No. 10 Eagles Set to Face Holy Cross, Renew Battle of Comm Ave Against BU

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The tenth-ranked Boston College women's hockey team will host Holy Cross at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19 and then renew the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue on Sunday, Nov. 21 when it travels to Boston University for a 3 p.m. tilt.

Friday's contest between the Eagles and Crusaders will air live on NESN. All Hockey East games this season will be made available across the U.S. and internationally on SportsLive, while all games televised on NESN and NESN+ and other select matchups will also be made available on CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports app outside of New England.

GAME 12 | Holy Cross at No. 10 Boston College
Friday, Nov. 19, 2021 | 2:00 P.M.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | NESN

GAME 13 | No. 10 Boston College at Boston University
Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 | 3:00 P.M.
Walter Brown Arena | Boston | SportsLive

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College and Holy Cross will face off on Friday afternoon at Kelley Rink ... the 2 p.m. tilt will air live on NESN.
• BC is coming off a weekend split with Providence while Holy Cross is coming off of a home-and-home split with Boston University.
• Last year, the Eagles took both meetings ... BC earned a 3-2 win at Kelley Rink and a 5-1 win at the Hart Center.
• It's then on to the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue, with the 63rd meeting between BC and BU taking place on Sunday afternoon at Walter Brown Arena.

ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• The Eagles enter the weekend at 7-4-0 overall and 5-3-0 in Hockey East play after splitting a home-and-home series with Providence ... after a 2-1 loss on Friday in Providence, BC snapped a four-game losing streak with a 2-1 overtime win at home on Saturday night ... it was a three-game week for BC, as BC played on Tuesday night, falling at tenth-ranked Harvard, 5-2.
• Abby Newhook leads the team in scoring with 11 points on seven goals and four assists ... Hannah Bilka (4-5-9) and Gaby Roy (3-6-9) sit second.
• Abigail Levy is 7-4-0 in goal with a .943 save percentage and 2.09 goals against average ... Levy has made at least 30 saves in 10 out of 11 games.
• Katie Crowley, the Jane Rattigan Head Women's Hockey Coach, is in her 15th season at the helm of the Eagles.

ABOUT HOLY CROSS
• Holy Cross enters Friday's game at 2-11-0 overall and 1-8-0 in Hockey East play ... the Crusaders played a home-and-home series with Boston University this past week, winning at home, 2-0, and falling on the road, 3-1.
• Darci Johal (5-0-5), Lilly Feeney (0-5-5) and Millie Sirum (3-2-5) lead the Crusaders in scoring ... Sirum last played for Holy Cross on Oct. 31 and has since been with the Norwegian national team for Olympic qualifying ... Johal and Feeney lead the team in goals and assists, respectively.
• Jada Brenon has started nine games between the pipes, going 1-8-0 with a .899 save percentage, 3.76 goals against average and one shutout ... Madison Beck is 1-3-0 with a 2.79 goals against average, .924 save percentage and one shutout.
• Katie Lachapelle is in her third year as the head coach of the Crusaders and fifth overall with the program ... she was an assistant at Boston University for nine seasons (2008-2017).

SERIES HISTORY VS HOLY CROSS
• BC is 8-0-0 in the all-time series with a mark of 4-0-0 at the Hart Center and 4-0-0 at Kelley Rink.
• The Eagles took both meetings during the 2020-21 season, earning a 3-2 win at Kelly Rink on Jan. 21, 2021 and a 5-1 win the next night at the Hart Center ... in the 5-1 win, Alexie Guay scored twice while Kelly Browne had three points on one goal and two assists ... Hannah Bilka had the game-winning goal.
• BC swept the 2019-20 series with one win on the road and two at Kelley Rink ... on Oct. 3, 2019 in Worcester Bilka had four goals in a 6-0 win, including a short-handed goal, a power-play goal and the game-winning goal ... Olivia Finocchiaro (1-3-4) and Kelly Browne (0-4-4) each had four-point outings as well.
• Browne has a team-leading 18 points against the Crusaders with seven goals and 11 assists ... she notched four assists in a 6-0 win on Oct. 3, 2019 ... she potted her first career goal with the game-winner at Holy Cross on Oct. 26, 2018 ... Browne had two goals on Nov. 24, 2018.
• Bilka has 11 career points (6-5-11) and three game-winning goals against Holy Cross.
• Browne (eight career games) and Bilka (five career games) have each registered at least one point in every game they've played against Holy Cross.

