Terriers Pick Up 14-8 Road Win Over UNH

Wednesday, March 12

Durham, NH

4 PM

Boston University

5-3

New Hampshire

2-5

Boston U.

New Hampshire

March 12, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. — Fueled by a hat trick from junior Leah Hodgins, the Boston University women's lacrosse team picked up a 14-8 win over the New Hampshire Wildcats in Wildcat Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.

The Terriers (5-3, 0-1 PL) found themselves down 2-0 to the Wildcats (2-5, 0-0 America East) in the first quarter, but used four unanswered goals to take the lead and then held it for the remainder of the contest.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Wildcats scored twice in the first five minutes.
Junior Elle Stevenson kickstarted the BU offense with a goal at 10:14, weaving her way through the defense to finish the effort.
Graduate student Kendall Sims was next, tying the game while up a player with 9:32 left to play in the quarter.
Junior Reilly Walsh scored the ultimate winner with 9:06 left in the first quarter.
Sophomore Tessa Geddes got her 16^th of the year and first of the game to cap the Terriers' 4-goal streak.
After UNH scored its third goal of the game, Geddes got her second with 2:28 left in the first to take a 5-3 lead into the second quarter.
The Wildcats scored 1:05 into the quarter, but then sophomore Izabella Amonte took a pass from senior Hannah Tillier and scored to extend the lead back to two goals.
Both teams would trade goals again in the second quarter, as the Wildcats scored with 6:59 left before Sims found the back of the net on a player-up opportunity with 5:19 left, giving BU a 7-5 lead at the half.
New Hampshire once again scored the first goal of the quarter in the third, but then BU unleased six straight goals to open the game up.
Junior Jayne Feeney got her 11^th of the year with 12:24 left in the third, followed by Amonte's second of the game and 17^th of the year at 8:00.
Hodgins scored her first of the game and first of the season with 47 seconds left in the third quarter, making it 10-6 Terriers.
Hodgins went back-to-back with her second goal 2:19 into the fourth quarter.
With 11:37 left in the game, Tillier scored her first goal of the game to make it 12-6 BU.
Hodgins completed her hat trick off an assist from senior Avery Jones, giving BU its largest lead of the game, 13-6, with 3:10 left in the game.
UNH scored twice more, and in between the Wildcat goals, Tillier added her second goal of the game with 38 seconds remaining.

NOTES

This is Hodgins' fourth career hat trick and her second career hat trick against UNH after scoring four goals a season ago.
In net, sophomore Natalie Aiosa made 15 saves, marking a new career high by three saves. She finished with a .652 save percentage.
The Wildcats outshot BU 32-30 and outdrew BU 14-13, but BU capitalized on its opportunities by shooting .467 compared to the Wildcats' .250.
The Terriers converted on all four of their free positions, going 4-for-4.
Amonte and Geddes continued their goal race, with Amonte still leading the team in goals with 19. Geddes trails her by one goal, scoring 18 so far this season.
On top of her goals, Geddes also picked up three ground balls and earned five draw controls.
Junior Siri Hodgins caused two turnovers and picked up two ground balls to lead the defense.
BU has tied its win total from 2024 with five.
The Terriers have now won two straight matchups against the Wildcats.

NEXT UP

The Terriers have wrapped up their non-conference slate and will head home to take on Bucknell on Saturday, March 15.
Opening draw is set for 4 p.m. and will be streaming live on ESPN+.