{"id":49808,"date":"2025-10-06T21:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=49808"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:41:52","slug":"field-hockey-terriers-to-host-undefeated-harvard-monday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2025\/10\/06\/field-hockey-terriers-to-host-undefeated-harvard-monday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Hockey: Terriers to host undefeated Harvard Monday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featured Image by Jenny Chen<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Ana Sadlon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston University Field Hockey (5-5, 2-1 PL) is set to host the number four-ranked Harvard University Crimson (9-0) this Monday, October 6th, at 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers enter Monday\u2019s matchup having won five of their last seven games, including a 4-1 road victory against Lehigh on Saturday. Senior forward Caroline O\u2019Brien continued her outstanding season with two goals in that win, giving her a Patriot League-leading 26 points and 10 goals on the year. O\u2019Brien has recorded multi-goal performances in three of the past four contests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junior midfielder Nicole Lauro and freshman midfielder Molly Driscoll each added a goal in Saturday\u2019s victory, continuing their strong offensive play. Lauro has posted a career-high five goals this season, while Driscoll has contributed four goals and an assist. In goal, junior Sophie Ortyl has started the past eight games, making a 5-3 record to go along with a .705 save percentage and a 2.26 goals-against average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard remains unbeaten on the season, earning four wins over ranked opponents while outscoring its competition 26-7. The Crimson are coming off a 6-1 home victory over Penn on Saturday. Junior midfielder Lara Beekhuis and forward Sage Piekarski share the team lead with 13 points, while midfielder Martha le Huray has added 11 points on five goals and an assist. Freshman goalkeeper Linde Burger has started every game this year, holding a .813 save percentage and a 0.62 goals-against average.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday\u2019s game will mark the 42nd all-time meeting between the two programs. The series is currently tied at 20-20-1, with Harvard winning the past eight matchups dating back to 2016. Last season in Allston, the Crimson edged the Terriers, 2-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston University is set to take on Harvard University on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. at New Balance Field. Streaming will be available on ESPN+.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Image by Jenny Chen By Ana Sadlon Boston University Field Hockey (5-5, 2-1 PL) is set to host the number four-ranked Harvard University Crimson (9-0) this Monday, October 6th, at 6 p.m.\u00a0 The Terriers enter Monday\u2019s matchup having won five of their last seven games, including a 4-1 road victory against Lehigh on Saturday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1049,19,1039],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49809,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49808\/revisions\/49809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}