Sunday, October 15
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Photo by: John Quackenbos
Govaert's OT Winner Pushes Eagles Past Terriers
October 15, 2017 | Field Hockey
Eagles stays perfect in non-conference play with 3-2 win in the extra session
BOSTON  – The No. 10 Boston College field hockey team improved to 11-0 in non-conference action with the 3-2 overtime win over crosstown rival Boston University on Sunday afternoon at New Balance Field.
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Freshman Fusine Govaert tallied her team-leading sixth goal of the season just 3:03 into the first extra session to secure the win for Boston College (11-5).
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BC got on the board first just 3:13 into the game when Alesandra Miller's put-back of Frederique Haverhals' blocked shot off a penalty corner beat starting BU keeper Millie Baker.
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Boston University (9-6) evened the scoring at 19:10 when Allie Renzie beat BC goalkeeper Sarah Dwyer after Kara Enoch threaded a pass between two defenders to set up the play. The teams played evenly the rest of the first half before Lucy Lytle's fifth of the season gave the Eagles a one-goal advantage with 2:50 left in the first.
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BU came out strong in the second and had a 6-0 edge in shots in the first 10 minutes of the stanza before BC's first attempt. The Terriers continued to hold the edge as the half continued and the teams traded a series of green cards. BU capitalized on the final card, converting a penalty corner at 63:11 to even the score at 2-2 and force the extra session. Â
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 The victory pushed the Eagles' winning streak to three games.
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GAME INFORMATION
Score:Â No. 10 Boston College 3, No. 23 Boston University 2 (OT)
Records:Â Boston College (11-5) at Boston University (9-6)
Location:Â New Balance Field in Boston, Mass. Â
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HOW IT HAPPENED
COACH QUOTE
Head Coach Kelly Doton:
"This was a classic BC-BU game. There was intensity, fight, and determination from both teams. I was proud how our players started the game quickly and we put a goal on the board. We knew BU would fight back. It was a very big win for us."
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GAME NOTES
UP NEXT
The Eagles travel to Winston-Salem, N.C., to face No. 12 Wake Forest on Friday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in the final ACC regular-season game of the season.
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Freshman Fusine Govaert tallied her team-leading sixth goal of the season just 3:03 into the first extra session to secure the win for Boston College (11-5).
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BC got on the board first just 3:13 into the game when Alesandra Miller's put-back of Frederique Haverhals' blocked shot off a penalty corner beat starting BU keeper Millie Baker.
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Boston University (9-6) evened the scoring at 19:10 when Allie Renzie beat BC goalkeeper Sarah Dwyer after Kara Enoch threaded a pass between two defenders to set up the play. The teams played evenly the rest of the first half before Lucy Lytle's fifth of the season gave the Eagles a one-goal advantage with 2:50 left in the first.
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BU came out strong in the second and had a 6-0 edge in shots in the first 10 minutes of the stanza before BC's first attempt. The Terriers continued to hold the edge as the half continued and the teams traded a series of green cards. BU capitalized on the final card, converting a penalty corner at 63:11 to even the score at 2-2 and force the extra session. Â
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 The victory pushed the Eagles' winning streak to three games.
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GAME INFORMATION
Score:Â No. 10 Boston College 3, No. 23 Boston University 2 (OT)
Records:Â Boston College (11-5) at Boston University (9-6)
Location:Â New Balance Field in Boston, Mass. Â
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- GOAL: BC 1, BU 0; TIME: 3:13: After Alessandra Miller sent a high lofted pass into the circle, BC was awarded a penalty corner when the goaltender played it. Miller inserted the ball and Frederique Haverhals' shot was blocked, but it fell to Miller at the left post who pushed it past the goaltender for the game's first goal
- GOAL: BC 1, BU 1; TIME: 19:10: The Terriers collected a long pass out of the back and Kara Enoch ran onto it, threading a pass between defenders to Allie Renzi. Dwyer came out to defend the pass, but Renzi sent a high shot over her for the goal to tie it up.
- GOAL: BC 2, BU 1; TIME: 33:10: Once into the BU half, Miller dribbled across midfield and played Caroline McGovern ahead into the circle. McGovern got deeper and sent in a pass across the face of the cage, where Lucy Lytle was on the far post for the tip in and an BC lead just before the half.
- GOAL: BC 2, BU 2; TIME: 63:11: As a BC player was shown a green card, the Terriers drew a penalty corner almost immediately off the restart. Kiley Gallagher's initial shot off the insertion was blocked, but Katherine Scheerer gathered the rebound and put her shot high to level the score at 2-2 with under seven minutes to play
- GOAL: BC 3, BU; TIME: 73:03: In overtime, the Eagles' backs played passes back and forth across the field, setting up Frederique Haverhals' long outlet pass down the sideline to Ymke Rose Gote. Gote collected the pass and took space through the midfield and into the circle. She cut inside and then sent a pass through to Fusine Govaert, who's shot from the penalty spot went back across goal and past Terriers goalkeeper Kathleen Keegan for the gamewinner.
COACH QUOTE
Head Coach Kelly Doton:
"This was a classic BC-BU game. There was intensity, fight, and determination from both teams. I was proud how our players started the game quickly and we put a goal on the board. We knew BU would fight back. It was a very big win for us."
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GAME NOTES
- BC leads the all-time series, 16-13. The last four meetings have been decided in overtime. The Eagles have won four of the last five meetings. Â
- The Eagles stay perfect in non-conference action at 11-0. They are 10-0 when scoring first and 7-0 when leading at halftime.
- This was BC's seventh game that went to overtime this year. BC is 4-1 in games decided in overtime and 1-1 in games that advanced to a shootout.Â
- Fusine Govaert's OT winner was her team-leading sixth goal of the season
- Alesandra Miller's first-half goal was her third of the season
- Lucy Lytle recorded her fifth goal of the campaign at the end of the first half
- Caroline McGovern's assist on Lytle's goal was her third of the year
- Ymke Rose Gote collected her fifth assist of the year on Govaert's game-winner. She has now matched her single-season high (5), which she first set in 2016 as a sophomore
UP NEXT
The Eagles travel to Winston-Salem, N.C., to face No. 12 Wake Forest on Friday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in the final ACC regular-season game of the season.
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Team Stats
BC
BU
Goals
3
2
Shots
11
14
Shots on Goal
7
5
Saves
3
4
Corners
3
6
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Scoring Plays
Alesandra Miller (3)
Assisted By: Lucy Lytle
rebound off corner at left post
3:13
Renzi, Allie (3)
Assisted By: Enoch, Kara
tipped pass to right post, off GK and in
19:10
Lucy Lytle (5)
Assisted By: Emily Buttinger
tip-in left post, pass from right
33:10
Scheerer, Kathryn (1)
off corner, rebound - left side
63:11
Fusine Govaert (6)
Assisted By: Ymke Rose Gote
5 yds in front, pass from right
73:03
Game Leaders
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
1
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Players Mentioned
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