Alex Purcell battles for the ball with a Harvard player
Dan Koerner
7
Winner Harvard HARVARD (10-0)
0
Boston U. BOSTON U (5-6)
Winner
Harvard HARVARD
(10-0)
7
Final
0
Boston U. BOSTON U
(5-6)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Harvard HARVARD 1 4 2 0 7
Boston U. BOSTON U 0 0 0 0 0

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Falls to No. 4 Harvard

BOSTON - The Boston University field hockey team dropped a 7-0 contest to No. 4 Harvard on Monday evening at New Balance Field.

Harvard opened the scoring towards the end of an evenly played first quarter before adding four more tallies before halftime, including goals 17 seconds apart. The Crimson tacked on two more goals in early stages of the second half. 

For the vast majority of the latter half, BU had the better of the chances, including five of the game's final six corners, but could not get a shot past Harvard netminder Linde Burger and the Crimson defense.

Sophomore Martha le Huray tallied two goals and two assists for the Crimson while junior Sage Piekarski put up two goals and an assist.

BU, which got a five-save effort from junior Sophie Ortyl, moves to 5-6 while Harvard stays undefeated at 10-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • BU earned the game's first corner and first two shots but was unable to strike early
  • Harvard had only one shot in the first 13 minutes of play but went on to open the scoring on its second shot of the evening.
  • Le Huray sent a ball into the circle from the left side and Piekarski got her stick on it, redirecting inside the right post at the 13:52 mark.
  • The second quarter proved to be the difference maker for the visitors, scoring four times in a span of just over eight minutes.
  • Emily Bronckers followed up her own rebound in the 21st minute to push the Harvard lead to 2-0.
  • Just 17 seconds later, le Huray scored off a pass from Piekarski to make it 3-0.
  • Rosa Kooimans found le Hurary for another tally at the 24:01 mark and then scored a goal of her own with 1:34 left in the opening half to make it a 5-0 Crimson cushion.
  • Piekarski finished her brace in the 33rd minute and Lara Beekhuis added Harvard's seventh tally 68 seconds later.
  • In the second half, BU outcornered the Crimson 5-1 and held an 8-6 shot edge but could not solve the Harvard defense.

GAME NOTES
  • BU held a 6-4 advantage in corners while Harvard recorded 17 shots to BU's 11.
  • Burger made three saves in goal for the Crimson to secure the shutout.
  • Harvard broke a deadlock in the all-time series and now has a 21-20-1 lead.

UP NEXT
  • BU will continue its homestand on Saturday (Oct. 11) when it hosts Bucknell for a Patriot League contest.
  • Game time is set for 1 p.m.
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