Boston College
Providence
Trip to Providence Up Next for No. 5 Eagles
November 02, 2018 | Women's Hockey
BC travels to face the Friars before two weeks off from game action.
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Boston College (8-2-0, 5-0-0 HEA) comes into the game with an eight-game unbeaten streak after blanking UConn, 3-0, on Thursday night at Kelley Rink. The Eagles received goals from three different players in the win and Maddy McArhur made 19 saves for her second shutout of the season. It was the fifth straight game for BC in which at least three different players scored.
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Providence (5-2-0, 2-1-0 HEA) topped New Hampshire, 1-0, on Sunday, Oct. 28. Madison Myers made 30 saves for her second shutout of the season. Her first game in a 5-0 win over Holy Cross on Oct. 12, the third victory in a season-opening four-game winning streak. First-year head coach Matt Kelly's squad is led in scoring by Maureen Murphy's 12 points on six goals and six assists.
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Boston College will be on a two-week hiatus from game action following Saturday's game. The Eagles will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 17 when they host UConn at Kelley Rink,
GAME 11
No. 5/5 Boston College (8-2-0, 5-0-0 HEA) at Providence (5-2-0, 2-1-0 HEA)
Schneider Arena | Providence, R.I.
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 | 3 p.m.
BOSTON COLLEGE IN BRIEF
• The Eagles come into Saturday's contest with an eight-game unbeaten streak after topping UConn, 3-0, on Thursday night at Kelley Rink,
• Megan Keller, Daryl Watts and Savannah Norcross potted goals for BC while Maddy McArthur made 19 saves for her second shutout of the season.
• It was BC"s fifth consecutive game in which it had at least three different goal scorers.
• The win over the Huskies came on the heels of two-game road trip that included wins over Holy Cross and Maine.
• All nine of the Eagles' goals over the two games against the Crusaders and Black Bears came off the stick of a different player.Â
• BC started the season at No. 9 Minnesota Duluth, falling in both games, before returning home and topping Syracuse and St. Lawrence before starting Hockey East play.
• Megan Keller (4-7-11), Daryl Watts (6-5-11) and Caitrin Lonergan (4-7-11) are tied for the team lead in scoring ... Makenna Newkirk has a team-best eight assists.
ABOUT PROVIDENCE
• The Friars are coming off a 1-0 win at New Hampshire on Sunday, Oct. 28 ... Madison Myers made 30 stops for her second shutout of the season
• Providence reeled off four straight wins to open the season, sweeping Bemidji State and getting one win each over Holy Cross and Penn State ... the team is 1-2-0 in the last three outings.
• Maureen Murphy leads the team in points (12), goals (6) and assists (6) and shots on goal (40) ... she has two short-handed goals and two game-winning goals.
• Fifteen Friars have earned at least one point.
• Myers has started five games, going 4-1-0 in goal with a 1.00 goals against average and a .958 save percentage.
THE SERIES vs. PROVIDENCE
• Boston College is 34-36-3 all-time against Providence since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-95 season.
• Since the launch of the Hockey East women's league in 2002-03, BC leads the series at 29-18-3.
• The teams have played six times in the Hockey East Tournament, with BC leading, 4-2-0 in those contests.
• BC is 16-17-2 record at Kelley Rink and 16-17-1 in games played at Schneider Arena on top of its 2-2-0 mark in neutral-site games.
• PC's win on Feb. 18, 2017 snapped the Eagles' 15-game winning streak in the series ... BC is 23-2-0 in the last 25 meetings dating back to Jan. 2011.
• Providence won the teams' first 16 meetings once BC became a D1 program and went 25-1-0 in the first 26 contests ... the Eagles won their first-ever game against the Friars - on the road - on March 3, 2002.
IT'S WORTH NOTING
• BC has 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 face off wins with 82 and fourth overall in the league.
• Daryl Watts is averaging 4.80 shots on goal per game, which is fourth overall in Hockey East.
• Cayla Barnes leads BC with 17 blocks, which is also fourth in the conference.
• Five different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles.
• The Eagles have 13 players with at least one point and 11 players have scored at least one goal.Â
STINGY DEFENSE
• Boston College has limited opponents to one goal or less in each of the last eight games.
• It's the longest stretch in program history for the Eagles, topping a seven-game streak from Oct. 17, 2015 to Nov. 7, 2015.
• It's also the longest in the NCAA since the start of the 2017-18 season, topping Cornell's seven game streak last year.
DUTY CALLS
• Four current Eagles along with Emily Pfalzer '15 were named to the U.S. National Team roster for the 2018 Four Nations Cup, Nov. 6-10 in Saskatchewan.
• Megan Keller, Kali Flanagan, Cayla Barnes and Caitrin Lonergan will be joining Pfalzer in a bid for their country's fourth consecutive Four Nations title.
• Keller, Flanagan, Barnes and Pfalzer were a part of the gold-medal winning team at the 2018 Olympics.
• Lonergan will be making her senior national team debut at the tournament.
