McCoy Factors in Five Goals in Victory over Northeastern

DEDHAM, Mass. – Eryn McCoy factored in five of the team's eight goals as the 18th-ranked Boston College field hockey team earned an 8-1 victory over cross-town rival Northeastern on Sunday afternoon.

A pair of Eagles – McCoy and Brittany Sheenan – recorded hat tricks, while McCoy also added two assists. Emily McCoy and Lucy Lytle notched single goals, while Frederique Haverhals recorded two assists.

The Eagles jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead as Sheenan netted her first of three goals on the day just 3:41 into the game. Northeastern tied it up at 12:02 through June Curry-Lindahl, but Eryn McCoy scored her first goal at 15:29 to put BC ahead for good.

Although Boston College took a 2-1 lead into the intermission, the team came out flying in the second half. The Eagles scored two goals in the first five minutes of the second half, and six total in the stanza.

Sheenan came up with her second goal at 36:41, while Lytle scored off a corner at 39:32. Sheenan added her third – off a penalty corner – at 44:39, before Emily McCoy struck almost 10 minutes later on a fast break at 54:21. Eryn McCoy tallied her second of the game less than two minutes later when she lifted a pass over replacement goalkeeper Julia Ennis at 56:14, and then she wrapped up the scoring at 58:02 when she converted off a penalty corner.

In goal, Audra Hampsch made three saves for her fourth victory of the season.

BC (4-3, 1-1 ACC) returns to action on Friday, Sept. 23, when the team hosts No. 14 Virginia at the Newton Field Hockey Complex.

GAME NOTES

Both Eryn McCoy and Brittany Sheenan recorded three-goal games on Sunday … it was both players' second career hat trick … McCoy recorded hers against Massachusetts on Oct. 15, 2015, while Sheenan picked up hers on Sept. 5, 2014 against Providence
McCoy also picked up her first two assists of the season in today's game, factoring in five of the Eagles' eight goals, while Sheenan tallied her second of the season
Sheenan has recorded the Eagles' first goal of the game in five of seven games so far this season
This was Sheenan's second multiple-goal game of the season, also notching a two-goal effort in the overtime win over No. 14 Stanford on Sept. 10
One game after scoring the game-winning goal against third-ranked North Carolina, Chelcie Mendonca picked up her first assist of the season in today's game
Frederique Haverhals also collected her first two assists of the season
Emily McCoy recorded one goal and one assist, snapping a five-game pointless streak
Lucy Lytle notched her second goal of the season, while Kaitie Fink recorded her second assist of the campaign
The Eagles are now 13-17 all-time against Northeastern, and have won the last two meetings by a combined score of 14-2

Records: Boston College (4-3, 1-1 ACC), Northeastern (4-2, 0-0 CAA)
Attendance: 287

McCoy Factors in Five Goals in Victory over Northeastern

Players Mentioned

Kaitie Fink

Audra Hampsch

Frederique Haverhals

Lucy Lytle

Emily McCoy

Eryn McCoy

Chelcie Mendonca

Brittany Sheenan