No. 24 Terriers Fall Short at No. 5 Princeton, 3-1

Sunday, September 30

Princeton, NJ

1 PM

Boston University

(7-4)

Princeton

(8-3)

Boston University

Princeton

No. 24 Terriers Fall Short at No. 5 Princeton, 3-1

September 30, 2018 | Field Hockey

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PRINCETON, N.J. - Despite holding the Princeton attack to just eight shots, the No. 24 Boston University field hockey team dropped a 3-1 contest to the fifth-ranked Tigers on Sunday afternoon at Bedford Field.

Sophomore Ailsa Connolly scored the final goal of the game for the Terriers, who move to 7-4 on the season. Princeton improves to 8-3.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Princeton scored early in each half with the latter tally giving the home team a 3-0 lead in the 37th minute.
BU scored at 43:24 when Connolly took a pass from junior Kiley Gallagher and fired in a shot from the left side to the far boards.
The Terriers did not give up a corner in the second half but the three-goal deficit to too much to overcome.
Just 1:20 into the game, Jane Donio-Enscoe controlled the ball in the left side of the circle and found Clara Roth for a redirect at the near post to give the Tigers a quick 1-0 lead.
Princeton doubled its lead at 13:53 when Sophia Tornetta attacked along the base line on the left side and slid a pass to the right post, where the ball bounced around before Taylor Nolan punched it in.
The Tigers converted on a restart at 36:53 as an entry ball from Hannah Davey glazed off the stick of Ali McCarthy and in to provide a three-goal cushion.

GAME NOTES

BU held a 3-2 advantage in penalty corners.
Princeton had eight shots – just one more than their season low – while the Terriers recorded six shots.
Senior goalkeeper Kathleen Keegan had one save for the Terriers while Grace Baylis also had one stop for the Tigers.
All four of BU's losses this season have come against ranked teams.

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