Terriers to End First Half With Home-And-Home Series Against No. 7 UConn

Friday, December 5

Storrs, CT

6 PM

Boston University

UConn

Photo by: Eliza Nuestro

Terriers to End First Half With Home-And-Home Series Against No. 7 UConn

December 4, 2025 | Women's Ice Hockey

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Boston University (4-10-1, 4-5-1 HE) vs #7 UConn (12-3-1, 5-1-0 HE)
Date & Time: Friday, December 5 – 6 p.m.
Venue: Toscano Family Ice Forum – Storrs, Conn.

Date & Time: Saturday, December 6 – 4 p.m.
Venue: Walter Brown Arena – Boston, Mass.

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BOSTON – The Boston University women's ice hockey team will close out the first half of the season with a home-and-home series against No. 7 UConn. The Terriers travel to Storrs, Conn., for a 6 p.m. puck drop on Friday before hosing the Huskies on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Walter Brown Arena.

Saturday's game will feature a teddy bear toss in support of Boston Medical Center. Fans can purchase bears to toss at the game for $10.

TERRIER TIDBITS

The Terriers most recently shut out Holy Cross, 3-0, in a Tuesday night tilt at the Hart Center Rink.
Seniors Lilli Welcke and Luisa Welcke each scored one goal and registered one assist on the others' goal.
Freshman Mia Vergilii scored her first collegiate goal.
Seniors Sydney Healey, Clara Yuhn and Maeve Kelly also recorded assists.
Junior Mari Pietersen made 19 saves in the shutout for the third of her career. All her collegiate shutouts have been against Holy Cross.
Thirteen Terriers have found the back of the net while 15 have made at least one assist.
The Terriers' faceoff win percentage of 0.557 leads Hockey East and is seventh in the nation.
BU has the sixth-best scoring offense in Hockey East.
The Terriers own a penalty killing percentage of 0.800 which is sixth in Hockey East.
Li. Welcke leads the Terriers in faceoff wins with 176, which ranks third in Hockey East and 28th in the NCAA.
Pietersen's save percentage (.915) is ranked seventh in Hockey East while graduate student Michelle Pasiechnyk's (.905) is ranked 10th.
Yuhn is currently on a six-game points streak with three goals and four assists.
Healey continues to lead the Terriers in points (14), goals (7) and assists (7).

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

UConn is 12-3-1 overall with a 5-1-0 record in Hockey East play.
The Huskies are 8-2-0 at home and 4-1-1 on the road.
Most recently, UConn defeated No. 9 Quinnipiac, 4-3, and Yale, 3-2, in the Nutmeg Classic.
The Huskies are on a four-game winning streak, scoring at least three goals in each game.
UConn has been shut out once, losing 2-0 to then-No. 10 Clarkson on the road. This marked UConn's most recent road loss this season.
Its last loss at home came against Boston College, 2-1, on Nov. 8.
Julia Pellerin is tied for the lead in Hockey East in game winning goals with four.
Netminder Tia Chan leads the league in in wins with 11 and in save percentage with a value of .949.

SERIES HISTORY VS. UCONN

BU is 31-21-9 all time against UConn.
The Terriers are 14-11-4 on the road and 16-10-5 at home in the series.
The last time BU defeated UConn was on Nov. 19, 2022, when the Terriers won in a 5-2 decision at home.
BU last went unbeaten against UConn on Feb. 3, 2023, when it won the shootout after a 2-2 tie.
The last time the Terriers won on the road was on Feb. 18, 2022, in a 2-1 outcome at the old Freitas Ice Forum.