Terriers Open PL Play with 4-1 Victory over Lehigh

Saturday, September 17

at Harvard - Allston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

(3-4, 1-0)

Lehigh

(2-5, 0-1)

Lehigh

Boston University

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

Terriers Open PL Play with 4-1 Victory over Lehigh

September 17, 2022 | Field Hockey

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BOSTON - The Boston University field hockey team secured a victory in its Patriot League opener on Saturday, topping Lehigh by a score of 4-1 at Berylson Field.

Sophomore Payton Anderson scored two goals and freshman Amalia Preece tied the game with her first collegiate goal. Junior Tess Csejka capped the scoring with her team-leading fifth goal of the season.

BU improves to 3-4 overall and 1-0 in Patriot League play while the Mountain Hawks fall to 2-5 with an 0-1 conference mark.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Neither team scored in the first quarter but the Terriers held a 3-1 advantage in shots on goal.
The visitors opened the scoring in the 19th minute when Sarah Bonthuis intercepted a clearing pass and dribbled towards the left side of the circle, where she sent in a reverse-stick drive to the far corner.
The Terriers notched an equalizer less than two minutes later as freshman Martu Coulo kept the ball inbounds along the left side before sending it towards Preece, who redirected it to the top of the cage for her first goal as a Terrier.
After heading into halftime in a 1-1 deadlock, the Terriers came out flying in the third and ended up posting a 10-3 advantage in shots during the quarter.
The go-ahead goal came off a penalty stroke in the 35th minute as Lehigh netminder Maddie Kahn got a piece of Anderson's attempt but it was not enough to prevent it from going in.
BU continued to dominate play in the fourth and ended up with a pair of insurance goals.
Off a corner, senior Casey Thompson slid the ball across the top of the circle to Anderson, who flicked it to the top left of the cage at 46:34 for her second tally of the contest.
Thompson picked up another assist just over six minutes later when her entry ball from the right side was tipped in by Csejka by the near post.

GAME NOTES

BU has now won eight of its 10 Patriot League openers since joining the league in 2013.
The Terriers held a commanding 25-7 advantage in shots and put 20 of them on goal.
Kahn made a career-high 16 saves in goal for the Mountain Hawks.
The Terriers earned seven corners while allowing four.
Csejka ranks tied for second among Patriot League players in goals with five.
Thompson is now tied with senior Ellie McIntyre for the team lead in assists with three.

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