Caroline O'Brien on the attack against Northeastern
Matt Woolverton
4
Winner Northeastern NU (8-6)
2
Boston University BU (5-7)
Winner
Northeastern NU
(8-6)
4
Final
2
Boston University BU
(5-7)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Northeastern NU 0 2 1 1 4
Boston University BU 0 0 0 2 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Terriers Topped by Northeastern, 4-2

BOSTON - The Boston University field hockey team's late comeback attempt fell short on Sunday afternoon as the Terriers dropped a 4-2 contest to Northeastern at New Balance Field.

With BU trailing 3-0 early in the fourth quarter, junior Caroline O'Brien and senior Payton Anderson scored goals just over a minute apart to get the Terriers within one. The Huskies added a late goal with BU's goalkeeper pulled to create the 4-2 final.

BU moves to 5-7 on the year while Northeastern improves to 8-6.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Northeastern had the only three shots in the opening and all were on goal but graduate student Kate Thomason turned aside each chance to keep the game scoreless.
  • The Terriers put together a better second quarter but the Huskies scored on each of their two shots in the frame to take a 2-0 lead into the break.
  • Emilia Adragna opened the scoring on a reverse-stick drive at the top of the circle at the 19:35 mark.
  • The Huskies used a corner to double their lead as Lara Taylor put a redirect high into the netting off a ball from Lauren Rowe at 24:22.
  • The visitors controlled the play in the third and were able to secure a three-goal cushion when Adragna got her second of the day in the 40th minute with a reverse try in the middle of the circle off a corner pass by Rowe.
  • BU was the aggressor in the start of the fourth and was rewarded by quickly finding itself back in the contest.
  • Off a restart on the left side, junior Martu Coulo sent a hard ball into the circle, where O'Brien tipped it towards the goal and past NU netminder Kristi Merashoff 1:24 into the fourth.
  • The Terriers built on the momentum and earned a corner a minute later on which an Anderson shot went off the body of a Husky defender to earn a penalty stroke.
  • Anderson took the try and placed the ball in the lower left corner of the cage for her team-leading eighth goal of the season, making it a one-goal game with 12:22 to play.
  • Thomason was pulled in favor of an extra field player with just under four minutes to play.
  • Taylor reestablished a two-goal lead for the Huskies at the 57:05 mark by dribbling in through the right side and sending a ball into the far corner of the empty cage.
  • BU continued to battle and put back-to-back shots on goal from O'Brien and junior Natalie Epperson in the 59th minute but Merashoff stopped both attempts.

GAME NOTES
  • Northeastern held a 13-9 advantage in shots including a 6-0 margin in the third quarter.
  • BU allowed five corners and earned three.
  • Thomason made five saves in goal for BU while Merashoff posted four for the Huskies.
  • Anderson now has 73 career points, placing her in a tie for 10th all-time at BU.
  • Sophomore Bella Berger earned her first career defensive save when she prevented a goal in the 36th minute.

UP NEXT
  • BU will return to action on Friday (Oct. 18) when it hosts Colgate for a Patriot League contest.
  • Game time is set for 6 p.m.
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