{"id":52253,"date":"2026-01-19T17:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=52253"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:18:38","slug":"womens-hockey-terriers-face-crimson-in-beanpot-championship-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2026\/01\/19\/womens-hockey-terriers-face-crimson-in-beanpot-championship-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Hockey: Terriers Face Crimson In Beanpot Championship Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Featured Image by Kate Kotlyar<\/p>\n<p>By Mel Mastela<\/p>\n<p>Boston University Women\u2019s Ice Hockey (7-12-3, 5-7-2 HE) is up against Harvard University (10-10-1, 5-8-1 ECAC) for another tournament championship game this season.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nThe two teams have made it to the final round of the 47th Women\u2019s Beanpot Championship and are looking to give the Beanpot trophy a new home.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nThe Terriers beat Northeastern in the semifinals with a 2-1 overtime win, while the Crimson fought against Boston College and managed a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>BU is coming off a 4-2 loss against Holy Cross, where junior forward Neely Nicholson scored the first goal and senior forward Luisa Welcke recorded two points with a goal and an assist.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nHarvard is also coming off a rough weekend with losses against Princeton and Quinnipiac, managing only two goals over the weekend: one by first-year forward Carla McSweeney and another by first-year forward Elle Sproule.<\/p>\n<p>McSweeney and Sproule, along with three other teammates, have all racked up 11 points this season, with McSweeney in the lead with seven goals and four assists.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nThe two schools have an even 10-10-2 all-time record. Last year, the Terriers faced the Crimson in the first round and took a 2-1 overtime win to face Northeastern in the championship game, and neither team has taken home a Beanpot in several years, with BU\u2019s last win in 2019 and Harvard\u2019s in 2022.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nIn their last matchup, BU took home the Belpot in a 3-2 win.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nLikely to be in net for the Crimson is sophomore goaltender Ainsley Tuffy, who has made 319 saves in nine games and boasts a .954 save percentage.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nFor the Terriers, it is likely junior goaltender Mari Pietersen will be between the pipes on Tuesday; she has made 354 saves across 13 games and carries a .927 save percentage.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nPuck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. at TD Garden, with streaming available on ESPN+ and NESN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Image by Kate Kotlyar By Mel Mastela Boston University Women\u2019s Ice Hockey (7-12-3, 5-7-2 HE) is up against Harvard University (10-10-1, 5-8-1 ECAC) for another tournament championship game this season. \u200b The two teams have made it to the final round of the 47th Women\u2019s Beanpot Championship and are looking to give the Beanpot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24114,"featured_media":52102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1039,1041],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52253"}],"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\/24114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52254,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52253\/revisions\/52254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}