Terriers Finish Non-Conference Schedule At Harvard

Tuesday, October 11

Cambridge, MA

7 PM

Boston University

Harvard

Photo by: Tim Carey

Terriers Finish Non-Conference Schedule At Harvard

October 10, 2016 | Women's Soccer

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Women's Soccer at Harvard
Date & Time	Tuesday, Oct. 11 \| 7 p.m.
Venue	Jordan Field \| Cambridge, Mass.
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BOSTON—The Boston University women's soccer team wraps up its non-conference schedule on Tuesday night when the Terriers head to Harvard for a 7 p.m. game against the Crimson on Jordan Field.

THE CRIMSON
Harvard is undefeated in the team's last six contests, beating Providence, New Hampshire, Villanova, Penn and Yale before most recently tying with Cornell, 0-0, on Saturday. Margaret Purce leads the team with nine goals so far this season while Leah Mohammadi has a team-best three assists. Lizzie Durack has seen the most time in net this season, starting seven games and playing in nine. She has a .750 save percentage and 0.97 goals against average so far this year.

CLEAN SHEETS
The Terriers have won the last four contest by way of the shut out, defeating American, Colgate, Loyola Maryland and Lafayette without allowing a single goal. The BU defense has allowed just 2.5 shots on net per game throughout these contests and Bridget Conway and Hannah Ciolek, who split equal minutes in goal, have stopped all 10 shots that have come their way.

DOMINATING THE WEEK
With two wins last week, BU had two Terriers represented in the Patriot League weekly awards, the conference released last Monday. Rachel Blauner was named the Defender of the Week while Jesse Shreck took home Midfielder of the week honors. This was the first time a BU player has earned an award since the first week of the season, when Rachel Bloznalis was named Defender of the Week following excellent contests against Arizona State and Connecticut.

TERRIERS START WITH TOUGH SLATE
Boston University began its season with one of the most difficult schedules in all of Division I women's soccer, which included two top-25 teams, No. 15 Connecticut and No. 18 Virginia Tech. Going into last weekend, the combined winning percentage of the 10 teams the Terriers began the season against is an astonishing 69.6 percent (81-32-12). The 10 teams have collectively lost just 32 games at this point in the season. BU also faced three opponents for the first time in program history during the first eight games, including VT, Cincinnati and Arizona State.

BU SELECTED AS PATRIOT LEAGUE FAVORITE
For the fourth straight year, the Terriers were chosen to win the Patriot League title. BU was tabbed for the fourth straight crown by the league's coaches and sports information directors in the annual preseason poll. BU totaled 16 first-place votes and 160 total points in the poll, the most the team has ever received. Last year's runner-up, Bucknell, grabbed the remaining four first-place nods and was picked to finish second this season.

RECORD FOUR TERRIERS NAMED ALL-PL
After starting the last three straight seasons with two Terriers named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team, a record four earned the honor this year with 2015 Rookie of the Year McKenna Doyle making the list alongside classmate Julianna Chen. Senior captains Rachel Blauner and Rachel Bloznalis also made the list and Bloznalis earned the added distinction of being picked as the Preseason Patriot League Defender of the Year. All four Terriers earned All-Patriot League Team honors last season and Bloznalis is the only returning first team member for this year.

CAPTAIN RACHEL(S)
Seniors Rachel Blauner and Rachel Bloznalis were named captains for the season. Blauner returns for a fifth year this season and serves as a captain for the second time. The pair form the backbone to the Terrier defensive unit this season. The three other seniors, Bridget Conway, Ellen Starnes and Erica Kosienski will also be called upon to guide the youngest Terriers in their final year in the program.

EIGHT NEWCOMERS JOIN THE FOLD
BU welcomes eight newcomers to the fold in 2016. Chloee Sagmoe will serve as an attacking midfielder this season while Ann Marie Jaworski and Jordan Bailey will be beside her in center midfield. The Terriers picked up two new defenders in Shannon Keefe and transfer student Royce Light, who comes to BU after playing her freshman year at NYU. With the loss of Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year Alyssa Parisi, the Terriers add Emma Heil between the posts. Rachel Kingston and Kelly Park round out the newcomers and will add to the attacking unit as forwards this season.

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