Van Hellemont's Last-Second Goal Pushes The Dragons Past Northeastern, 3-2

Friday, October 23

Philadelphia, Pa.

3 p.m.

Drexel University

(13-3)

Northeastern

(6-8)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Northeastern	0	0	2	0	2
Drexel	2	0	0	1	3

10/23/2026 6:14:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – The Dragons won dramatically on Friday afternoon, as Valentine Van Hellemont scored as time expired to push Drexel past Northeastern and secure their spot in the CAA tournament. With this win the Dragons move to 13-3 on the season and 4-1 in conference play.

BY THE NUMBERS
The Dragons outshot the Huskies 17-10 while putting 13 on net.
Drexel held the edge in penalty corners 7-4.
With the win, Drexel clinches a spot in the CAA tournament. This marks the 5th consecutive year the Dragons have qualified.
The Dragons hold the number 3 spot in goals per game in the country.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Dragons got to a quick start as Drexel would score twice in the opening frame. Nine minutes into the game, Nicole Enslin would insert a penalty corner; after a deflection, the ball would find Enslin, who fought for possession before finding room past the keeper to give the Dragons an early lead. Drexel would follow up three minutes later as, off a deflection, Lily Heyg attacked the ball before firing across the keeper and into the bottom left corner of the cage, putting the Dragons up 2.

Northeastern would respond with a dominant quarter of their own. The Huskies would come out of halftime in a 2-0 deficit. Northeastern would find the back of the cage as they caught the Dragons in a counterattack; the Huskies would get the ball to the middle of the circle before Alexandra Mega would find the back of the cage. Northeastern would earn a penalty stroke with four minutes remaining in the quarter. Camile Armaganian would take the stroke for the Huskies and score.

The Dragons and the Huskies enter the 4th quarter tied. Both teams exchanged penalty corners and attacking changes, but neither team broke through. As time was expiring in the game, the Dragons drew a penalty corner with six seconds remaining. Valentine Van Hellemont would insert for Drexel; the ball would find Cato Nackaerts, whose shot was deflected. The ball would end up right in front of the Northeastern net as Van Hellemont would hit it over the line as time expired to give the Dragons a walk-off victory.

UP NEXT
The Dragons return to Buckley Field on Sunday, October 25th, for their last home regular season game against La Salle. The game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.