Bone Celebrates Senior Day with First Career Brace in 2-2 Draw against American

Saturday, October 26

Boston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

3-3-9, 3-1-3PL

American

4-5-6, 3-2-2PL

American

Boston University

Photo by: Erin Bush

Bone Celebrates Senior Day with First Career Brace in 2-2 Draw against American

October 26, 2024 | Men's Soccer

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BOSTON – Led by graduate student Aidan Bone's first career brace, the Boston University men's soccer team overcame two deficits to rally for a 2-2 draw against American Saturday afternoon in its home regular season finale.

By extending their unbeaten streak at Nickerson Field against Patriot League opponents to 21 games (14-0-7), the Terriers (3-3-9, 3-1-3 PL) have tied an NCAA record with nine draws on the season. BU also extended its unbeaten streak in the series with the Eagles (4-5-6, 3-2-2 PL) to seven contests (5-0-2).

HOW IT HAPPENED

Graduate student Andrew Wike earned his first save in the 11th minute by stopping a low grounder from Troy Elgersma.
The Eagles jumped on the scoreboard first at 18:18 by earning a free kick near a corner flag and getting a lucky break with the cross bouncing off a BU defender into the back of the net.
The Terriers responded in the 32nd minute with Bone finishing a service pass from junior Quin DeLaMater that was set up by senior Andrew Soczynski.
Matthew Tibbetts kept the game tied entering the locker room by stopping shot attempts from both DeLaMater and junior Ryan Lau over the next six minutes of action.
After the teams combined for three unsuccessful corner kicks in the first 10 minutes of the second half, the Eagles retook the lead at 57:29 with Ethan Boyle ripping a shot past Wike on a forward pass from Dilane Zouantcha.
The Eagles went down a man after Nicholas Shirley received a red card at 62:31 for preventing a counter by the Terriers with a hard foul outside AU's box.
Tibbetts then made a diving save on DeLaMater's free kick with BU receiving an offsides call after pouncing on the rebound.
BU dominated possession for the rest of the game with junior Diego Rived nailing the post at 72:10 and later the crossbar at 82:21.
Tibbetts added four more saves to maintain the 2-1 advantage during that stretch, but BU was able to net the equalizer at 87:48.
Junior Alex Bonnington managed to head a cross in the box to Rived, who tapped it over to Bone for a point-blank shot 2-2 tie.
Senior Andrew Rent helped the Terriers clear AU's corner kick in the 89th minute and sent the game's last shot attempt wide at 89:12.

GAME NOTES

Bone became the second Terrier to record a brace after sophomore Andrea Di Blasio accomplished the feat against Army West Point back in September. Both men are now tied for the team lead at four goals apiece.
Both DeLaMater and Rived moved into a tie for first on the team with three assists each.
Bonnington became the 12th Terrier to record an assist this fall and 15th overall to earn at least one point.
The Terriers posted a season-high 19 shots and allowed a season-low three attempts while finishing with a 5-3 advantage in corners.
BU is now 6-3-3 all-time in the series against AU.
The Terriers are the seventh NCAA Division I team to record nine draws in a season with both Navy and Fordham the last programs to reach the mark in 2022.

UP NEXT

BU will hit the road for the final two games of the regular season, starting with a trip to Navy on Friday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m.
The Terriers are riding a five-game unbeaten streak (3-0-2)in the series following last year's 4-1 home victory.
Overall, BU is 1-2-1 on the road after the teams battled to a 1-1 draw in Annapolis, Maryland, two years ago.