Terriers Trek to Iowa to Face No. 5 Hawkeyes, Saint Louis

Friday, September 2

Iowa City, IA

3 PM CT

Boston University

Iowa

Ellie McIntyre, Mikayla Crowley, Natalie Epperson

Photo by: Julian Zhu

Terriers Trek to Iowa to Face No. 5 Hawkeyes, Saint Louis

September 1, 2022 | Field Hockey

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Boston University (1-1) at #5 Iowa (1-1)
Date & Time: Friday, Sept. 2 | 4 p.m. ET

Boston University vs. Saint Louis (0-2)
Date & Time: Saturday, Sept. 3 | 2 p.m. ET

Venue: Christine Grant Field | Iowa City, Iowa
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierFH

IOWA CITY, Iowa - The Boston University field hockey team (1-1) returns to action on Friday (Sept. 2) when it visits No. 5 Iowa. The Terriers will stay in Iowa City to face Saint Louis in a neutral-site contest on Saturday (Sept. 3). Friday's contest will start at 4 p.m. ET while the game against the Billikens will begin at 2 p.m. ET.

The Terriers are coming off an opening-weekend split, earning a 2-1 win over Providence before falling at UNH, 5-2.

TERRIER TIDBITS

The Terriers will be making their first trip to the Central time zone since a visit to Northwestern in 2018.
BU opened its season on Aug. 26 with a 2-1 home victory over Providence.
The win over the Friars included a three-hour, 22-minute weather delay.
BU's road opener took place on Aug. 28 at New Hampshire with the Wildcats earning a 5-2 win.
Junior Tess Csejka scored a goal in each contest and helped to set up senior Mikayla Crowley's goal against UNH.
Sophomore Payton Anderson, who moved from forward to back, got the game winner against the Friars.
Freshman Martu Coulo caused a turnover that led to Csejka's goal against the Friars and then picked up her first collegiate point with an assist versus the Wildcats.
Senior Caroline Kelly made seven combined saves in the two contests.

SCOUTING IOWA

The Hawkeyes are coming off a 2022 season that saw them capture the Big Ten regular-season championship and earn the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA tournament before falling in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Iowa opened the 2022 season with a 2-1 road win at Wake Forest in double overtime.
The Hawkeyes stayed in Winston-Salem and dropped a 3-2 overtime contest against No. 2 North Carolina on Sunday.
Junior Alex Wesneski scored a goal in both games while sophomore Annika Herbine provided the double-overtime winner in the opener.
Ciara Smith, one of seven fifth-year players on the roster, is the leading returning scorer after putting up 21 points on the strength of a team-best 10 goals last season.
Fifth-year goalkeeper Grace McGuire is in her third year as the team's primary starter and earned NFHCA All-America Second Team honors in 2021.

SERIES HISTORY

BU and Iowa met last season for the first time since 2009 and the Hawkeyes earned a 4-0 win at New Balance Field.
The Terriers have won just one of their 10 meetings with the Hawkeyes.
BU's lone victory against Iowa was a big one, coming by way of a 1-0 double-overtime contest in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

SCOUTING SAINT LOUIS

The Billikens opened their season with two games at Michigan State and fell to Central Michigan, 2-0, before dropping a 6-1 contest to the Spartans.
Freshman Olivia French scored the team's lone goal on opening weekend.
SLU was picked eighth in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll.
Senior Demi Sahuleka returns after leading the 2021 team in points (13) and assists (5).
Graduate student Sasha Sander is back for her fourth season as the team's primary netminder.

SERIES HISTORY