The women's ice hockey team celebrates a goal
Matt Woolverton

Terriers to Face No. 10 UConn on Friday

February 3, 2022

Boston University (10-10-4, 9-6-3 HE) vs. #10 UConn (20-6-2, 14-5-2 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, Feb. 4 - 7 p.m. 
Venue: Walter Brown Arena - Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierWHockey

Looking to avenge a pair of one-goal losses earlier this season, Boston University hosts No. 10 UConn on Friday. BU is currently sixth in the Hockey East standings with a points percentage of .556.

SERIES HISTORY

  • BU is 29-14-7 all-time against the Huskies, including a 13-7-4 record at Freitas Ice Forum and a 15-7-3 record at Walter Brown Arena.
  • The Terriers swept UConn last season but dropped both ends of a home-and-home earlier this season.
  • Dating back to a victory over the Huskies in the 2010 Hockey East title game, BU is 26-5-4 against UConn.

EARLIER THIS SEASON  

  • BU suffered a pair of one-goal setbacks in a home-and-home weekend against UConn on Nov. 5-6.
  • Senior Courtney Correia scored in a 2-1 road loss on Friday before the Terriers fell, 1-0, at home the following day.
  • Junior Julia Nearis and sophomore Tamara Giaquinto assisted on Correia's goal.
  • Senior Kate Stuart made 60 saves over the weekend, including 33 on Friday.

CURRENT ROSTER VS. UCONN

  • Courtney Correia (3g, 2a) and Mackenna Parker (1g, 3a) have combined for nine points in three-plus seasons against the Huskies.
  • Julia Nearis has tallied one goal and two assists against UConn while Emma Wuthrich has also lit the lamp.
  • Goaltender Kate Stuart made her first two starts against UConn earlier this season and allowed a combined three goals.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

  • UConn is having one of its best seasons in program history, hitting the 20-win mark in just 28 contests.
  • The Huskies are coming off a 2-1 road win at Holy Cross on Sunday and currently stand in third place in the Hockey East standings with a points percentage of .667.
  • The Huskies are paced by a quintet of graduate students who came back for a fifth year.  
  • Two of them - Natalie Snodgrass (10g, 13a) and Morgan Wabick (9g, 14a) - share the team lead with 23 points apiece.
  • Senior Vicki Harkness is right behind 22 points on 10 goals and 12 assists.
  • In goal, senior Samantha Carpentier-Yelle and freshman Megan Warrener have shared time but Warrener has emerged as the top option with an impressive .944 save percentage and 1.21 goals-against average.

TUESDAY AT THE BEANPOT

  • BU is coming off a 4-1 loss to No. 6 Harvard in the Beanpot semifinals on Tuesday.
  • The teams entered the third period in a 1-1 deadlock before back-to-back goals by Harvard's Anne Bloomer pushed her team to the victory.
  • Senior Kate Stuart made a career-best 45 saves and sophomore Lacey Martin scored the lone goal for the Terriers, who were attempting to reach their fourth straight Beanpot final.
UP NEXT
  • The Terriers will travel to Chestnut Hill on Saturday (Feb. 5) to face Boston College.
  • Puck drop is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Conte Forum
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