{"id":34406,"date":"2022-11-06T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=34406"},"modified":"2022-11-06T09:19:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T14:19:30","slug":"womens-hockey-no-12-providence-wins-4-1-sweeps-terriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2022\/11\/06\/womens-hockey-no-12-providence-wins-4-1-sweeps-terriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Hockey: No. 12 Providence wins 4-1, sweeps Terriers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gracie Davenport<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Boston University Women\u2019s Hockey (3-7-0, 2-6-0 HE) fell 4-1 to the No. 12 Providence College Friars (9-2-1, 6-1-1 HE) Saturday afternoon, getting swept in the home-and-home series.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both teams\u2019 European goaltenders got the start in back-to-back games. Providence\u2019s Sandra Abstreiter pushed her starting streak to 12 straight games, while BU\u2019s Andrea Br\u04d3ndli got the nod after making a season-high 42 saves Friday night. BU Head Coach Brian Durocher has been splitting time equally between his goalie tandem but gave the start to Br\u04d3ndli.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have plenty of faith and plenty of confidence in Callie Shanahan, [but] we had to, number one, recognize how well Andrea is playing,\u201d said Durocher. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s hard to flip the switch, hard to change the mental part of the game immediately. We respect those things to give [Shanahan] just a little bit more time off.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Friars wasted no time getting on the board just 1:28 into the first period. Senior forward Delaney Couture tapped home the rebound off an initial Providence shot from the point for her second goal of the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers would not record their first shot on net until over seven minutes in, but it would tie things up. In a similar fashion to Friday night\u2019s game, junior forward Catherine Foulem opened the scoring for the Terriers. Picking up her second tally of the weekend and the season, Foulem carried the puck over the blue line and put it past Abstreiter cleanly to tie up the game 1-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With six minutes remaining in the first, the Friars made it a 2-1 game. Freshman forward Reichen Kirchmair scored high-slot on Br\u04d3ndli through many screens in front. After being held off the goal sheet in Friday\u2019s game, Kirchmair scored her eighth goal in 12 games, extending her team lead in goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the final four minutes of the first frame, BU was awarded a much-needed power play. On the advantage, the Terriers recorded their second shot on net of the game, the first in over 11 minutes of game time. BU followed with a series of shots to test Abstreiter. Although they were unable to convert, the Terriers were ignited by this power play throughout the rest of the game. Shots on goal through the first 20 were 14-7 in favor of Providence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers carried the momentum they found late in the first into the middle frame. BU managed to switch the gameplay to a more back-and-forth style. The Terriers led in shots 13-11 \u2013 a big improvement from the first period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cParticularly [in] the first part of the first period, our defensemen were making passes on their backhand, trying to escape against two players, and all they really had to do was soft-wrap it around the boards,\u201d Durocher said. \u201cAll of a sudden one of our wings would be with the puck and heading up ice before Providence and getting their forecheck in. That was a big change. That got us to play a little quicker.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Providence added to their lead in the middle frame, scoring the period\u2019s lone goal with 3:49 remaining. Senior defender Lauren Deblois scored her second of the season, her initial shot from the circle going off the crossbar and ricocheted off the back of Br\u00e4ndli and into the net to double the lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the goal, the Terriers were given a chance to make it a one-goal game on the power play, but the Friars had a couple of dangerous breakaways shorthanded. Br\u00e4ndli had to come up big to close out the middle frame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe just had a couple of people have a little bit of jumpy hands where they just mishandled the puck and all of a sudden the passing lane was gone,\u201d Durocher said. \u201cProvidence maybe threw a little bit of a high wrinkle at us that caught us off guard.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The game\u2019s back-and-forth play continued in the third, but BU was unable to score. At the 10:37 mark, the Friars made it 4-1. Br\u04d3ndli made the initial save on graduate forward Hunter Barnett, but Barnett deflected the puck out of the air and into the net. The final shots were 40-30 in favor of Providence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers are currently on a four-game road trip and look to regroup before a pair of games against the No. 13 University of Vermont next weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVermont\u2019s got a real good team. They had a big weekend this weekend,\u201d Durocher said. \u201cWe’re going to have to, again, continue to defend well. Continue to stand the defensive side of the puck and be opportunistic offensively.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both games will be played in Burlington, Vermont at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The first contest will take place Friday afternoon, with puck drop set for 2 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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