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No. 4 Boston College Set to Host Rival Boston University Tuesday Night
November 19, 2018 | Women's Hockey
It'll be the 53rd edition of the Battle of Comm Ave.
Boston College (10-3-0, 7-1-0 HEA) comes into the game off a pair of wins over UConn in a home-and-home series this past weekend. Maddy McArthur posted back-to-back shutouts, making 17 saves in Friday's 3-0 road win and 16 save in Saturday's 4-0 win at home. Caitrin Lonergan, Makenna Newkirk, Cayla Barnes and Megan Keller each tallied three points over the two wins while 10 players total contributed to the score sheet. In Friday's win, Olivia Finocchiaro potted her first career goal. McArthur was named the Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week on Monday for her two shutouts. Lonergan (6-8-14), Newkirk (4-10-14), Keller (6-8-14) and Daryl Watts (8-6-14) are tied for the team lead in points with 11 each.
Boston University (3-3-4, 3-3-4 HEA) comes into Tuesday's game on a three-game unbeaten streak following a win and tie against Vermont this past weekend. The Terriers topped the Catamounts, 3-0, behind Corinne Schroeder's first career shutout before playing to a 3-3 tie on Saturday. Jesse Compher has a team-high 16 points on six goals and a team-leading 10 assists. The sophomore has scored two game-winning goals and two short-handed goals. The Terriers have only played Hockey East games this season.Â
Tuesday's meeting, which is the first of three between the teams in a span of 12 days, will the 53rd in the series. BC holds a record of 28-17-7 in the series, including a 12-7-4 record at Conte Forum.
GAME 14
No. 4/4 Boston College (10-3-0, 7-1-0 HEA) vs. Boston University (3-3-4, 3-3-4 HEA)
Kelley Rink at Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018 | 7 p.m.
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BOSTON COLLEGE IN BRIEF
• The Eagles head into Tuesday night's game 4-1-0 in the last five games and 9-1-0 in the last 10 after a series sweep of UConn last weekend.
• Behind Maddy McArthur's third and fourth career shutouts, BC topped the Huskies 3-0 and 4-0 to earn a regular season series sweep ... Caitrin Lonergan scored the game-opening, game-winning goal in each game while 10 players total found the score sheet across the weekend.
• Daryl Watts (8-6-14), Lonergan (6-8-14), Megan Keller (6-8-14), and Makenna Newkirk (4-10-14) are tied for the team lead in points.
ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• The Terriers enter Tuesday night's tilt unbeaten in the last three games.
• This past weekend, BU topped Vermont, 3-0, on Friday and then tied the Catamounts, 3-3, on Saturday ... the Friday before, they got a 4-1 win at UConn.
• Corinne Schroeder made 26 saves for the shutout win over Vermont.
• Schroeder has a 1.53 goals against average and a .944 save percentage over the last seven games ... the sophomore is 2-3-4 overall on the year.
• Jesse Compher has a team-high 16 points on six goals and a team-leading 10 assists ... the sophomore has scored two game-winning goals and two short-handed goals.
• A back-from-injury Sammy Davis is second in points with 11 on a team-best seven goals and four assists.
• After a season-opening loss at Northeastern, the Terriers rebounded for a tie with the Huskies and Merrimack before the first win of the season, 3-0, against New Hampshire.
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SERIES NOTES
• Tuesday's game will be the teams' first meeting this year ... the Eagles claimed the three-game Hockey East series this year with a 2-0-1 mark against the Terriers and then topped BU in overtime of the Beanpot Championship game.
• Five of the last six meetings have been decided by one goal or less
• This will be the 53rd meeting in varsity games ... in varsity contests, BC leads the series 28-17-7.
• The Eagles have a mark of 12-7-4 against the Terries at Conte Forum.
• BC won both games at Walter Brown Arena last season: a 4-3 win on Oct. 28, 2017 and a 4-2 win on Dec. 2, 2017 ... the teams tied at Kelley Rink, 2-2, on Dec. 1, 2017.
• At home, the Eagles are 11-7-4 against BU, and 13-7-2 at Walter Brown Arena ... BC has the edge at neutral sites, 4-3-1.
• Since the 2013-14 season, BC is 15-3-2 against Boston University overall, with the Eagles' losses coming in the 2014 and 2015 Hockey East Championship games and in the first meeting of the 2016-17 season.
• BC went six seasons without a home win against BU: 2007-08 through 2012-13 ... the Eagles won the Feb. 4, 2014 meeting at Kelley Rink to snap an 0-7-2 run at home against the Terriers ... however, since the 2013-14 season BC is 7-0-1 at home vs. Boston University.
• BC and BU met in three straight Hockey East Tournament championship games (2014-16), with the Eagles snapping the Terriers two-tournament winning streak in 2016.
• The two schools met numerous times in the Beanpot before the two programs' ascension to D1 status (BC in 1994-95 and BU in 2005-06) ... the teams met 10 times while BC was a D1 program and before BU transitioned to D1 status in 2005-06, with the Eagles winning all 10 games.
 BALANCED ATTACK
• BC and Clarkson are the only two teams in the country with four players in the top 25 in scoring.
• Four Eagles - Caitrin Lonergan, Megan Keller, Daryl Watts and Makenna Newkirk - sit tied for 21st in scoring.
• Among Hockey East teams, BC is the lone squad with four players in the top 10 in scoring.
• Six different players have scored game-winning goals for BC ... Caitrin Lonergan, Daryl Watts, Lindsay Agnew and Grace Bizal have each scored two.
• The Eagles have 16 players with at least one point and 12 players have scored at least one goal.Â
DEFENSE CHIPPIN' IN
• In addition to help Boston College rank second in the country in goals against per game (1.23), the Eagles' defensive corps is third in the country in scoring with 38 points.
• The Eagles have three players in Megan Keller, Cayla Barnes and Grace Bizal that sit in the top 15 in defensemen scoring, the most of any team ... Keller is second overall while Barnes is tied for fifth and Bizal is tied for 12th.
• Barnes is the only rookie blue liner to crack the top 15 in points.
• BC defensemen have scored 11 goals, tied for first in the country, and a nation-leading seven have come on the power play.
• The BC defense has chipped in on 28% of the squad's goals (11/39), 40% of the assists (27/68) and 35% of the overall points (38/107).
IT'S WORTH NOTING
• BC started Hockey East play 5-0-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 season ... the team finished league play a perfect 24-0-0 that year.
• Freshman Kelly Browne is second amongst Hockey East rookies in faceoff wins with 105 and tied for eighth overall in the league.
• Daryl Watts is averaging 4.85 shots on goal per game, which is fourth overall in Hockey East.
• Cayla Barnes leads BC with 17 blocks.
• Six different players have scored game-winning goals for BC ... Caitrin Lonergan, Daryl Watts, Lindsay Agnew and Grace Bizal have each scored two.
• The Eagles have 16 players with at least one point and 12 players have scored at least one goal.Â
HOME SWEET HOME
• Boston College reeled off five straight wins during its five-game homestand Oct. 6-20.
• It marked the fifth consecutive unbeaten start through the first five home games of a season for the Eagles.
• BC is the only team in the nation to start each of the last five seasons unbeaten in the first five home games.Â
• The Eagles are unbeaten at Kelley Rink this year with a 7-0-0 record.
