BOSTON – Seeking its fifth Patriot League championship in program history, the No. 2-seed Boston University women's soccer team visits No. 1-seed Bucknell in the Patriot League championship game on Sunday (Nov. 10). Opening kick is set for 12:30 p.m.
 
BU (6-7-6, 5-0-4) is in the league's title game for the seventh time in its 12th season as a league member. The Terriers' all-time record is 4-2 in such matches, capturing the championship in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018.
 
Bucknell (12-4-2, 7-2-0 PL) looks to win the Patriot League Tournament for the fourth consecutive season, becoming just the second program in conference history to achieve that feat and first since Colgate won six straight from 1994-99.
 
Sunday's game airs on CBS Sports Network, with Jason Knapp and Jenny Chiu on the call. Live statistics will be available through Bucknell Athletics.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU reached the Patriot League title game after defeating No. 3-seed Army West Point 2-1 in double overtime on Thursday (Nov. 7) at Nickerson Field.
• Senior Morgan Fagan leveled the game with her second goal of the season in the 68th minute, and junior Margy Porta tallied the game-winning goal with 1:11 left in the second overtime period.
• The Terriers improved to 12-5-3 all-time in the Patriot League Tournament.
• With Porta scoring her eighth goal of the season, the Terriers have two players with eight goals in a season for the first time since Kylie Strom and Jessica Luscinski did so in 2011.
• The other to reach eight goals this season is junior Giulianna Gianino, who has a team-best 21 points.
• Gianino sports 18 career goals and 46 career points, which both rank 12th place in the Terrier annals.
• Since the start of the 2023 season, BU's class of 2025 has accounted for 38 of the team's 59 goals. Porta and Gianino have accounted for 26 of those 38 tallies.
• With a win or draw, BU will become the first team in six years to go unbeaten against Patriot League opponents in both the regular season and conference tournament.
• The Terriers have been the lone Patriot League program to accomplish that feat since the league expanded to 10 teams in 2013, doing so in 2015 and 2018.
• Overall, the Terriers have 13 conference championships and 14 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

SCOUTING BUCKNELL

• The Bison reached the Patriot League final after defeating No. 4 Loyola Maryland 4-0 on Thursday (Nov. 7).
• Bucknell vies for its eighth Patriot League championship.
• Six Bison garnered All-Patriot League recognition this year. Katie Schiano was chosen as the Defensive Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Teresa Deda earned her third consecutive Midfielder of the Year honor, and head coach Kelly Cook was named the Coach of the Year.
• Schiano and Deda represented Bucknell on the first team. Goalkeeper Jess Benattar was on the second team, while Katie Connell, Reese Evans and Meghan White captured third team recognition.
• The Bison are 14-15-3 all-time in the Patriot League Tournament.

SERIES HISTORY

• Sunday marks the 18th all-time meeting between BU and Bucknell in a series that began in 2013.
• The Bison sport the edge in the series, 8-6-3.
• This will be the seventh postseason matchup between the Terriers and Bison, and fourth straight year the two sides face off.
• BU's lone win over Bucknell on the road came on Nov. 1, 2014.
• Bucknell ended BU's 2023 campaign in the semifinals last year, 3-1. The Bison have eliminated the Terriers in three consecutive tournaments.
• Sunday is the fourth time BU and Bucknell meet in the championship round. The Terriers triumphed in 2015, while the Bison won in 2016 and 2021.
• The Terriers won the regular season meeting, 1-0, on Oct. 20 behind Juliana Osterman's first career goal. That was BU's first win over the Bison in six years.