Photo of the BU women's soccer team celebrating a goal against Lehigh.
Sheily Melgar
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Lehigh LEHIGH (1-6-4, 0-3-0 PL)
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Winner BU BU2024 (2-6-3, 2-0-1 PL)
Lehigh LEHIGH
(1-6-4, 0-3-0 PL)
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Final
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BU BU2024
(2-6-3, 2-0-1 PL)
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lehigh LEHIGH 1 0 1
BU BU2024 1 5 6

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Terriers Erupt in Second Half for 6-1 Triumph Over Mountain Hawks

BOSTON – Seven different Terriers recorded points to power the Boston University women's soccer team to a 6-1 victory over Lehigh on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field.
 
Tied at 1-1 after 45 minutes, BU (2-6-3, 2-0-1 PL) scored three goals in the first six minutes of the second half en route to its most tallies in a single game since Sept. 16, 2017.
 
Junior Margy Porta and sophomore Kaiya Stewart each scored twice, while junior Giulianna Gianino totaled four points on one goal and two assists. Senior Morgan Fagan notched her first goal of the season. Sophomore Samantha Aronson collected two assists, while graduate student Lily Matthews and sophomore Ciara Kennedy each added helpers.
 
Lehigh (1-6-4, 0-3-0 PL) got one goal from Esther Brossard on Cyndea Labissiere's assist. Maggie Ousouljoglou paced the Mountain Hawks with six saves.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • BU struck first in the 19th minute. Aronson's shot inside the box was deflected by Ousouljoglou, but Porta was there to clean up the rebound.
  • The Mountain Hawks leveled the score in the 40th minute. Labissiere's shot was blocked inside the 18-yard box, but Brossard chased down the loose ball and found the back of the net to make it 1-1 at halftime.
  • Fagan helped the Terriers regained the lead 1:55 out of the break, working to her right and entering the box after Matthews' pass and zipping her right-footed shot into the net by the left post.
  • Less than 30 seconds later, Gianino settled a failed Lehigh clear and dished off to Porta in stride to her right. With room, Porta beat Ousouljoglou to her left for a 3-1 Terrier advantage.
  • Junior Helene Tyburczy gained possession near midfield to jumpstart a give-and-go with Gianino and Aronson down the left sideline in the 51st minute, with the former splitting two Mountain Hawk defenders and tucking in her shot into the right post.
  • Deep in Lehigh's end in the 63rd minute, Gianino gathered the ball and raced down the right sideline, crossing to Stewart in the middle of the box six yards out for the strike.
  • In the 73rd minute, freshman goalkeeper Bridget Carr dove to her right to deny Sophia Lis.
  • Faith Dobosewicz would ring a shot off the post less than a minute later, then Carr sprawled to her left to corral Corinne Lyght's blast in the 75th minute.
  • In the 82nd minute, the Mountain Hawks' low-angle clear was intercepted. Kennedy found Stewart as she entered the 18-yard box, allowing her classmate to deposit a 15-yard shot into the lower-left corner of the goal.
  • Lehigh's final chance of the match came when Brossard's shot ricocheted off the woodwork in the 88th minute.
STATS
  • BU registered a 20-12 advantage in shots, including 12-4 on goal.
  • Stewart paced the Terriers with four shots, three of which were on target.
  • Corner kicks also favored the Terriers, 6-3.
  • Carr made three saves in goal en route to her second-straight win. Her record improved to 2-0-2 on the campaign.
  • She and Tyburczy were the lone Terriers to play all 90 minutes, as 25 Terriers saw time on the pitch.
  • Freshman Abigail Ortolano sustained the only yellow card of the match, coming in the 83rd minute.
NOTES
  • BU's six goals are the most in a game since the Terriers defeated American 6-0 on Sept. 16, 2017.
  • Stewart and Porta both secured their first-career braces.
  • For Porta, her goal streak boosts to four games. She now has nine goals in her last 18 games played, dating back to 2023.
  • Gianino's two assists and four points in the match mark personal-bests. With 39 points as a Terrier, she moves into a tie with Teresa Petruccelli '02 for 18th place in program history.
  • Fagan's goal was her first since the Patriot League semifinal round at Bucknell on Nov. 2, 2023. She now has 14 career goals and 36 career points, the latter tying Susan Marschall '06 and Anna Heilferty '21 for 20th place all-time.
  • Aronson's two assists are a career-high, and give her three in the last two matches.
  • Kennedy notched her first collegiate point with her assist.
  • Senior Erin Sullenberger made her season debut, while Ortolano and classmate Morgan Cheverie took the pitch for the first time as Terriers.
  • The all-time series now moves to 8-1-4 in BU's favor.
UP NEXT
  • The Terriers visit Yale for their 2024 non-conference finale on Tuesday (Oct. 1). Opening kick is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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