The No. 24 Boston University field hockey team will look to remain undefeated in Patriot League play when it visits Bucknell on Saturday (Oct. 13). Game time at Graham Field is set for 11 a.m.
The Terriers are at the top of the Patriot League standings with a record of 3-0 and stand 7-5 overall. The Bison are 7-5 overall and 2-1 in conference play.
BU is looking to rebound from losses to No. 5 Princeton and No. 11 Harvard while Bucknell has alternated wins and losses over their past seven contests, most recently earning a 1-0 home win over Yale last Sunday.
The Terriers are 10-1 all-time against the Bison, including a 2-1 win in last year's Patriot League title game. Bucknell's lone victory in the series came in 2014.
This year's Bucknell team is led offensively by junior Brittany Willwerth, who has 17 points on seven goals and a trio of assists. Senior back Lexi Quick is right behind with 16 points on five goals and six assists while senior Nicole Rupnik has added 14 points on the strength of six goals.
Junior Olivia Harris has played every minute in goal this season for the Bison and sports a 1.46 goals-against average and a .763 save percentage, which both rank second in the conference.
The sophomore New Zealand duo of
Ailsa Connolly and
Petra Hall has been dynamic for the Terriers with the strikers tied atop the team's scoring chart with six goals and two assists each. Senior back
Ally Hammel has 11 points, including a squad-best five assists, and fellow senior
Kara Enoch has registered eight points on three goals and two assists. Eight other Terriers have scored a goal, including all four freshmen.
Senior
Kathleen Keegan has started all 12 contests in goal this season and has a goals-against average of 1.99.
