Photo of women's soccer senior Helene Tyburczy about to kick a free kick.
Matt Woolverton
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Winner Fairfield FFD (2-1-0, 0-0-0)
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Boston U. BU (1-1-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Fairfield FFD
(2-1-0, 0-0-0)
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Final
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Boston U. BU
(1-1-0, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Fairfield FFD 0 2 2
Boston U. BU 0 1 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Terriers Drop Home Contest to Stags, 2-1

BOSTON – Senior Helene Tyburczy notched her first collegiate goal, but the Boston University women's soccer program was unable to overcome Fairfield in a 2-1 setback on Thursday evening at Nickerson Field.
 
BU (1-1) leveled the score in the 66th minute on a corner kick after the Stags (2-1) ignited the scoring 10 minutes prior, but Fairfield's Maddy Theriault broke the deadlock with the game-deciding tally in the 77th minute to hand the Terriers their first loss of 2025.
 
Senior Giulianna Gianino earned the assist on Tyburczy's tally for her second of the year. Senior goalkeeper Susan Shobeiri made a career best four saves.
 
Theriault finished the match with three points while Sam Kersey recorded the match's first goal. Ashlyn Walsh and Kelly O'Connor also picked up assists to back up goalkeeper Katie Wright's three stops.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Gianino recorded the game's first shot just over four minutes in, turning on the ball 20 yards out for a blast that zipped to Wright for the save.
  • Senior Mackenzie Stickelman gained space just under 25 yards away in the 14th minute, but rocketed a shot over the crossbar.
  • In the 21st minute, junior Samantha Aronson coaxed BU's first corner, where Stickelman's header from Gianino's insert bounced wide right. On the next Terrier possession, Wright made a diving stop to her left to deny Gianino.
  • On Fairfield's second corner of the evening, after a loose ball in the box, freshman Ariana Schwinn-Clanton smartly sent the ball off a Stag and past the end line, leading to a Terrier goal kick in the 32nd minute.
  • Shobeiri capped the opening half with her first save in the final minutes, snagging a roller from Ella Pisani just inside the box.
  • The Stags broke the ice in the 56th minute when Theriault drew a triple team from BU's defense, and her left-to-right cross found an open Kersey for the finish in the right side of the goal.
  • BU generated a corner kick in the 66th minute. Gianino's insert directly met Tyburczy's boot for the goal to level the score at 1-1.
  • Both sides traded opportunities in the 73rd minute, with Kersey's chance meandering wide left and sophomore Juliana Osterman's try deflected by Wright on the other end.
  • Fairfield regained the lead in the 77th minute when a right-corner cross from O'Connor found Walsh's head, and Theriault beat Shobeiri to the net from eight yards away.
  • BU only created one shot the rest of the match, with Gianino's 81st-minute attempt blocked before reaching the keeper.
STATS
  • BU sported an 11-10 edge in shots, though Fairfield held the 8-5 advantage in the second half and a 6-4 lead in shots on goal for the contest.
  • Gianino and Stickelman paced the Terriers with three shots each. Gianino had two chances on goal.
  • Seven of the game's 10 corner kicks also took place in the final 45 minutes.
  • Neither side generated a card.
  • The Terriers won the possession battle at 53 percent, though the Stags held a larger percentage of their possession in the attacking half.
NOTES
  • Tyburczy's goal is her first as a Terrier and her fourth career point. Her last point came on an assist back on Oct. 26 against American.
  • Gianino now has 12 career assists and 48 career points, the latter putting her in a share for 10th place in program history with Emily Pallotta '10.
  • BU snaps its six-game home unbeaten streak dating to last year.
  • The Terriers are now 4-1-1 all time against Fairfield.
UP NEXT
  • BU embarks on a five-game road swing with a trip to Maine on Sunday (Aug. 24). Opening kick is slated for Noon.
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