Chloe Patel

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Women’s basketball beats Colgate in PL semifinal to advance to PL final rematch against Holy Cross – The Daily Free Press

The Boston University women’s basketball team advanced to the Patriot League Championship for the second year in a row after a 52-40 semifinal win over the Colgate Raiders.

Despite their last showing in the regular season finale against the Raiders, in which BU struggled to gain offensive momentum, the Terriers — especially senior forward Caitlin Weimar and junior guard Alex Giannaros — had a significantly stronger opening frame.

Weimar, Patriot League player and defensive player of the year h
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WIH to face Holy Cross in opening round of Hockey East Tournament – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s hockey team will host the Holy Cross Crusaders on Wednesday evening for the opening round of the Hockey East Tournament.

The Crusaders (7-23-3, 4-20-3 HE) hold the regular season edge over the Terriers (14-17-3, 12-14-1 HE) with two wins in the teams’ weekend series in late January to BU’s single win in mid-December. The weekend series marked Holy Cross’s first win since Nov. 28.

The Crusaders haven’t won since the weekend sweep.

BU faces an uphill battle, despit
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WIH closes out regular season with series against UConn – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s hockey team will look to continue its plentiful offense this weekend as it wraps up the regular season in a home-and-home against No. 11 University of Connecticut.

Friday’s game at Walter Brown Arena will celebrate BU’s six seniors and two graduate students.

The Terriers (14-15-3, 12-12-1 Hockey East) are riding a two-game win streak, with victories over the University of Vermont and Merrimack College last weekend. BU scored four goals in both games, but the team

WIH sweeps weekend games with wins over Vermont and Merrimack – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s ice hockey team got back into the win column with a pair of away victories this weekend. The Terriers beat the University of Vermont 4-1 on Friday and then traveled to Merrimack College on Saturday, winning 4-0 in North Andover.

“Really happy with our group. Our goal was to get two gutsy road wins this weekend, and they did just that,” head coach Tara Watchorn said following the 4-0 win over Merrimack on Saturday. “What I loved is that both games looked a little di

WIH falls 3-1 against Maine, lacking ‘grit’ around the net – The Boston Hockey Blog

The Boston University women’s ice hockey team fell to the Maine Black Bears 3-1 on Friday night after a slow start.

The Terriers (12-15-3, 10-12-1 Hockey East) fell back into old habits, scoring only one goal after a 3-0 shutout of Boston College in their previous matchup.

“It was a very slow start for us,” head coach Tara Watchorn said postgame. “That’s not the team that we are, and we’ll try to rebound from that.”

The Black Bears (12-16-2, 8-13-2 HE) — riding a seven-game winless streak — m

WIH drops fourth straight in 3-0 loss to Boston College – The Boston Hockey Blog

Boston University’s offensive struggles continued in Friday’s 3-0 loss against a familiar foe — No. 15 Boston College (14-8-6, 13-4-4 Hockey East). The shutout marks the first scoreless game for the Terriers (14-8-6, 13-4-4 HE) since their 2-0 loss to Northeastern University on Oct. 7.

Despite the score — as two Eagle goals came in the final four minutes of play — the Terriers maintained relatively consistent pressure on sophomore goaltender Grace Campbell, but could never find a way to get the

Terriers fall to Holy Cross 2-1 in tightly-contested matchup – The Boston Hockey Blog

Looking to regain momentum after the Beanpot Championship overtime loss on Tuesday, the Boston University women’s hockey team (11-12-3, 9-9-1 Hockey East) hoped to start the home-and-home weekend series against Holy Cross (6-16-2, 3-13-2 HE) on a high note.

The Terriers ultimately fell 2-1 in a tightly contested matchup, giving the Crusaders their first win since Nov. 28 and their first regulation Hockey East win of the season.

“We’ve found a really productive way to debrief as a group and the
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Terriers fall 2-1 in overtime to Northeastern in Beanpot Championship at TD Garden – The Boston Hockey Blog

Boston University’s women’s ice hockey team couldn’t complete the comeback against the defending Beanpot Champions, the No. 14 Northeastern Huskies, falling 2-1 in overtime at TD Garden in the Beanpot Championship game.

Just 27 seconds into the three-on-three overtime period, the team leader in points, junior forward Skylar Irving, received a pass from fifth-year forward Katy Knoll and sent it past junior goaltender Callie Shanahan to secure Northeastern’s 19th Beanpot Championship.

