{"id":52408,"date":"2026-01-31T19:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=52408"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:05:24","slug":"womens-hockey-healey-breaks-records-in-terrier-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2026\/01\/31\/womens-hockey-healey-breaks-records-in-terrier-sweep\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Hockey: Healey Breaks Records In Terrier Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Featured Image by Jenny Chen<\/p>\n<p>By Ethan Pott<\/p>\n<p>Boston University Women\u2019s Ice Hockey (9-15-3, 7-9-2 HEA) swept the Merrimack Warriors (5-20-3, 2-15-1 HEA), claiming sole possession of fifth place in Hockey East standings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to beat any team twice, so I\u2019m proud of the growth and the strides we made this week,\u201d BU Head Coach Tara Watchorn said.<\/p>\n<p>Merrimack outshot BU 28-4 and won 26 of 49 faceoffs but went 0-for-2 on the power play. BU\u2019s penalty kill allowed one goal on its lone two-minute disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>Senior forward Sydney Healey starred with two goals, tying her career high of 15 goals and breaking her points record at 24. Healey leads the Terriers with 15 goals, nine assists and 24 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes a team to hit those points, and I\u2019m working well with my line,\u201d Healey said.<\/p>\n<p>Healey opened the scoring at the five-minute mark, tapping her own rebound past sophomore goaltender Adreanna Doucette to tie her career-high points mark at 23.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman forward Kerttu Lehmus tied it 1-1 in the 12th minute with her sixth goal, beating junior goaltender Mari Pietersen.<\/p>\n<p>Dueling penalties \u2014 BU junior defender Ella Belfry for boarding, Merrimack sophomore forward Mady Cipolla for holding \u2014 led to nearly two minutes of 4-on-4 play.<\/p>\n<p>Junior forward Greta Henderson and freshman forward Lexie Bertelsen connected early in the second for a 2-1 BU lead, Bertelsen\u2019s third goal.<\/p>\n<p>Pietersen\u2019s sprawling save denied a game-tying chance in the third. Healey added a power-play goal midway through the frame for a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw the lane, and Maeve [Carey] set up the perfect one-timer shot,\u201d Healey said.<\/p>\n<p>BU killed a late hooking call on freshman forward Ane\u017eka \u010cabelov\u00e1. Merrimack pulled Doucette, but BU held on despite a late boarding penalty on sophomore forward Kaileigh Quigg, reduced to a minor.<\/p>\n<p>The Terriers have won six of their last 10 games. They visit Vermont on Feb. 5. Streaming is available on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had an awesome weekend, and we\u2019re talking through it,\u201d Watchorn said. \u201cHow can we make it better? I\u2019ll give kudos to the players for having open minds and looking to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Image by Jenny Chen By Ethan Pott Boston University Women\u2019s Ice Hockey (9-15-3, 7-9-2 HEA) swept the Merrimack Warriors (5-20-3, 2-15-1 HEA), claiming sole possession of fifth place in Hockey East standings. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to beat any team twice, so I\u2019m proud of the growth and the strides we made this week,\u201d BU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24794,"featured_media":52286,"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\/52408"}],"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\/24794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52409,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408\/revisions\/52409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}