BC, BU Set to Clash in Beanpot Semifinal

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team will face off against rival Boston University on Tuesday night in the first round of the 42nd Women's Beanpot Tournament at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop against the eighth-ranked Terriers is set for 8 p.m., following the conclusion of the Harvard-Northeastern semifinal at 5 p.m.

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GAME 28
RV Boston College (14-10-3) at Boston University (18-6-3)
Walter Brown Arena | Boston
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 | 8 p.m.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Boston College and Boston University will clash in the Beanpot semifinals Tuesday at Walter Brown Arena ... this is the 18th meeting between the Comm Ave rivals in the annual tournament and the ninth time the two schools have met in the first round ... the Eagles are 15-1-1 all-time against the Terriers in the Beanpot with a mark of 7-1-0 in the semifinals.
• BC maintains the overall lead in the all-time series at 31-21-7 despite dropping the 2019-20 regular season series, two games to one ... Tuesday marks the 60th meeting in varsity games ... the Eagles have a mark of 14-9-2 at Walter Brown Arena.
• BC was picked third in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll and BU was tabbed second.
• Delaney Belinskas (7-2-9), Kelly Browne (3-5-8) and Hannah Bilka (1-8-9) each have points in four out of the last five games while that trio and Alexie Guay have each registered points in the last three.
• BU and BC are both 3-1-1 in the last five games.

BEANPOT HISTORY
• Boston College has appeared in all 42 editions of the Beanpot, playing the first 16 as a club program (1979-1994) and the last 26 as a varsity program (1995-present).
• The Eagles won their first Beanpot in 2006 and have won all eight of their titles in the last 14 seasons ... BC was the Beanpot champion in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
• BC has appeared in seven of the last 10 championship games and 13 of the last 20, missing the final in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2019.
• Last season, the Eagles fell to Harvard in the first round before defeating Northeastern the following Tuesday to earn third place.
• This marks the 18th meeting between BC and BU in the Beanpot tournament and the eighth with both teams at varsity status … the Eagles hold a record of 15-1-1 against the Terriers with a mark of 5-1-1 since BU became a varsity program.
• BU's lone win against BC in the Beanpot came in 2008 in the lone Beanpot tilt between the two schools at Walter Brown Arena ... BU won that first-round game, 3-1.
• The teams last met in the Beanpot in the 2018 championship game, with the Eagles winning the program's eighth title with a 4-3 overtime win at Kelley Rink.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• The Eagles last played on Friday night, topping Holy Cross, 8-3, at Kelley Rink ... eight different players scored in the win and Molly Barrow earned her first win of the season.
• Kelly Browne and Hannah Bilka are tied for the team lead in points with 32 each ... Browne, who sits second in the nation with 357 face-off wins, has 11 goals and 21 assists while Bilka has 12 goals and 20 assists.
• Delaney Belinskas has a team-high 16 goals for the Eagles and has three short-handed goals.
• Eleven Eagles have at least 10 points while all 18 skaters have registered at least one point.
• Maddy McArthur is 10-8-3 in goal with a .909 save percentage, 2.53 goals against average and two shutouts ... Kelly Pickreign is 3-2-0 with a shutout, 3.06 goals against average and .898 save percentage.
• The Eagles snapped a six-game losing streak against Vermont on Jan. 17 with a come-from-behind, 7-5, win.
• BC is 3-1-1 in the last five games and 3-6-1 in the last 10.

ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• The Terriers topped Vermont, 4-2, on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena to move to 18-6-3 overall on the year ... BU is 3-1-1 in its last five games and has gone 6-2-2 since earning a weekend sweep over BC in December.
• Sammy Davis, the 2019 Beanpot Tournament MVP, leads BU with 30 points on 12 goals and 18 assists ... Nara Elia and Abby Cook both have 21 points on seven goals and 14 assists, with five of Elia's goals counting as the game-winner.
• Ten Terriers have at least 10 points.
• Corinne Schroeder has started 19 of BU's 27 games, going 12-5-2 with a .939 save percentage, 1.58 goals against average and two shutouts.
• Brian Durocher is in his 15th season as head coach of the Terriers ... BU was picked to finish second in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll.

SERIES HISTORY vs BU
• BC maintains the overall lead in the all-time series at 31-21-7 ... Tuesday marks the 60th meeting in varsity games ... the Eagles have a mark of 12-9-4 against the Terriers at Conte Forum and 14-9-2 at Walter Brown Arena ... BC has the edge at neutral sites, 5-3-1.
• Tuesday marks the 18th meeting between BC and BU in the Beanpot tournament and the eighth with both teams at varsity status … the Eagles hold a record of 15-1-1 against the Terriers with a mark of 5-1-1 since BU became a varsity program.
• BU took the 2019-20 Hockey East series at 2-1-0 ... the Eagles took the first meeting on Nov. 15, earning a 4-2 win on the road at Walter Brown Arena before BU swept both ends of a home-and-home in December, 6-0 at BU and 2-1 at BC.
• Seven Eagles have at least three points apiece against the Terriers in Erin Connolly, Willow Corson (1-2-3), Lindsay Agnew (2-1-3), Cayla Barnes (1-3-4), Kelly Browne (3-1-4), Maegan Beres (1-2-3) and Delaney Belinskas (3-1-4) ... of the 18 skaters on the roster, 12 have at least one career point against BU.

