Women’s Soccer: Terriers fall to Wildcats in Durham 1-0

By Tyler Davis

Boston University (0-5-2) fell to the University of New Hampshire Wildcats (5-1-1) by a final scoreline of 1-0.

Going into the game, BU won 15 of the last 17 team meetings. Although, UNH had won two games in a row and was looking to add a third win.

The game started with UNH driving the ball toward the goal, with Terrier goalkeeper Celia Braun running scrambling to clear the danger.

In the 3rd minute of the game, UNH attempted another drive toward the goal with a cross into the box, but the BU defense was able to keep it away from the goal.

In the 4th minute of the game, BU had a chance within the box, though they could not capitalize on it.

With play starting to intensify, BU had their first shot on goal during the 9th minute, though it was saved by UNH goalkeeper Sally Rainey.

With a turnover by BU in the 11th minute, UNH tried a cross into the middle, but it was eventually cleared by the BU defense.

UNH received their first free kick in the 20th minute with a foul on BU.

UNH hopped back on the counterattack, getting into the box, but defender Maddie Green disallowed any shots on goal during the 24th minute.

Both teams went into halftime with a tied scoreline of 0-0.

Going into the second half, BU started with the ball and immediately charged towards the box, though the play was stopped due to offsides.

In the 47th minute of the game forward Jaiden Schultz made a cross in front of the UNH goal, though no Terriers were to be found, leaving the score still 0-0.

BU tried launching a counterattack in the 51st minute, but the play was broken up by the UNH defense.

Soon after, the Terriers had a turnover in the box, though Braun lept to the occasion, keeping the game scoreless.

With UNH hungry for a goal, they had their first shot on goal with a ball that ended up just high, hitting the crossbar from a touch to the ball from Braun.

Moments later, UNH was awarded a free kick outside the box, though the shot ended up hitting the crossbar once again from 30 yards out.

Another free kick was awarded after a UNH player went down just outside the box. The ball was deflected off a defender, keeping the ball out, but was immediately tapped in by forward Meghan Guarente during the 62nd minute giving UNH the 1-0 advantage.

Shortly after, defender Helene Tyburczy was given a yellow card.

The Terriers attempted to tie the game with a chance from midfielder Kaiya Stewart with minutes left of the game, but they were unsuccessful.

The Terriers will face the University of Rhode Island next in Kingston on Sunday, September 15th at 1 p.m.