Huskies Hand Eagles First Loss

STORRS, Conn. – The No. 5/6 Boston College women's hockey team dropped its first game of the season on Saturday afternoon, falling 5-2 to the UConn Huskies at the Freitas Ice Forum. Delaney Belinskas scored twice for the Eagles in the loss.

UConn scored just 55 seconds into the first period and then took a 2-0 lead near the midway point. Belinskas scored with 2:41 to go in that opening period, but the Huskies took a 3-1 lead 14 seconds left before the break. UConn got the lone goal of the middle frame for a three-goal lead entering the third. Belinskas cut the deficit early in the third but Viki Harkness put home her second of the game with six minutes to play for a 5-2 final score.

Maddy McArthur finished with 28 saves for BC while Morgan Fisher stopped 26 for UConn. The Huskies held a 33-28 lead in shots on goal.

UConn 5, No. 5/6 Boston College 2
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 | 3 p.m.
Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum | Storrs, Conn.

SCORING

1st, 00:55 | 0-1, UCONN GOAL: After Danielle Fox won the draw at the circle to the right of McArthur, Taylor Wabick wristed a shot from the top of the circle that deflected inside the post.
1st, 12:14 | 0-2, UCONN GOAL: The Huskies broke into the zone on the power play, with Catherine Carwley's centering pass going through the low slot out to Morgan Wabick for a finish at the right post.
1st, 17:19 | 1-2, BC GOAL: Crossing the blue line, Erin Connolly sent a pass in between two Huskies to Belinskas as she hit the slot, and Belinskas redirected the puck past Fisher.
1st, 19:46 | 1-3, UCONN GOAL: McArthur made left-pad save on a shot from the point but the Huskies kept fighting for the loose puck, with Leona Sim eventually pushing it over to Harkness to stuff home at the left post.
2nd, 15:17 | 1-4, UCONN GOAL: UConn sent the puck out to the neutral zone and Natalie Snodgrass broke in alone on McArthur and put her shot into the upper right corner.
3rd, 4:23 | 2-4, BC GOAL: Belinskas tracked down a loose puck below the goal line and came back out around the net before turning and sending the puck back towards the crease and through Fisher's legs.
3rd, 13:50 | 2-5, UCONN GOAL: From the left circle, Harkness wristed a shot off the iron that then trickled inside the left post.

GAME NOTES

BC now holds a 36-16-10 all-time mark against UConn … the Eagles have a record of 13-9-8 against UConn in Storrs.
With her goal in the first period, Delaney Belinskas became the 32nd player in program history to reach 75 career points … the senior now has 76 points on 36 goals and 40 assists.
Belinskas now has 17 career multi-point games … this marked her second consecutive two-goal game ... she has a team-leading seven points on three goals and four assists against UConn.
Erin Connolly picked up her first point of the season with the primary assist on Belinskas' first goal of the game … the Eagles now have 16 players with at least one point.
This marked the first time this season that BC was held scoreless in the second period.

TEAM RECORDS
UConn: 6-4-0, 3-2-0 HEA
Boston College: 9-1-1, 8-1-1 HEA

UP NEXT
Boston College will travel to Boston University on Saturday, Nov. 15 to take on the Terriers.

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Team Stats

Delaney Belinskas

Erin Connolly

Alexie Guay

Maegan Beres

Players Mentioned

Delaney Belinskas

Erin Connolly

Maddy McArthur

Players Mentioned

Delaney Belinskas

Erin Connolly

Maddy McArthur