s scoring.

The win improves UConn’s overall mark on the year to 10-4, while Northeastern suffers its second loss of the season to drop to 13-2.

Laura Puddle (London, England) and Meagan Hoffmann (West Granby, Conn.) each recorded an assist for UConn in the victory.

No. 14 UConn will return to action with the final game of its current four-game road trip on Saturday, Oct. 15 at Rutgers. The BIG EAST contest is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. (ET) start in Piscataway, N.J.


Scoring Summary                1st    2nd    Final
No. 14 Connecticut (10-4)     3      0        3
No. 10 Northeastern (13-2)    1      1        2

UConn - Galuski, Kristin (9), 14:31
UConn - Galuski (10), 15:42 (Puddle, Laura)
UConn - Kleinhans, Jennifer (4), 27:25, (Hoffmann, Meagan)
NEast - Edelmeier, Lauren (8), 29:12 (Sigelais, Natalie; Shean, Whitney)
NEast - Shean (14), 51:50 (Edelmeier)


Statistical Summary        UConn      NEast
Shots                                12           2
Saves                                 0           3
Penalty Corners                    2           4