“I’m proud
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WIH ties season-high six goals in 6-1 win over University of Vermont – The Boston Hockey Blog

In the second straight game, the Boston University women’s hockey team struck first, and in the second straight game, it won.

“They played a phenomenal game,” assistant coach Reagan Rust said of her team’s 6-1 win over the University of Vermont Friday night at Walter Brown Arena.“All around offense, defense, upgrading the pucks, everything we’ve been talking about.”

With four shots to UVM’s zero in the first two minutes, BU started the game with energy and momentum from its shootout victory ov
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Women’s basketball falls 85-55, No. 7 Colorado pulls away with 30-point fourth quarter – The Daily Free Press

The Boston University women’s basketball team fell to the University of Colorado 85-55 on Tuesday in the second game of a Colorado road trip.

Despite the lopsided final score, BU (5-2) remained competitive for three quarters. At the end of the third quarter, BU was down by just four points against the No. 7 ranked opponent.

But the Buffaloes (7-1) put on the gas in the final quarter, outscoring the Terriers 30-4 to put home their seventh win of the season and giving the Terriers their second l
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Field hockey’s season ends with heartbreaking 3-2 overtime loss in Patriot League Semifinals – The Daily Free Press

With less than 60 seconds remaining in the game, the Terriers found themselves up 2-1 against an aggressive Lafayette team, who had eight shots in the fourth quarter alone.

In a catastrophic turn of events, Boston University (8-10, 3-3 Patriot League) seemingly took their foot off the gas and the Leopards (12-6, 5-1 PL) capitalized, sending the PL Semifinal matchup to overtime.

With three penalty corners — and a shot to show for each — in the first four minutes of the overtime period, Lafayett
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NOTEBOOK: Field hockey starts strong, prepares for league competition – The Daily Free Press

Boston University’s field hockey season is underway on their brand new home turf in head coach Sally Starr’s historic 43rd season. In their first six games, the Terriers (3-3, 1-0 Patriot League) have played some exciting overtime matches and high-scoring games.

BU defeated the College of the Holy Cross 4-0 on Monday in their first in-conference game. The Terriers scored off a penalty corner just 19 seconds into the matchup when sophomore forward Martu Coulo tipped in a shot from junior back Pa
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Women’s lacrosse unable to overcome early deficit, falls to No. 7 Boston College 19-8 – The Daily Free Press

Boston University’s women’s lacrosse team fell to No. 7 Boston College 19-8 in their final non-conference game of the season.

Coming off their first ranked win since 2014 on Saturday, the Terriers (7-7, 2-4 Patriot League) could not keep up with the Eagles’ (11-3) high-powered offense and struggled with BC’s quick transitions.

“They’re too good of a team to not be ready to go from the very beginning,” BU head coach Lauren Morton said. “So, I think that that obviously put us a little bit in a h
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BU holds Army scoreless in overtime, advances to Patriot League Championship with 84-68 win – The Daily Free Press

BU women’s basketball dominated in the extra time needed to punch their ticket to the Patriot League Championship, defeating the United States Military Academy 84-68.

Sophomore guard Alex Giannaros hit a three to open the scoring in overtime, starting the Terriers (24-7, 17-1 PL) out strong. But once junior forward Caitlin Weimar and senior forward Maren Durant started dishing the ball out to each other, head coach Melissa Graves knew they would win.

“[Giannaros’] shot was really big to get th
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Addie Ruter erupts with a career performance for No. 5 Foxborough girls’ basketball in Division 2 win over Worcester South - The Boston Globe

FOXBOROUGH — In a tightly-contested MIAA Division 2 Sweet 16 matchup against No. 20 seed Worcester South, the fifth-seeded Foxborough girls’ basketball team needed a pair of back-to-back 3-pointers from Kailey Sullivan to open up a 29-17 lead with four minutes remaining in the second quarter. The Warriors (21-1) never looked back as they went on to lead by double digits for the remainder of their 71-55 victory to secure an Elite Eight berth opposite 13th-seeded Chicopee, a 40-38 winner over four
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Women’s basketball continues perfect Patriot League play, improves to 17-0 with win over Lehigh – The Daily Free Press

The women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to 17 in a 78-65 win against third-place Lehigh University on Saturday afternoon. The victory set a record for conference wins in the team’s history, including time spent in both America East and the Patriot League, which they joined nine seasons ago.

