Caroline Kelly save vs. Maine
Matt Woolverton
2
Maine MAINE (8-7)
5
Winner Boston University BU (11-4)
Maine MAINE
(8-7)
2
Final
5
Boston University BU
(11-4)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Maine MAINE 0 0 1 1 2
Boston University BU 0 2 2 1 5

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Downs No. 23 Maine, 5-2

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.
UP NEXT
  • The Terriers return to action on Sunday (Oct. 23) when they visit No. 21 Boston College.
  • Game time is set for 1p.m.
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