No. 20 BU Defeats Holy Cross, 4-0, to Advance to PL Championship

Friday, November 3

Boston, MA

12 PM

Boston University

(12-7)

#4 Holy Cross (Semifinal)

(7-11)

Holy Cross

Boston University

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

No. 20 BU Defeats Holy Cross, 4-0, to Advance to PL Championship

November 3, 2017 | Field Hockey

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BOSTON - Four first-half goals helped propel the No. 20 Boston University field hockey team to a 4-0 win over Holy Cross in a Patriot League semifinal contest on Friday afternoon at New Balance Field.

With the win, the Terriers advance to Sunday's championship contest and will face either second-seeded American or third-seeded Bucknell at 12 p.m. This is the fifth straight year that BU has qualified for the Patriot League title game.

How It Happened

The teams battled to an even opening 15 minutes of the contest before the Terriers ripped off three goals in just over five minutes to take command of the contest.
Kiley Gallagher opened the scoring in the 15th minute off a penalty corner. She collected the insert from Kali Shumock and uncorked a bouncing shot past Marcia LaPlante.
Grace Boston quickly made it 2-0 in the 17th minute when she redirected a Kara Enoch shot into the back of the cage.
Maika Akroyd added a goal with just over 10 minutes to play in the first half. She took a pass from Petra Hall, dashed into the circle and fired the ball inside the left post for her fourth goal of the season.
Boston secured her second goal of the game and ninth of the season in the 28th minute. The Terriers first look during a penalty corner went wide, but Boston intercepted a Crusader clearing attempt and lifted a shot into the top left corner.

Game Notes

The Terriers outshot the Crusaders, 10-1, and had 26 shot attempts to just two for Holy Cross.,
BU also held an 8-0 edge in corners.
Freshman Millie Baker played the first half to earn the win and improve to 7-3 on the year.
Junior Kathleen Keegan came in at halftime and made one save to preserve the Terriers' fourth shutout of the season.
This was Boston's second multi-goal game of the season. She also scored twice against Lehigh on Oct. 21.

Up Next

BU awaits the winner of Friday's second semifinal between second-seeded American and third-seeded Bucknell.
The Terriers defeated both teams at home this year. They topped American, 2-1, on Oct. 7 and bested the Bison, 1-0, on Oct. 28.