BOSTON—The Boston University women's soccer team finishes its regular season schedule on Saturday against Navy at Nickerson Field. The five seniors will be honored prior to the start of the match, which is slated for 1 p.m. and will be aired live on the Patriot League Network.
THE MIDSHIPMEN
With a 4-3-1 conference record this season, Navy has already clinched a spot in the Patriot League Tournament. The Mids average just under two goals per game this season and have a knack for drawing fouls in the box as they have five penalty kick goals on the season.
Clare MacAdam leads the team with 17 points this season, scoring six goals and helping on five. Rachel Feldman isn't far behind with 16 points on the season and leads the team with seven goals. Dayton Wetherby is the team's go-to goalie and has a 7-8-2 record on the season. She has posted a 1.54 goals against average and .671 save percentage this year.
CLEAN SHEETS
The Terriers won four-straight conference contest by way of the shut out, defeating American, Colgate, Loyola Maryland and Lafayette without allowing a single goal. The BU defense allowed just 2.5 shots on net per game throughout these contests and
Bridget Conway and
Hannah Ciolek, who split equal minutes in goal, stopped all 10 shots that came their way. Conway has not allowed a goal in the last seven games, including the last three outings against Harvard, Lehigh and Holy Cross, during which she played the first half.
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 this weekend, the combined winning percentage of the 10 teams the Terriers began the season against is 67 percent (94-43-15). The 10 teams have collectively lost just 43 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.
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