{"id":45592,"date":"2025-01-10T22:07:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T03:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=45592"},"modified":"2025-01-10T22:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T03:11:22","slug":"womens-hockey-welcke-sisters-score-a-goal-each-powering-terriers-to-a-2-1-win-over-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2025\/01\/10\/womens-hockey-welcke-sisters-score-a-goal-each-powering-terriers-to-a-2-1-win-over-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Hockey: Welcke sisters score a goal each, powering Terriers to a 2-1 win over Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured image by Spirit Veron<\/em><\/p>\n

By Lydia Murray<\/em><\/p>\n

No. 13 Boston University Women\u2019s Ice Hockey (12-5-1, 10-2-1 HE) kept rolling Friday night as they kicked off their weekend series against the University of Vermont Catamounts (4-16-2, 3-10-2 HE) with a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was really a road win,\u201d coach Tara Watchorn said. \u201cCool environment here, I\u2019ve gotta say, and it\u2019s another great test for us to see if we can just put a performance together that gets us the result we want. I thought we started pretty shaky\u2026I felt we did pull it together enough that we have an opportunity to upgrade it tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Terriers wasted little time getting on the board. On the first shot of the game, just 1:01 in, Lilli Welcke sent a backhander past Catamounts netminder Jane Gervais to open the scoring.<\/p>\n

The teams traded shots for the rest of the period, with UVM landing nine to BU\u2019s five, but no one else found the back of the net.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Terriers were not able to start the second period as quickly as the first and instead continued to trade chances with UVM. However, this time, they were the ones getting more chances, tallying nine shots to the Catamounts\u2019 five through the first half.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UVM looked like they were going to get a chance to take back some momentum when Riley Walsh took a hooking penalty at 11:26. However, as the penalty wound down, Terrier captain Tamara Giaquinto and forward Luisa Welcke got an offensive 2-on-1, and with nine seconds left on the kill, Luisa Welcke slid one past Gervais to double BU\u2019s lead shorthanded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the game, Watchorn spoke about how her team\u2019s approach to the penalty kill helped them get that goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo master plan other than that the message is always \u2018let\u2019s go get a shorty\u2019,\u201d Watchorn said. \u201cI think just having that mindset gives you a purpose versus just playing on your heels, so that\u2019s always our approach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, the Terriers got their first powerplay of the game, and the Catamounts nearly scored a shorthanded goal of their own. However, BU goaltender Callie Shanahan made the save to help her team return to the locker room leading 2-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although they didn\u2019t land many shots on goal, UVM surged in the final frame and got some of their best looks of the night. However, the Terriers almost made it 3-0 at 16:03 when they got a 4-on-1, but Gervais came up with a huge save to keep her team\u2019s deficit at two.<\/p>\n

That save turned out to be even bigger than it initially appeared when, just 17 seconds later, UVM finally solved Shanahan. Grace Nelles ripped a slapshot home to cut the deficit to one.<\/p>\n

The Catamounts continued to search for the equalizer, but their comeback bid was damaged when Evelyne Blais-Savoie took a charging penalty with less than a minute remaining. They soon pulled Gervais to get it back to 5-on-5, but ultimately, the Terriers kicked off the weekend series with a win.<\/p>\n

The win continues BU\u2019s streak of not losing to any of the lower six teams in the Hockey East standings this season. After the game, Shanahan spoke about how the team has managed to pull that off.
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\n\u201cStill great teams,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cWe still have great games against them, but it\u2019s important not to take anyone lightly. So it\u2019s just honestly focusing ourselves, that\u2019s a big thing that Tara preaches is just playing our game and focusing on ourselves and not really worrying too much about our opponent. We just focus on us.\u201d<\/p>\n

BU will be back in action tomorrow night when they take the ice at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, VT for a rematch with UVM. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. ET, and you can find the game on ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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