Terriers Fall At Army West Point, Earn No. 4 Seed In PL Tournament

Wednesday, October 25

West Point, N.Y.

6 PM

Boston University

7-6-5, 4-3-2

Army West Point

9-6-3, 6-2-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Boston U.	0	1	1
Army West Point	2	0	2

Photo of women's soccer sophomore Margy Porta going for a shot against American.

Photo by: Tim Carey

Terriers Fall At Army West Point, Earn No. 4 Seed In PL Tournament

October 25, 2023 | Women's Soccer

Box Score Box Score Championship Central

BOSTON – Sophomore Margy Porta notched her third goal of the season, but the Boston University women's soccer program dropped a 2-1 road contest to Army West Point on Wednesday evening at Malek Stadium.

With the result, the Black Knights (9-6-3, 6-2-1 PL) repeated as Patriot League regular season champions and secured the top seed in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament. BU (7-6-5, 4-3-2 PL), having already clinched a postseason berth, earned the No. 4 seed with the result.

Porta registered two shots off the bench. Senior Abigail McNulty totaled a game-high seven shots, two of which were on target. Junior goalkeeper Celia Braun racked up eight saves.

Brigid Duffy and Jasmine Talley each potted goals for Army, with Kaelan Bradley and Madison Woodward providing the assists. Sage Strohman made five stops between the posts.

HOW IT HAPPENED

McNulty placed a ball towards the net in the sixth minute that Strohman batted aside. On the ensuing corner, McNulty's second try went high.
In the 20th minute, Braun barely got her fingertips on a 1-on-1 opportunity against Woodward at the top of the box. Army could not connect on a quality chance on the following corner.
Duffy worked around a Terrier defender in the 32nd minute to whip a 20-yard shot into the upper-right corner, making it 1-0 in Army's favor.
Less than four minutes later, the Black Knights kept possession in BU's end, leading to Talley's volley from atop the box over Braun for a 2-0 edge.
In the 55th minute, senior Lily Matthews attempted a turnaround shot from 15 yards out, but Strohman snagged the ball.
Sophomore Natalie Godoy took away possession from Army in its territory before whipping a 25-yard chance right into Strohman in the 80th minute.
Matthews redirected a cross that got by the Black Knights' back line, but Strohman collected it in the 83rd minute.
With four minutes to play, Godoy turned on a Black Knight marker to lead Porta down the middle. The latter sent a right-footed kick over Strohman to cut the Terrier deficit in half.

STATS

Army West Point sported a 19-17 edge in shots, including 10-6 on goal.
Eleven of the Terriers' shots came in the second half, with five on target.
Five different Terriers notched multiple shots.
BU generated three corner kicks to Army's two.
Six of Braun's saves arrived in the opening 45 minutes.
Braun, senior Grace Ferrara, and sophomores Mackenzie Stickelman, Giulianna Gianino, and Morgan Weaver played the full 90 minutes.

NOTES

Porta has scored all three of her goals in her last four matches.
Nineteen of the Terriers' 28 goals in the regular season were scored in the second half.
Nineteen of BU's 28 tallies have also originated from the sophomore class.
Freshman Lauren Duke started her first collegiate match.
The all-time series between BU and Army West Point now stands at 9-3-2 in the Terriers' favor.

UP NEXT

The fourth-seeded Terriers will host fifth-ranked Lehigh on Sunday (Oct. 29) in the Patriot League quarterfinal round at Nickerson Field. Opening kick is scheduled for 1 p.m.