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No. 9 Field Hockey Cruises Past Harvard, 9-1
October 28, 2009 | Field Hockey
Oct. 28, 2009
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Boston College field hockey team was hitting on all cylinders on Wednesday night as it picked up a key non-conference win over Harvard, 9-1, on a rainy evening at Newton Campus Field.
The win improves the Eagles to 13-4 for the season, while the loss drops Harvard to 5-9.
This win gives BC another season sweep of Massachusetts field hockey schools. The last time the Eagles lost to a school from the Bay State was September 2, 2005. Boston College will finish the 2009 season with a 7-1 home record. Its only loss was to Maryland, which is the number one team in the country. The 7-1 record is the best home record by a BC field hockey team since the 1998 team that went 9-1.
Boston College opened up the scoring in the ninth minute of the game on Chelsey Feole's first goal of the night.
The Eagles took a 2-0 lead just more than a minute later as Courtney Tavener scored a goal off a pass from Emily Kozniuk.
BC extended its lead to a three-goal margin in the 11th minute of the first half as the two captains hooked up with Feole scoring her second goal of the night on a feed from Kozniuk.
Feole got her hat trick in the 25th minute on a pass from Tavener to give the Eagles a 4-0 lead.
Kozniuk had an assist hat trick in the first half as well as she assisted in Jacqui Moorfield's goal in the 30th minute to give BC a 5-0 lead.
Jessica Roberts added a goal late in the first half to give Boston College a 6-0 lead going into halftime.
Boston College outshot Harvard 18-2 in the first half, and held the edge in penalty corners as well with a 6-1 margin.
The Eagles added three goals in the second half of play to eventually win the game 9-1.
The nine goals scored by the Eagles are the most goals scored by a BC field hockey team since 2007.
Feole's five goals in the game ties an NCAA single-game high for most goals scored in a game this season. Her 11 points is the second-most points scored in a game this season in the NCAA.
Janna Anctil also extended her consecutive games with a point streak to five with a goal and an assist in the win.
The Eagles will conclude the regular season with a trip to Winston-Salem, N.C. to take on ACC rival Wake Forest on Saturday, October 31. The game starts at 1 p.m.
