BOSTON - The Boston University women's ice hockey team came up short at home against UConn on Saturday afternoon as an early goal was the only scoring in a 1-0 contest at Walter Brown Arena.

The Terriers now stand at 5-3-3 on the year with a 4-2-3 Hockey East mark while the Huskies are now 10-1-0 following their home-and-home sweep and are now 6-1-0 in the league.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A turnover near their blue line proved costly for the Terriers as UConn's Natalie Snodgrass broke up a play in front of the BU bench and skated in before putting the puck off the crossbar and in 7:42 into the contest.
• Each team went on to have one power-play chance in the first but the penalty kill units were up to the task.
• Neither team was able to generate much offense in the middle period and the Huskies continued the 1-0 lead into the final period.
• After getting one more power-play opportunity in the second, the visitors got three more in the third but were unable to establish a multi-goal lead.
• BU mustered a few late chances but Samantha Carpentier-Yale finished off a 15-save shutout for the Huskies to complete the sweep.

GAME NOTES

• Senior Kate Stuart turned in a 27-save performance in goal for the Terriers.
• UConn had a sizeable advantage in power plays over the two-game series, earning nine chances with the player advantage while only giving up two.
• The Huskies had a 28-15 advantage in shots.
• UConn went 0-for-5 on the power play while BU was 0-for-1.
• The Terriers blocked 15 shots and got a team-best five from senior Mackenna Parker.

UP NEXT

• The Terriers will return to action on Thursday when they visit Worcester to kick off a home-and-home series with Holy Cross.
• Game times is set for 6 p.m.