“This was a big win for our program. Obviously, breaking the record for most wins in conference play was a piece of it, but also being able to play Lehigh the way we played them on their home
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Women’s basketball completes comeback over Holy Cross to stay perfect in Patriot League – The Daily Free Press

The Boston University women’s basketball team defeated the College of the Holy Cross 66-59 on Wednesday, extending their win streak to 14. Down by as much as 15 points in the first half, the Terriers (19-6, 14-0 Patriot League) held the Crusaders (18-7, 10-4 PL) to just 18 points in the second.

With this win, the Terriers clinched a top-two seed and at least a share of the Patriot League regular season title.

The Crusaders rank second in the conference and were the only PL team the Terriers ha
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PREVIEW: Women’s lacrosse aims to ‘get better every day’ – The Daily Free Press

After a disappointing 2-15 season that had the women’s lacrosse team finish last in the Patriot League last season, the Terriers aim to improve in the 2023 season, which starts Saturday afternoon on Nickerson Field against Merrimack College. At the helm is head coach Lauren Morton, who is entering her fifth season.

Senior attack and midfielder Jennifer Barry set the all-time and single-season draw control records for the program with 156 last season. Morton would like to see Barry also take on
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Eight years after Frozen Four: beat reporters make their way into sports industry – The Daily Free Press

With the Boston University and Boston College hockey rivalry matchup on the horizon for the No. 5 Terriers, BU is looking the best they’ve been in the past few years and have a chance to make a real dent in the NCAA tournament. The last time the Terriers made their way into the Frozen Four was in 2015, where three Boston Hockey Blog beat writers first made their impact on the sports media world.

Six years after graduating from BU, Kirkpatrick is the director of athletic communications at Holy C
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Men’s basketball defeats American University 60-54 after solid defensive performance – The Daily Free Press

The Boston University men’s basketball team defeated American University in a thrilling 60-54 win to capture their second consecutive victory.

With the win, the Terriers (12-14, 5-8 Patriot League) now share the seventh spot in the league with The College of the Holy Cross.

Junior guard Miles Brewster scored 11 points in 27 minutes of play with a team-high three steals against the Eagles (15-9, 7-6 PL.)

“We’ve had struggles on both ends of the court, but defense is something we haven’t been c
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Field hockey narrowly loses 2-1 against Lehigh in overtime of Patriot League Championship – The Daily Free Press

60 minutes wasn’t enough for a winner to take the trophy home in the Patriot League Championship matchup

In the eighth minute of overtime, Lehigh sophomore defender Guusje Hogendoorn deflected a penalty corner shot past Terrier senior goalkeeper Caroline Kelly, and the Mountain Hawks (13-7, 4-2 PL) won the league Championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

The Terriers (10-9, 5-1 PL) brought the offensive pressure at the beginning of the game and earned three penalty

corners in
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Terrier stars shined in field hockey’s 1-0 victory, advances to Patriot League Championship – The Daily Free Press

The Boston University field hockey team defeated Bucknell University 1-0 in the Patriot League semifinals, earning a spot in the conference championship.

“It was a really gritty game,” head coach Sally Starr said. “Bucknell, they compete. They play hard. They don’t give you anything, they don’t give you any space. It was really a gritty game. We really had to stay mentally tough. We had to stay nonreactive, and I think we really did a good job with that.”

The Terriers (10-8, 5-1 PL) dominated
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Women’s golf wins Patriot League Championship, will enter NCAA regionals as No. 11 seed – The Daily Free Press

The heat was on for Flair Kuan on the third day of the Patriot League Championship. The Boston University’s women’s golf team trailed the University of Richmond by one stroke and Kuan would have to sink the eight-foot putt in front of her to clinch the conference championship for the team.

Calmly, she set up for the stroke, hit the ball and — surrounded by her team, head coach Bruce Chalas and all the other teams — watched as it sunk into the hole.

“She was most definitely going to make the pu
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Terriers defeat Army in extra-innings games filled with ‘fight’ and ‘grit’ – The Daily Free Press

The Boston University softball team extended its NCAA-best win streak to 26 with three wins over the United States Military Academy this weekend, sweeping a Saturday afternoon doubleheader and winning the series finale Sunday.

The Saturday doubleheader matchups both went into extra innings, but the Terriers (37-13, 15-0 Patriot League) came out victorious in each, winning 2-0 and 2-1 over the Black Knights (18-31, 8-7 PL).

“We got to see some fight and some grit today,” head coach Ashley Water
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