Berman Shines In 3-0 Victory over Harvard

Wednesday, September 7

Newton, Mass.

7:00 PM

Boston College

6-0-1

Harvard

2-3-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Harvard	0	0	0
Boston College	2	1	3

Photo by: John Quackenbos

Berman Shines In 3-0 Victory over Harvard

September 07, 2016 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Berman notched a goal and an assist in the Eagles 3-0 win over Harvard.

GAME INFORMATION

Score: Boston College 3, Harvard 0
Records: Boston College (6-0-1), Harvard (2-3-0)
Location: Newton Soccer Field, Newton, Mass.
Attendance: 386

Junior Lauren Berman scored a goal and an assist to lead Boston College to a 3-0 victory over Harvard (2-3-0)on Wednesday night at the Newton Soccer Field. BC, which is ranked 13^th by TopDrawerSoccer.com and receiving votes by the NSCAA this week, is now 6-0-1 on the season.

TURNING POINT

The play of junior Lauren Berman at the start of the game set the tone. Berman had four shots in the first 10 minutes of the game. She then set up the first goal in the 27^th minute when she connected with Madison Meehan over the top of the Harvard defense.

HOW IT HAPPENED

- Harvard's best chance came in the 24^th minute when a through ball sent Margaret Purce into the box with a defender on her back. Purce got a touch on the ball but BC goalkeeper Alexis Bryant (four saves) came out and smothered the attempt by the Harvard forward.

- The Eagles responded when McKenzie Meehan ran onto a great long ball over the defense from Lauren Berman to the far corner of the box. Meehan took a dribble and placed it by the Harvard goalkeeper Danielle Etzel in the 27^th minute of play. It was Meehan's sixth goal of the season and Berman's third assist.

- BC went up 2-0 in the 30^th minute on another great ball from Madison Kenny over the top of the Harvard defense. Freshman Olivia Vaughn ran onto the ball and scored her second goal of the season giving BC a nice cushion.

- Harvard best chance later in the half came from Purce who broke down the sideline and sent a cross into the box for Karly Zlatic. Zlatic's shot was blocked by Eagle rookie defender Samantha Hiatt in the box.

- BC put the game away when Lauren Berman chested in a cross from Hayley Dowd in the 65^th minute. Meehan started the play when she won the ball at midfield and send Dowd down the sideline. It was Berman's third goal of the season.

- Harvard had a great chance squandered by BC goalkeeper Alexis Bryant in the 72^nd minute of play. The Crimson earned a penalty kick when Karly Zlatic was dropped in the box. Zlatic's shot went to the right of BC keeper. Bryant punched the ball out and the Eagles defense cleared the ball out of the area.

GAME NOTES

- Graduate student McKenzie Meehan scored the game-winning goal, her second of the season. She now has 17 career GWG, which is now the new program record. Meehan now has 111 career points, just six points away from becoming the program's all-time leading scorer.

- This was the fifth consecutive game in which McKenzie Meehan has scored a goal.

- BC had 21 shots while Harvard had nine in the game. The Eagles also had nine shots on goal and held Harvard to four.

- This was Lauren Berman's third career multiple-point game. She had two assists against Cincinnati earlier this season.

- BC has outscored its opponents, 22-3, this season.