No. 14/13 Terriers Fall to No. 11/12 Boston College in Overtime, 3-2

Friday, November 15

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

9-4-1, 7-2-1

Boston College

9-3-0, 6-1-0

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Boston College

Boston University

No. 14/13 Terriers Fall to No. 11/12 Boston College in Overtime, 3-2

November 15, 2024 | Women's Ice Hockey

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BOSTON – The No. 14/13 Boston University women's ice hockey team (9-4-1, 7-2-1 HE) suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to No. 11/12 Boston College (9-3-0, 6-1-0 HE) on Friday night at Agganis Arena.

After BC went up 1-0 in the first, BU came back to tie the game 1-1 in the second. BC took back the lead briefly before BU tied things up 2-2 which held through the end of the third period. Overtime went in the Eagles' favor as they scored at 1:16 into extra time to defeat the Terriers.

Junior Sydney Healey and graduate student Julia Shaunessy scored in the loss. Shaunessy led BU with two points.

BU played in front of a crowd of 2,866 fans, the largest home attendance in BU history. That tops the previous record of 1,891 set at Agganis on Oct. 20, 2012.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BC opened the scoring 5:35 into the first to take an early 1-0 lead.
BU was then called for holding and later for a hit from behind but successfully killed both penalties.
The Terriers went on the power play with 4:28 to go in the opening frame but nothing came of the advantage.
BC was called for tripping 21 seconds into the second, putting BU on the power play.
Healey found the back of the net thanks to passes from Shaunessy and graduate student Lindsay Bochna.
The Eagles evened the score once again just over a minute later.
BU responded quickly when, at the 3:47 mark, Shaunessy scored from the top of the slot with assists from freshman Kaileigh Quigg and junior Clara Yuhn.
The Terriers got another power-play chance at the end of the second, but the Eagles killed it off at the beginning of the third.
BC got its fourth penalty of the night and BU did not make any advances with its extra skater.
Both teams put pressure on net through the remainder of the frame, yet the game went to overtime.
Just over a minute into extra time, BC scored its sudden-victory goal and BU fell, 3-2.

GAME NOTES

BU outshot BC 31 to 26.
The Terriers won 36 faceoffs compared to the Eagles' 17.
BU was 1-for-4 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
Senior Maggie Hanzel and graduate student Tamara Giaquinto each blocked two shots.
Senior netminder Callie Shanahan made 23 saves in net.
This marks BU's first loss at home of the season.