Box Score

Boston U. BOS 3-2-1, 2-2-0

Merrimack MER 4-7-1, 1-5-1

Boston U. BOS

3-2-1, 2-2-0

Final

Nov. 03, 2023

Merrimack MER

4-7-1, 1-5-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	OT 1	F
Boston U. BOS	0	0	1	1	2
Merrimack MER	1	0	0	0	1

Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey | November 3, 2023

Terriers Battle Past Merrimack in Overtime Win, 2-1

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Freshman Neely Nicholson scored in the final minute of regulation and senior Catherine Foulem notched an overtime winner as the Boston University women's ice hockey team rallied for a 2-1 road victory over Merrimack on Friday afternoon at Lawler Arena.

After being kept off the board for first 59 minutes of regulation, the Terriers broke through on a power play with an extra attacker as Nicholson potted her first collegiate goal with 56.8 seconds left in the third. Foulem ended the game 2:58 into overtime when she converted from the high slot off a rush.

Merrimack got on the board early in the first but graduate student Alexa Matses kept the Warriors from scoring again and collected 16 saves along the way for her first collegiate win.

Junior Christina Vote and senior Julia Shaunessy tabbed assists on Nicholson's goal and graduate student Nadia Mattivi logged one of her own on Foulem's.

BU won its third straight game to improve to 3-2-1 overall and 2-2-0 in Hockey East play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU started a skater down due to a protocol violation but held the Warriors from scoring on the early chance.
Despite multiple great saves by Matses to start the game, a loose puck found its way over the goal line to give Merrimack a 1-0 lead at 7:03 of the first.
The Terriers and the Warriors skated evenly through the second and most of the third period with a few penalties that did not result in goals for either team.
BU went on the power play with 2:15 to go in the third when Merrimack got called for too many players on the ice.
With Matses pulled to create a two-skater advantage for BU, Merrimack missed out on a chance to seal the game with the empty when an open shot by Sophie McKinley clanged off the right post.
Moments later, Nicholson pounced on a rebound at the right post and put it off Merrimack netminder Callie Hogarth and in to send the game to overtime.
The Terriers carried their momentum into the extra session and Foulem scored the game-winner off a pass from Mattivi, racing up the right side before gliding through the top of the circle and beating Hogarth top-shelf to push BU's winning streak to three.

GAME NOTES