By Jacob Posik
The 10th-ranked Boston University women’s ice hockey team came away with two wins in their weekend set with the University of Maine this weekend by a combined score of 9-3.
The Black Bears will take their 0-7-3 overall record and 0-3-3 Hockey East mark into a two-game home set against conference foe University of Vermont Nov. 16-17.
The Terriers will face off against St. Cloud State University and the University of Wisconsin in Vail, Col. Nov. 15-16.
UMaine gives up five unanswered goals, loses 5-1 in Game 1
The Black Bears lost to No. 10 Boston University 5-1 Saturday afternoon in Boston, Mass.
Scoring UMaine’s only goal was senior forward Brianne Kilgour, her second of the season.
The first period of action was a back and forth battle until Kilgour found the back of the net on a shot assisted by sophomore forward Jillian Langtry. Kilgour received the pass and sent it past Terrier senior netminder Kerrin Sperry to give the Black Bears a 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission.
BU responded just 3 minutes into the second period in what was the first of five unanswered goals.
Senior forward Taylor Holze made a pass in front of the net to freshman forward Maddie Elia who sent one past UMaine sophomore goalkeeper Meghann Treacy to knot the score at 1. The Terriers struck again just 2 minutes later when sophomore forward Sarah Lefort found the back of the net on a pass from freshman defender Sarah Steele to enter the final frame up 2-1.
The Terriers didn’t hold back in the third period. They received a goal apiece from sophomore forward Jordan Juron and senior forward Louise Warren as well as Elia’s second tally of the night. Warren’s goal was her team-leading ninth of the season.
BU outshot UMaine 35-22. Treacy made 30 saves in net while Sperry managed to keep out 21 shots for the Terriers.
BU completes sweep with 4-2 victory
No. 10 BU bested UMaine for the second time this weekend, this time by a score of 4-2 Sunday afternoon.
Senior defender Kelly McDonald and freshman forward Emilie Brigham scored goals for UMaine, but the Black Bears didn’t have enough firepower to hold off the potent Terrier offense.
The Terriers drew first blood 4 minutes into the action when sophomore forward Rebecca Russo made a pass in front of UMaine redshirt-freshman goaltender Mariah Fujimagari. Juron received the pass and chipped it past Fujimagari for the goal.
Another Terrier shot found the back of the net with 2 minutes remaining in the first period when Juron scored her second short-handed goal of the season. Fujimagari made an attempt of clearing the puck behind her net when Russo skated up and applied pressure on the UMaine defender, gained control of the puck and wrapped it around the empty net for a score.
UMaine tightened things up just 3:28 into the second period when McDonald stole the puck in BU territory and sent a slap shot that clapped off the crossbar and fell behind Sperry. The Black Bears had another opportunity in the second period to score on the power play but were denied by the BU goaltender.
The BU lead was increased by two goals midway through the third period when senior defender Kaleigh Fratkin scored the puck off a rebound kicked away by Fujimagari after the initial shot by Elia.
Brigham made things interesting late in the third when she found the back of the net on a play similar to Fratkin’s. Sperry made a save with her stick before Brigham recovered the puck and sent the puck by her for an easy goal.
The Terriers finally closed the door with just 2 minutes remaining in regulation when a Fratkin slap shot was deflected in front of the net. There was a scrum in front in which Fujimagari was unable to cover the puck. Terriers freshman forward Samantha Sutherland poke checked the puck past Fujimagari for an insurance goal to seal the win.
Fujimagari made 31 saves in net for the Black Bears to Sperry’s saved 18 as UMaine was outshot in the contest 35-20.