Boston University (0-2) at No. 14 Massachusetts (3-0)
Sunday, Sept. 7 | 1 p.m.
Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex | Amherst, MA
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The Boston University field hockey team completes a two-game weekend on Sunday (Sept. 5) when it visits No. 14 Massachusetts. Game time is set for 1 p.m.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• This is BU's only road game during the first seven games of the season.
• On Friday, the Terriers dropped a 3-2 overtime contest to Vermont.
• Freshmen Rachel Turer and Molly Driscoll scored their first collegiate goals on Friday while junior Bella Bergner and seniors Caroline O'Brien and Megan Wetzel added assists.
• BU opened its season on Aug. 29 with a 3-2 loss to Providence in a game that was decided by a shootout.
• Senior Martu Coulo and junior Nicole Lauro, who both earned spots on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team, recorded goals against the Friars.
• Sophomore Abbey Chun made seven saves versus Providence in her collegiate debut before adding five more against the Catamounts.
• Senior Natalie Epperson is the leading returner in points (8) and goals (4) while Wetzel had a team-best seven assists last season.
• BU was picked fourth in the Patriot League preseason poll.
• Coulo, Lauro and juniors Maggie Driscoll and Olivia Hammer were all named to the NFHCA Division I Watchlist.
• The Terriers welcomed a six-member freshman class with student-athletes from Argentina, Northern Ireland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maine and Connecticut.
• 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 MINUTEWOMEN

• UMass is off to a 3-0 start, most recently earning a 3-2 shootout win at home over Brown on Friday. 
• The Minutewomen opened their season last weekend with shutout road wins over Vermont (2-0) and UMass Lowell (3-0).
• Freshman Emily Barrett, senior Gabrielle Benkenstein and junior Neva Eisenga are the early scoring leaders, each posting two goals and an assist thus far.
• Sophomore Elani Sherwood is the leading returner in both goals (9) and points (22) after helping UMass reach the national semifinals last season.
• Senior Myrte van Herwijnen has made 29 straight starts in goal for the Minutewomen and has a 0.60 goals-against average and an .833 save percentage thus far this season.

SERIES HISTORY VS. UMASS

• BU is an even 20-20-2 all-time against the Minutewomen. 
• Last season, the Terriers fell at home to UMass by a score of 5-3 despite holding a 15-2 advantage in corners.

UP NEXT

• BU will kick off a four-game homestand on Friday (Sept. 12) when it hosts Quinnipiac.
• Game time at New Balance Field is set for 4 p.m.