Photo of women's soccer sophomore Margy Porta running towards a ball against Northeastern.
Tim Carey
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BU BU (6-5-4, 3-2-2)
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Bucknell BUCKNELL (8-3-4, 3-1-3)
BU BU
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Bucknell BUCKNELL
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BU BU 1 2 3
Bucknell BUCKNELL 1 2 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Terriers, Bison Duel to 3-3 Draw

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Junior Morgan Fagan notched her first-career brace, sophomore Margy Porta scored her first-career goal, and the Boston University women's soccer team picked up one point on the road with a 3-3 draw against Bucknell on Saturday afternoon at Holmes Stadium.
 
In a game that featured three ties, BU (6-5-4, 3-2-2 PL) leveled the score twice in the second half, recording the most goals scored in a game against the Bison (8-3-4, 3-1-3 PL) in Lewisburg this season.
 
Fagan had two goals on a team-leading three shots, while Porta played 34 minutes off the bench. Four Terriers earned assists, while junior goalkeeper Celia Braun stopped seven shots.
 
Teresa Deda collected three points off a goal and an assist to pace Bucknell, with Paige Temple and Kelley Francis adding tallies. Jenna Hall made six saves between the posts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Braun collected her first save on a slow roller from Bucknell's Henna Andican by the top-left corner of the box in the fourth minute.
  • The keeper then made a terrific save on Andican again in the 11th minute, squaring up her shot near the right post after Andican's run from the right sideline.
  • Fagan found the back of the net in the 12th minute when senior Abigail McNulty collected a failed Bucknell clear, crossing it to the junior for a header that beat Hall.
  • McNulty nearly made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute when she blasted a ball from the left side towards the right post, but Hall made a diving stop to keep it from hitting nylon.
  • Bucknell found the equalizer in the 28th minute off a corner kick, as Francis found a loose ball near the right post and sent it home.
  • The Bison went ahead 2-1 in the 56th minute, as a counter with tic-tac-toe passing led to a through-ball for Deda, who scored past Braun.
  • Nearly a minute later, McNulty's run down the left sideline led to an eight-yard shot that Hall lined up for the save.
  • The equalizer would come for BU in the 59th minute. Senior Kayla Ross threw the ball in for sophomore Natalie Godoy in the left corner. She crossed it to Fagan in the middle of the box, who one-timed it into the back of the net.
  • After a third Terrier goal was waved offside in the 65th minute, Bucknell regained the lead in the 72nd on a free kick, settling the ball on a second-chance possession for Temple to score.
  • Porta scored in the 78th minute when she settled a volley in the box from junior Eileen Solomon with a defender draped on her, turning to her left and sending a shot past Hall near the right post.
  • Sophomore Mackenzie Stickelman erased a potential 1-on-1 Bucknell chance with Braun when her slide tackle jarred the ball loose from Deda in the right corner in the 80th minute.
  • Braun then sized up Andican inside the box for a close-range save in the 84th minute.
STATS
  • The Terriers held a 15-14 edge in shots, though the Bison were up 10-9 in shots on target.
  • Four Terriers registered multiple shots: Fagan, McNulty, Stickelman, and senior Lily Matthews.
  • Each team registered four corner kicks but only combined for three in the second half.
  • Five Terriers played the full 90 minutes: Braun, Solomon, senior Grace Ferrara, and sophomores Giulianna Gianino and Morgan Weaver.
NOTES
  • Fagan achieved her first two-goal game in her 55th-career match. She has 12 career goals and 30 career points.
  • She is also the second Terrier to tally a brace in 2023. McNulty is the other, achieved at Navy on Oct. 1.
  • Porta scored her first-career goal in her 33rd match as a Terrier. She is the fourth member of BU's sophomore class to register her first-career goal this year.
  • That class has now accounted for 14 of the Terriers' 22 goals this season.
  • Braun is now sixth in program history with 127 career saves, surpassing Alyssa Parisi with Saturday's effort.
  • BU scored three goals against Bucknell for the first time since Sept. 20, 2015.
  • The all-time series now stands at 7-5-3 in favor of the Bison.
UP NEXT
  • BU hosts Yale in non-conference action from Nickerson Field on Tuesday (Oct. 17). Opening kick is slated for 7 p.m., with the game airing on NESN as part of the Fifty Forward series.
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