By Akshai Wadhwani September 8, 2017<\/p>\n
BOSTON, MA – The Boston University women\u2019s soccer team fell 1-0 to the Golden Eagles of Marquette on Friday evening, in their seventh straight nonconference match. Despite dominating possession and playing most of the match in their opponents\u2019 half, the Terriers were unable to break down a rigid Marquette defense; the Golden Eagles\u2019 only shot of the match proved to be the difference between the two teams.<\/p>\n
A one-time moment of lax defending in the 24th<\/sup> minute, in what was an otherwise brilliant performance by the BU backline, proved to be the hosts\u2019 downfall. While playing a high line, the Terrier defense was caught unaware by the run of Marquette\u2019s Darian Powell. The winger burst down the left flank on a pass, then sent an excellent grounded cross into the path of Golden Eagle forward Kylie Sprecher, who tapped the ball home for her second goal of the season.<\/p>\n That goal proved to be the only time the Terrier defense wavered. Led by phenomenal performances from center backs Rachel Bloznalis\u2014a contender for Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year\u2014and Alivya Wimmer, the back four stifled every Marquette attack and held them to a single shot over the course of the match, as well as zero corner kicks. They were helped in no small part by the aggressive play of midfielders Julianna Chen and Jesse Shreck, who pressed the Golden Eagles into giving the ball away and prevented them many times from getting out of their own half.<\/p>\n \u201cIt really was a team effort defensively,\u201d head coach Nancy Feldman said of the Terriers\u2019 defensive performance after the match. \u201cWe really never allowed Marquette to get in any kind of attacking rhythm. I\u2019m really proud of the performance of the team\u2026We really set the tone defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n The crux for the Terriers was an inability to truly threaten the Marquette goal. Although the home side finished with a total of 25 shots, only seven were on target; their only chance worthy of note came in the 64th<\/sup> minute, when midfielder Erin Neville cut inside from the left wing and unleashed a powerful long-range strike which rattled the crossbar. Most other BU shots either sailed over the top of the goal or rolled comfortably to Henry.<\/p>\n In the end, the Terriers performed impressively with lots of offensive movement and plenty of positive play, but failed to come up with the final product needed to get on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n The final score line did not at all reflect the match itself. The Terriers played extremely well, generating plenty of offense and spending the vast majority of the match in possession while shutting down the Golden Eagles on defense. They listed 13 shots in the first half but failed to score against Marquette goalkeeper Maddie Henry, who recorded her fifth consecutive shutout of the season. <\/p>\n BU freshman Anna Heilferty put in another impressive outing after fantastic performances against Hofstra and Arizona State, making herself a threat all over the pitch. Forwards Christina Wakefield and Kiana Ghamarifard displayed sharp dribbling skills, while midfielder Dorie Varley-Barrett sliced open the Marquette defense with several deft passes.<\/p>\n The result sees Marquette record a sixth straight win, as well as a total of 472 minutes without conceding a goal. BU is now 1-4-2 and has lost a second straight match to the Golden Eagles after the teams\u2019 only other meeting, in 2015, ended 3-0 in favor of the latter.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think we deserved the loss,\u201d Feldman remarked. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t say that very often.\u201d By Akshai Wadhwani September 8, 2017 BOSTON, MA – The Boston University women\u2019s soccer team fell 1-0 to the Golden Eagles of Marquette on Friday evening, in their seventh straight nonconference match. Despite dominating possession and playing most of the match in their opponents\u2019 half, the Terriers were unable to break down a rigid Marquette […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17192,"featured_media":8936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1043],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017"}],"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\/17192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22047,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017\/revisions\/22047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNext Up: <\/strong>The Terriers make a short trip to face crosstown rivals Boston College in Chestnut Hill on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 1 P.M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"