IT'S WORTH NOTING...
• Boston College enters Tuesday with a Hockey East-leading 34 goals and 89 points in the second period this season.
• The Eagles have four players with at least 10 goals, the most in Hockey East.
• BC is tied for the national lead with six short-handed goals.
• Alexie Guay has been on the ice for 44 goals scored, second in the nation among all blue liners ... she sits first in the country among rookie defenders in scoring with 19 points.
• Kelly Browne is second in the country with 357 face-off wins.
• Cayla Barnes has a Hockey East-leading 75 blocks on the year, a number that also ranks fourth in the country.
• Hannah Bilka leads all rookies in the country in points (32), points per game (1.28) and assists per game (0.80) while sitting tied for first in assists (20).
• BC's sophomore class has contributed 87 points on 32 goals and 55 assists ... that is 40 percent of the team's goals (32/81), 40 percent of assists (55/136) and 40 percent of the team's points (87/217).
• Twenty of BC's 81 goals scored this season have come in the opening five minutes of a period while five game-winning goals have been scored in the opening five minutes of a period.
• Eight different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season.

STACK NAMED TO HALL OF FAME x2
• Kelli Stack Jachym '11 will be inducted into the Women's Beanpot Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 4 ... this past fall, the 2011 graduate was inducted into the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame.
• Stack, who was a two-time All-American and Patty Kazmaier Award Top-3 Finalist, helped BC to three Beanpot title in her time on the Heights (2007, 2009 and 2011).
• The 2009 Beanpot MVP recorded 14 points on seven goals and seven assists in eight career Beanpot games.
• She is the only player in Hockey East history - men's or women's - to be a three-time player of the year and one of only three to win Rookie and Player of the Year at the same time.

SECOND PERIOD SCORING SURGES
• Boston College enters Tuesday with a Hockey East-leading 34 goals and 89 points in the second period this season.
• BC scored four goals in the first 9:06 of the second period against Holy Cross on Oct. 3, 2019 with Hannah Bilka recording a hat trick in exactly seven minutes ... against Providence on Nov. 2, BC scored four goals in the first 10:12 of the middle frame.
• BC also put in five goals in the second period of an 8-0 win over Merrimack on Oct. 18, 2019.
• The Eagles had another four-goal middle frame during an 8-3 win over Holy Cross on Jan. 31, 200.

SHORT HANDED? NOT A PROBLEM
• Boston College is tied for the national lead in short-handed goals with Northeastern with six.
• Delaney Belinskas has potted three short-handed goals, which is tied for second in the nation.
• BC is tied with Harvard and Colgate for first in the nation with four different players with short-handed goals in Belinskas, Lindsay Agnew, Hannah Bilka and Kelly Browne.
• Twice this season the Eagles have scored two short-handed goals in a game, doing it at Holy Cross on Oct. 3, 2019 and against Minnesota on Nov. 29, 2019.
• BC is the only team to ever score multiple short-handed goals in a single game against Minnesota, doing it on Nov. 29, 2019.
• Agnew has five career short-handed goals, tied with Emily Field for seventh in program history.

BALANCED SCORING
• Through the first 27 games of the season, Boston College has had 15 different players score at least one goal and all 18 skaters register at least one point.
• Four players have each scored at least 10 goals for BC, which leads Hockey East.
• BC has 11 players with at least 10 points each and six players with at least 17 points
• Eight different players have scored game-winning goals for the Eagles this season with three potting multiple game-winners.

ELITE EIGHT
• In BC's 8-3 win over Holy Cross on Jan. 31, the Eagles had eight different goal scorers in a game for the first time since a 10-2 win over Wesleyan on Jan. 30, 1996.
• Hadley Hartmetz, Savannah Norcross, Deirdre Mullowney, Delaney Belinskas, Olivia Finocchiaro, Kelly Browne, Bridget McCarthy and Maegan Beres all found the back of the net for BC.
• Mullowney's goal marked the first of her career.
• Bridget McCarthy potted her first goal of the season, with Abby Volo earning her first career point with a secondary assist on the score.
• Thirteen total Eagles found the scoresheet in the game, with eight of them finishing with multiple points.
• BC hadn't had more than seven goal scorers in a game since a 9-1 win at Providence on Nov. 25, 2015.

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Players Mentioned

Lindsay Agnew

Cayla Barnes

Molly Barrow

Delaney Belinskas

Maegan Beres

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Erin Connolly

Willow Corson

Olivia Finocchiaro

Alexie Guay

Hadley Hartmetz

Maddy McArthur

Bridget McCarthy

Deirdre Mullowney

Savannah Norcross

Kelly Pickreign

Abby Volo