Field Hockey Downs No. 23 Maine, 5-2

Tuesday, October 18

at BC - Newton, MA

6 PM

Boston University

(11-4)

Maine

(8-7)

Maine

Boston University

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

October 18, 2022 | Field Hockey

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NEWTON, Mass. - Sophomore Payton Anderson recorded a hat trick, junior Tess Csejka tallied two goals and senior Caroline Kelly turned a 12-save performance as the Boston University field hockey team posted a 5-2 win over No. 23 Maine on Tuesday evening at Newton Campus Field.

Anderson scored twice in the first half to give the Terriers a 2-0 lead at the break. Csejka pushed the lead to 4-0 with a pair of third-quarter goals before Maine got on the board.

BU snapped Maine's 10-game win streak, which was the second-longest in the country this season, to improve to 8-7 on the year while Black Bears move to 11-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers came out strong out of the gate and quickly tested the Maine defense.
BU had five shots in the opening quarter, with four of them on goal, and earned five corners but the teams headed into the second quarter scoreless.
The Terriers found their groove on corners in the second, securing two of them and scoring on both to take a 2-0 lead.
Anderson opened the scoring at the 17:55 mark when she found the boards from the top of the circle with assists going to graduate student Casey Thompson and Steenssens.
BU drew a corner in the final minute of the opening half and used it to double its lead.
Once again, the play was set up for Anderson and she came through with a perfectly placed shot to the left boards off assists by freshman Megan Wetzel and Steenssens.
Csejka converted a pair of chances at the left post in the third quarter to give the Terriers their largest lead of the season.
In the 38th minute, Steenssens executed a give-and-go with Thompson on the right side before sending a bouncing shot to the far post that Csejka batted in right after it was elevated off a Maine stick.
Just over six minutes later, Csejka made it a 4-0 contest with help from senior Ellie McIntyre and sophomore Ella Rottinghaus.
McIntyre sent in an entry ball from the right side that Rottinghaus directed towards the cage, then Csejka got a touch on it before Maine goalkeeper Mia Borley could push it away, allowing the junior striker to punch it in to complete the first two-goal game of her career.
Maine found its game and went on a spurt, scoring late in third and early in the fourth off corners.
Off a corner in the final minute of the third, Chloe Walton redirected a shot by Poppy Lambert to the back of the cage off a corner to make it 4-1.
The Black Bears capitalized off another corner early in the fourth as Lambert scored off assists by Madisyn Hartley and Tereza Holubcova, cutting the BU lead to 4-2.
Anderson capped her first career hat trick with 1:17 to play off a corner with helpers going to Thompson and Steenssens.

GAME NOTES

Steenssens recorded four assists, one off the school record.
Wetzel's assist was her first career point.
BU held a 10-6 advantage in corners for the contest while the visitors had a 20-17 edge in shots.
McIntyre and classmate Rachel Borzymowski recorded back-to-back defensive saves late in the third quarter.
Borley made seven saves for the Black Bears.

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