BOSTON – Six different goal scorers propelled the Boston University women's soccer program to its fifth consecutive victory in a 6-0 rout over American on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field.
 
BU (8-4-3, 5-1-1 PL) extended its shutout streak to four consecutive contests while supplying its largest margin of victory in eight years. With the victory, the Terriers clinched a spot in the Patriot League Tournament.
 
Senior Giulianna Gianino paced BU with three points on a goal and an assist. Classmates Helene Tyburczy and Shayla Brown, sophomores Juliana Osterman and Olivia Avellar and freshman Nina Tzouganatos all found the back of the net. Senior Margy Porta and junior Ava Maguire both tallied two assists.
 
Goalkeeper Addison Roemer posted nine saves for American (2-10-3, 2-5-0 PL).
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• BU struck first 6:15 into the match. Gianino inserted a corner kick that found Tyburczy's noggin as it floated over Roemer.
• Sophomore Bridget Carr made the lone save for the Terriers in the 15th minute, snagging Phoebe Merrigan's long direct kick after a BU foul near midfield.
• Gianino was fouled inside the box in the 18th minute to draw a penalty kick. She beat Roemer to the upper-right pocket of the net.
• In the 26th minute, Maguire collected a cross and flicked a 5-yard shot on net, but Roemer batted the ball away. Tzouganatos found the loose ball and blasted home her first collegiate goal near the penalty dot.
• BU's fourth goal occurred in a similar fashion when senior Mackenzie Stickelman had a shot blocked atop the 18-yard box. An American marker redirected the ball to Osterman in the left slot, where she darted right and fired a right-footed shot past Roemer.
• Just 2:04 out of halftime, Porta dished off to Maguire down the left sideline. The junior's cross found Avellar near the right post for the finish.
• Porta and Maguire linked up on another play five minutes later that saw Maguire cross from the left corner towards Brown down central from 10 yards out. Brown found the back of the net in the lower-left corner.
• American's lone shot in the second half was a long volley from Jayden Fisher that missed wide right in the 65th minute.

STATS

• Shots favored the Terriers 29-3, including 16-1 on target.
• Gianino finished the match with eight shots, six of which were on target.
• BU generated 13 corner kicks, a season best. The Terriers also did not surrender a corner kick.
• The Terriers won the possession battle at 61 percent and spent 68 percent of their possession in American's end.
• Tyburczy was the lone Terrier to play the full 90 minutes as 21 Terriers saw time on the pitch.

NOTES

• Tyburczy's tally was the second of her career. Both have come on headers via corner kicks.
• Gianino scored her second penalty kick goal this season. She moves into sole possession of seventh place in program history with 24 career goals and 67 career points.
• Tzouganatos is the sixth Terrier to score her first collegiate goal this season and joins classmate Georgia Prouty as the second rookie to score in 2025.
• All three of Osterman's goals have occurred at home this season.
• Avellar is up to three goals this year, all against Patriot League opponents.
• Brown scored the third goal in her career and first since Aug. 25, 2025 against Vermont.
• Porta, who totaled two assists in a game for the first time in her career, has eight points during her five-game points streak.
• Six of Maguire's eight points in 2025 are against conference foes.
• BU's shutout streak overall now stands at 386:22. At Nickerson Field, the streak is 463:26.
• The Terriers improve to 10-0-3 all-time against American. BU recorded a clean sheet with at least six goals for the first time since its match against the Eagles back on Sept. 16, 2017.

UP NEXT

• BU heads to Lehigh on Saturday (Oct. 25) for its final regular season road match. Opening kick is slated for 1 p.m.