BURLINGTON, V.T. – No. 13 Boston University women's ice hockey (13-6-1, 11-3-1 HE) dropped a 3-2 decision to Vermont (5-16-2, 4-10-2 HE) at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Saturday evening.
 
BU lit the lamp 19 seconds into the game, but the Catamounts tied things up a few minutes later. The Terriers then added a power-play goal to take a 2-1 lead headed into the second which they held until Vermont evened the score at 7:12 in the middle frame. The Catamounts scored early in the third to take a 3-2 lead which they kept until the final horn despite BU pulling its netminder for an extra attacker.
 
Junior Sydney Healey and senior Maggie Hanzel scored in the loss. Graduate student Lindsay Bochna, junior Lilli Welcke, sophomore Keira Healey and graduate student Tamara Giaquinto all recorded assists.
 
Junior Mari Pietersen, who played her first game in net since the Syracuse game on Oct. 26, 2024, made 13 saves in between the posts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Just 19 seconds into the game, Bochna gained control of the puck and passed across the neutral zone to Li. Welcke, who took it into Vermont's end.
• She then passed across the slot to S. Healey, who scored off a backhanded shot at the crease.
• Vermont scored its first equalizer of the game at the 8:06 mark.
• BU went on the power play at 8:55 as Vermont went to the box for roughing.
• Giaquinto and K. Healey set up a wide open Hanzel at the right circle, allowing her to fire off a top-shelf power-play goal to put BU back in the lead, 2-1.
• The Terriers served a penalty for body checking with 5:09 to go in the first and successfully killed it off.
• Vermont evened the score once again at the 7:12 mark in the middle frame.
• BU had multiple great chances at the crease but did not regain the lead headed into the third.  
• At 6:54 in the third, Vermont took a 3-2 lead off a shot from the point.
• The Terriers pulled Pietersen from net with 3:25 to go.
• BU was called for holding and Vermont was called for roughing at the 17:12 mark.
• The Terriers kept their net empty to have a 5-on-4 advantage through the penalties, but nothing came of the extra skater advantage.
• The game finished with 6-on-5 play in BU's favor but the Terriers were unable to score as they fell 3-2.

 
GAME NOTES

• BU outshot Vermont 22 to 16.
• The Terriers were 1-for-1 on the power play while Vermont was 0-for-1.
• Vermont blocked 15 shots compared to BU's nine.
• BU won 26 faceoffs while Vermont won 21.
• Giaquinto led BU in blocked shots with three.
• Hanzel led the Terriers in +/- with a +2.
• There were no penalties in the second period.

 
UP NEXT

• BU will shift its focus to the 46^th Dunkin' Women's Beanpot which begins with the semifinals on Tuesday (Jan. 14) against Harvard.
• Puck drop against the Crimson is set for 4:30 p.m. at Matthews Arena.
• Fans who wish to purchase tickets for the semifinal game can do so here.