Jon Ratner

Box Score

Rhode Island URI (0-2-1)

BU BU (1-1-1)

Rhode Island URI

(0-2-1)

Final

Aug. 24, 2023

BU BU

(1-1-1)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Rhode Island URI	0	0	0
BU BU	0	0	0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | August 24, 2023

Terriers, Rams Play to Scoreless Draw in Boston

BOSTON – The Boston University women's soccer program posted its second shutout in the 2023 season with a 0-0 draw against Rhode Island on Thursday afternoon at Nickerson Field.

BU (1-1-1) coaxed just four shots from the Rams (0-2-1), and generated 14 shots of their own. However, URI goalkeeper Faith Hutchins posted eight saves to hold the Terriers off the scoresheet.

Sophomore Giulianna Gianino led all student-athletes with three shots. Junior Morgan Fagan and sophomore Mackenzie Stickelman each had two shots on target. Celia Braun posted one save between the posts.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Three minutes, BU was awarded a free from 15 yards out. Gianino chipped the ball off the crossbar, and the Terriers couldn't convert on the play from there.
Gianino later inserted a corner kick in the 10th minute that later found its way to freshman Samantha Aronson in the box. However, a Ram defender blocked her shot before it sailed to Hutchins in goal.
In the 22nd minute, Stickelman pump-faked a shot to create space from 20 yards out, where Hutchins met a bouncing shot.
Sophomore Margy Porta shuffled around two defenders in the 35th minute to whip a shot just wide of the left post.
With four minute until halftime, sophomore Cam O'Connor attempted to tuck a chance near the right post from the corner of the 18-yard box, but Hutchins cut off the play.
Nine minutes into the second frame, Fagan fed Mack in the middle for a 20-yard blast into Hutchins' arms.
With a loose ball in the Rhode Island box, freshman Ciara Kennedy met it and tried a shot towards the low-left corner, coercing a diving stop from the keeper.
BU's closest play came in the 68th minute, when O'Connor's cross from the right corner found junior Erin Sullenberger for a six-yard header. However, Hutchins lined it up for the save.
With nine minutes to play, Fagan entered the box from the left corner for a right-footed strike towards the crossbar, but Hutchins leaped to snag the shot
Fagan went on to cross the ball from the left sideline, where Gianino dished it off to sophomore Natalie Godoy. Her one-timer floated wide right of the post in the 85th minute.

STATS

Eight of BU's 14 shots were on target, and five came in the second half.
The Terriers surrendered just one URI shot in the opening 45 minutes.
BU sported an 8-4 edge in corner kicks.
The Terriers were called offside five times.

NOTES

Thursday marks BU's first regular-season draw since a 1-1 result against Loyola Maryland on Oct. 23, 2021.
The Terriers have posted two shutouts in their first three matches for the first time in four seasons. Before the last instance in the 2020-21 shortened year, that last occurred in 2013.
Braun collects the fourth individual shutout of her career, already matching her output from 2022.
Dating back to the Patriot League quarterfinal round against the Greyhounds, BU has not allowed a goal at Nickerson Field in three-straight contests.
Overall, the Terriers have not conceded a goal in four of their last five games.
BU incorporated its third unique starting lineup in as many games. Aronson made her first collegiate start in the process.
Freshman Ava Maguire came off the bench in her first career appearance.
The all-time series between BU and Rhode Island now stands at 9-2-1 in the Terriers' favor.

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