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD . . .
• Give Boston College an overall mark of 9-0-0 in the all-time series with Holy Cross, including a record of 4-0-0 at Kelley Rink.
• Give head coach Katie Crowley an overall record of 343-123-51.
• Bump BC's overall program record to 487-360-80.

ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• The Terriers, who play a single game at Maine on Friday before Sunday's Battle of Comm Ave, stand at 6-4-3 overall and 5-3-3 in Hockey East play.
• Courtney Correia leads BU in scoring with 13 points on seven goals and six assists while Julia Nearis has 12 points off of four goals and a team-high eight helpers ... Nearis has scored two power-play goals.
• Kate Stuart has started nine games in goal, going 3-3-3- with a .938 save percentage and 1.75 goals against average while Callie Shanahan is 3-1-0 with a 1.58 goals against average, 934 save percentage
and one shutout.
• The Terriers split a two-game series with Holy Cross last week, falling 2-0 on the road on Thursday before bouncing back for a 3-1 win at home on Friday.
• Brian Durocher is in his 17th season as head coach of the Terriers.

SERIES HISTORY VS BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• BC maintains the overall lead in the all-time series at 32-23-7 ... the Eagles have a mark of 12-10-4 against the Terriers at Conte Forum and 15-10-2 at Walter Brown Arena ... BC has the edge at neutral sites, 5-3-1.
• The teams split the 2020-21 series, with both teams picking up a road win ... on Feb. 19, 2021, the Terriers erased a two-goal deficit and scored the game-winning goal in the final minute for a 3-2 win ... the next day, Abigail Levy made 35 saves for her second shutout of the season while Hannah Bilka and Jillian Fey potted goals.
• 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.
• 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.
• Kelly Browne leads all current Eagles in scoring against BU with six points ... she has four goals and two assists, with three goals coming on the power play.
• Bilka also has points on two goals and two assists in four career games against the Terriers.
• Katie Crowley has a 27-22-6 career mark against Boston University.

ABOUT LAST WEEKEND
• Boston College played a home-and-home series with Providence last weekend, falling on the road, 2-1, on Friday before snapping a four-game losing streak on Saturday with a 2-1 overtime win at home.
• On Friday, Gaby Roy gave BC a 1-0 lead in the second but two unanswered goals from the hosts gave Providence the win ... Abigail Levy finished with 34 saves for BC ... the Eagles fired a season-high 43 shots on goal.
• Saturday night saw Abby Newhook score twice, giving BC a 1-0 lead in the second and then netting the winner in overtime ... Levy finished with 37 saves for her 10th performance of at least 30 saves this season.
• Kelly Browne finished the two-game series with 33 face-off wins and a 70.0 face-off winning percentage.

IT'S WORTH NOTING . . .
• Sidney Fess and Keri Clougherty lead the Eagles in blocked shots with 16 each while Alexie Guay has blocked 15 shots.
• Abby Newhook has four multi-point outings on the year ... she scored two goals in a win over New Hampshire, had another two-goal outing in a win over Providence and has a pair of one-goal, one-assist outings.
• Newhook has a team-leading three game-winning goals, a number that also is tied for second in the nation and leads all first-year players.
• Hannah Bilka has registered at least one shot on goal in all 64 contests that she has played for BC, putting multiple shots on goal in 56 of them ... BC is 17-1-1 all-time when she scores a goal.
• Kelly Browne ranks fourth in Hockey East with 98 face-off wins and sits third with a 62.0 face-off winning percentage.

No. 10 Eagles Set to Face Holy Cross, Renew Battle of Comm Ave Against BU

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Kelly Browne

Keri Clougherty

Sidney Fess

Jillian Fey

Olivia Finocchiaro

Alexie Guay

Abigail Levy

Abby Newhook

Gaby Roy