{"id":50790,"date":"2025-10-30T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=50790"},"modified":"2025-10-30T22:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:02:29","slug":"womens-soccer-bu-takes-down-colgate-to-win-the-patriot-league-regular-season-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2025\/10\/30\/womens-soccer-bu-takes-down-colgate-to-win-the-patriot-league-regular-season-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Soccer: BU Takes Down Colgate to Win The Patriot League Regular Season Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured Image by Jenny Chen\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

By Finley Rogan\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

In a critical Patriot League showdown, Boston University Women\u2019s Soccer (10-4-3, 7-1-1) defeated the Colgate Raiders (9-5-4, 6-2-1 PL) on Wednesday night at Nickerson Field. With this win, the Terriers will compete in the Patriot League Tournament \u2014 and they will do so on their home turf.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSuper proud of them,\u201d BU Head Coach Megan Burke said. \u201cWe obviously had something to prove coming into the season, and they’ve worked so hard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the 1-0 victory against Colgate, BU clinched the regular-season Patriot League crown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first half was slow, with BU driving the play but not finding any elite chances. Both offenses were fairly equal to each other, pressuring from the start of the game for a goal. BU tallied six shots on goal in the first half, while the Raiders had seven.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, it\u2019s a matter of which team can convert those shots on goal into actual points on the board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the second half, senior forward Margy Porta, who is no stranger to clutch goals, tallied the match\u2019s only score \u2014 374 days after scoring the winner in last year\u2019s Patriot League Semifinal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou always know what you’re going to get from Margy,\u201d Burke said. \u201cYou always know she’s going to give 100%, and that’s why she creates chances on goal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The goal came in the 59th minute and was assisted by sophomore midfielder Olivia Avellar. Porta said last year\u2019s loss to Army West Point was a motivating factor for the seniors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the opportunity to win the regular season title, and we didn’t make it happen,\u201d Porta said. \u201cWe knew that this year we were making it happen, and I think that goal and this performance from the team was just a testament to that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Terriers\u2019 scored their first goal, the rest of the game\u2019s focus was on their defense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU has now gone 567 minutes since last allowing a goal and have won seven matches in a row. During the streak, BU has had matches where they score one goal, and others where they score six. The main consistency in this run of play, Burke said, has been the backline and goalkeeper.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey’ve just done an unbelievable job,\u201d Burke said. \u201cIt’s a collective effort defending from the front to the back, but specifically our backline and Bridget [Carr] in the past few games have done such a good job at communicating with one another, covering for each other and really executing in that part of the field.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In what has been a dominant run of matches, it was no surprise to see BU win another \u2014 even if it was against the No. 2-seeded Colgate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It has been a down year for Porta, and there was no better time to score her third goal of the season and reassert herself as a premier forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU will need her best form to repeat as champions of the Patriot League. The Terriers have a bye in the first round of the tournament and will be back in Boston Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. They will face the lowest remaining seed, and the winner will advance to the final.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If BU wins, they will play the final at Nickerson Field. All matches will be available to stream on ESPN+.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, it’s massive to win the regular season,\u201d Burke said. \u201cBut we’re chasing a trophy, so it’s time to get ready for the semifinal next.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Featured Image by Jenny Chen\u00a0 By Finley Rogan\u00a0 In a critical Patriot League showdown, Boston University Women\u2019s Soccer (10-4-3, 7-1-1) defeated the Colgate Raiders (9-5-4, 6-2-1 PL) on Wednesday night at Nickerson Field. With this win, the Terriers will compete in the Patriot League Tournament \u2014 and they will do so on their home turf.\u00a0\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21478,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1039,1043],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50790"}],"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\/21478"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50791,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50790\/revisions\/50791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}