McCoy Nets Two in Win at No. 16 Harvard

BOSTON – Emily McCoy scored two goals while Brittany Sheenan added one goal and one assist in Boston College field hockey's 4-1 road win over No. 16 Harvard on Thursday night. The twelfth-ranked Eagles were out-shot 17-7 in the game, but made theirs count while it rained increasingly harder and steadier throughout the 70 minutes at Berlyson Field.

BC's win snapped Harvard's eight-game winning streak, and was the Eagles' fifth win over a ranked team this year. Boston College has now won its last three games and sits 10-7 on the season with Sunday's regular-season finale against No. 3 Connecticut on tap.

Ymke Rose Gote collected a pair of assists in the victory.

"I thought we played well defensively tonight and we stepped up well in our chances under pressure," head coach Kelly Doton said. "We had a handful of goal-scoring opportunities and were able to finish our chances tonight - and scored some pretty good goals. We didn't generate as many corners as we would've liked, but Emily put a pretty good in to make us one-for-one when we did have the opportunity. Overall, I liked our effort tonight and now we're looking ahead to a big, big game on Sunday against UConn."

Sheenan got the Eagles on the board at 25:40 when her turn-around shot beat Crimson keeper Libby Manela and put BC up 1-0. Chelcie Mendonca got the play going, breaking into the circle on the left side, and sending a quick pass in to Gote just off the near post. Gote then pushed the ball over to Sheenan in front, setting the senior up for her ninth goal of the season.

Just before the halftime horn, McCoy's turn-around shot pushed the Eagles' lead to 2-0, doubling BC's lead at the interval. Leah Frome's slide pass in front of the goal set up the play as McCoy scored at 34:33.

The rain picked up in the second half and the teams traded possession for the first 17 minutes of the stanza while adjusting to the deteriorating conditions. With play locked in the Eagles' defensive half for a stretch, Sheenan generated an opportunity off a counter attack. She dribbled down the right side and into the circle, looking to shoot low on Manela's blocker side. However, Lucy Lytle cut in front as Manela went to make a play and tipped it in for the 3-0 lead at 51:56.

As time wound down, BC further extended its lead when McCoy converted the team's only penalty corner opportunity of the night. Gote stopped Frederique Haverhals' insertion and passed it over wide to McCoy, who lifted a shot from just inside the circle high and in over Manela at 66:07.

With under two minutes to play, Harvard broke Audra Hampsch's' shutout bid when Victoria Boylett deflected Ellie Cookson's pass in off a Crimson corner, pulling the score to its final 4-1 with 1:26 left in the game.

"I was impressed with Harvard," Doton said. "They're having a pretty good year. They have energy and aggressiveness on the field, and that was one of the better Crimson teams I've seen in a few years."

Hampsch made three saves in the win.

Boston College returns to the field on Sunday, Oct. 30 when the team hosts No. 3 Connecticut at 1 p.m. at the Newton Field Hockey Campus. The team's six seniors – captain Alexa Brazauskas, Frome, Hampsch, McCoy, her twin sister Eryn and Sheenan – will all honored in a pregame ceremony.

You can follow the team all season via its social channels: Twitter (@bcfieldhockey), Instagram (@bcfieldhockey) and Facebook (/BCFieldHockey).

GAME NOTES

BC improved to 21-8 overall against Harvard, and 10-6 in Boston at the Crimson's facilities
This marked the 17th straight season Boston College earned at least 10 wins … the Eagles have posted 10 or more wins every year since 2000 … the team's last season without 10 wins was 1999 when the squad went 9-11
Tonight marked BC's 11th match – in 17 – against a ranked opponent this year … the Eagles are now 5-6 in those games
BC pushed its road record to 6-2 on the season with the win
Emily McCoy's two goals pushed her career total to 33, tied for 11th most in program history with her twin sister Eryn … this was Emily's first multiple-goal game of the season and her first since her two-goal effort against Liberty on Sept. 27, 2015
Her two tallied also pushed her career point total to 82 points, pushing her into 11th place on the Eagles' career scoring chart past Sara York '06 (79 pts.) … she is now one point back of 10th place on the chart, currently held by Eryn (83 pts.)
Brittany Sheenan's first-half goal was her career-best ninth tally of the season, and her first since Sept. 18 … she now has 20 career goals … her assist on Lucy Lytle's goal was her fourth of the season and her first since Sept. 18
Lucy Lytle netted her team-leading 12th goal of the season … it's the team's highest single-season total since Janna Anctil potted 14 goals in 2010 in 19 games
Ymke Rose Gote picked up her third and fourth assists of the season tonight, pushing her career total to seven … her two assists tonight helped establish a new single-season high for the sophomore … this was her first career multiple-assist game
Leah Frome's assist on Emily McCoy's first-half goal was her second assist of the season and her first since Sept. 4 against Maryland
Frederique Haverhals recorded her team-best sixth assist of the season on Emily McCoy's second goal
Chelcie Mendonca returned to the field after missing the last six games

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Team Stats

Emily McCoy

Brittany Sheenan

Lucy Lytle

Ymke Rose Gote

Players Mentioned

Alexa Brazauskas

Leah Frome

Ymke Rose Gote

Audra Hampsch

Frederique Haverhals

Lucy Lytle

Emily McCoy

Chelcie Mendonca

Brittany Sheenan

Players Mentioned

Alexa Brazauskas

Leah Frome

Ymke Rose Gote

Audra Hampsch

Frederique Haverhals

Lucy Lytle

Emily McCoy

Chelcie Mendonca

Brittany Sheenan