BOSTON – The No. 12 Boston University women's ice hockey team (21-11-2, 18-7-2 HE) dropped a 3-1 outcome to UConn (21-11-2, 19-6-2 HE) on Saturday afternoon at Walter Brown Arena in the regular season finale.
 
UConn took a 1-0 lead in the first frame, to which BU responded with an equalizer 1:13 before the second ended. The third frame was toughly contested on both ends of the ice and BU pulled senior Callie Shanahan from net with 3:00 to go. The Huskies added an empty net goal through the final minutes to take the 3-1 win.
 
Junior Luisa Welcke scored while junior Riley Walsh picked up an assist. Shanahan made 18 saves in net while UConn goaltender Tia Chan made 33.
 
The Terriers will be the No. 2 seed in the Hockey East Tournament and will host a quarterfinal game on Saturday (March 1) at 4 p.m.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• BU was called for body checking 2:38 into the game.
• With 12 seconds remaining on the penalty, UConn went to the box for body checking.
• BU did not find the back of the net on its first power play of the day.
• Moments after UConn came back to full strength, it lit the lamp to take a 1-0 lead at 6:44.
• The Terriers were called again for body checking at the 14:00 mark and successfully killed the penalty off.
• UConn went to the box for hooking with 3:44 to play but kept the Terriers from scoring on the power play.
• At the 16:39 mark in the second, UConn went to the box for tripping and BU did not score on the power play.
• The Terriers then had a successful penalty kill on a cross checking call at 8:39.
• BU went back to the box, this time for hooking, with 7:53 to play in the second.
• UConn was called for roughing with 1:15 left on BU's penalty kill, resulting in 4-on-4 play.
• The Terriers then went on the power play but did not score.
• At 18:47, a rebounded shot from Walsh was collected by Welcke, who sent the puck in at the near post.  
• Just 2:46 into the third, BU went to the box for interference and was once again successful on the penalty kill.
• The 1-1 tie held until the 5:33 mark when UConn scored a go-ahead goal.
• The Huskies served a hooking penalty at 8:53 and kept BU from scoring.
• With 3:00 to play, BU pulled Shanahan from between the posts.
• UConn scored on the empty net at 17:45 to extend its lead to 3-1.
• BU kept Shanahan out of the net but the Terriers did not make any advances with their extra skater.
• The Terriers ended the game with a two-second power play but ultimately fell to UConn, 3-1.

 
GAME NOTES

• The Terriers outshot the Huskies 34 to 21.
• BU was 0-for-6 on the power play while UConn was 0-for-5.
• BU blocked six shots with freshman Tessa Demain and graduate student Tamara Giaquinto each blocking two.
• Walsh led BU in +/- with a value of +1.
• UConn is the only Hockey East team to win and/or sweep a series against BU this season.

UP NEXT

• BU turns its attention to the Hockey East Tournament for a quarterfinal game on Saturday (March 1).
• Puck drop at Walter Brown Arena is set for 4 p.m.