Boston College
No. 12 Providence
No. 4 Field Hockey Squeezes Past The Friars
October 04, 2006 | Field Hockey
Oct. 4, 2006
Providence, R.I.--The fourth-ranked Boston College field hockey team slid by a determined Providence College team Wednesday evening in Providence, 2-1. The 12th-ranked Friars drop to 11-2, and the Eagles improve to the same 11-2 overall record. The win keeps Boston College's win-streak alive at a season-high six games.
Junior Crystal Frates scored the first goal of the game in the fourth minute by deflecting a pass from sophomore Bob Dirks into the net past Friar goalkeeper Rachel Chamberlain. Less than ten minutes later, Providence's Melissa McGow responded with an unassisted goal to knot the score at 1-1.
The Eagles outshot the Friars in the first half, 6-2, and took a 3-1 advantage in penalty corners.
Boston College came out strong in the second half, taking eight shots and forcing Chamberlain to make three stops. Senior Caitlin Gillen's shot at 50:28 slipped into the net for her third goal of the season and the gamewinner. Sophomore Katie Quaglia picked up her league-leading tenth assist of the season.
Overall, Boston College outshot Providence, 14-5. Sophomore goalkeeper Julia Berkowitz made two saves in her 11th win while Chamberlain stopped five shots for the Friars.
The Eagles will next host sixth-ranked North Carolina in an ACC match-up on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Newton Campus Turf Field.
