Boston University (1-3) vs. #4 Boston College (3-2)
Sunday, Sept. 14 | 1 p.m.
New Balance Field | Boston, MA
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The Boston University field hockey team will host the 2025 edition of the Green Line Rivalry on Sunday (Sept. 14) when No. 4 Boston College visits New Balance Field. Game time is set for 1 p.m.
TERRIER TIDBITS
- BU's is in the middle of a four-game homestand as six of its first seven games this season are being played at New Balance Field.
- The Terriers got in the win column with a 4-2 triumph over Quinnipiac on Friday.
- Senior Caroline O'Brien had a hand in every goal against the Bobcats, scoring twice and assisting on goals by junior Nicole Lauro and freshman Molly Driscoll.
- Lauro and Driscoll now have two goals apiece this season while freshman Rachel Turer and senior Martu Coulo have each scored once.
- BU opened its season on Aug. 29 with a 3-2 loss to Providence in a game that was decided by a shootout before falling in overtime, 3-2, to Vermont a week later.
- Coulo and Lauro both earned spots on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team.
- Sophomore Abbey Chun made seven saves versus Providence in her collegiate debut before adding five more against the Catamounts.
- Junior Sophie Ortyl recorded six saves against the Minutewomen on Sunday and added five more in Friday's win.
- Senior Natalie Epperson is the leading returner in points (8) and goals (4) while classmate Megan Wetzel had a team-best seven assists last season.
- Coulo, Lauro and juniors Maggie Driscoll and Olivia Hammer were all named to the NFHCA Division I Watchlist.
- Seniors Maddie Hudson and Celia Nocivelli are serving as co-captains this season.
- Sally Starr is in her 45th season as head coach of the Terriers.
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
- After opening the year with wins over Maine, Indiana and then-No. 2 Maryland, BC has dropped its past two contests.
- On Friday, the Eagles battled through both overtimes with No. 14 Massachusetts before the Minutewomen won the shootout to take a 2-1 win.
- BC was picked fourth in the preseason ACC poll and earned a first-plact vote.
- Freshman Caroline Chisholm leads the team with five points on two goals and an assist.
- Junior Madelieve Drion and sophomore Melea Weber have each scored twice thus far this season.
- Drion is the team's leading returner in points in 24 after putting up eight goals and eights assists in 2024.
- Junior Charlotte Kramer is in her second season as the team's starting goalkeeper and she has combined with senior Carine Van Wiechen for an 0.56 goals-against average and an .812 save percentage this year.
SERIES HISTORY VS. BC
- BC leads the all-time series, 25-18-3, and has won seven straight meetings.
- The Terriers' last win over the Eagles came in overtime in 2016 and it created a tie in the rivalry history before BC went on its current run.
- The teams first met in 1978.
UP NEXT
- BU will continue its homestand on Friday (Sept. 19) when it hosts American on the opening day of Patriot League play.
- Game time at New Balance Field is set for 4 p.m.