Aidan Bone is trying to push the ball up the field with two Colgate defenders surrounding him.
Kaeli Talora
1
Winner Colgate COLGATE (8-8-3)
0
Boston University BOSTONU (4-4-10)
Winner
Colgate COLGATE
(8-8-3)
1
Final
0
Boston University BOSTONU
(4-4-10)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Colgate COLGATE 1 0 1
Boston University BOSTONU 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Colgate Withstands Barrage to Advance Past Men's Soccer in PL Semifinals, 1-0

BOSTON – Despite posting a 15-1 advantage in shot attempts and earning all seven corner kicks, the top-seeded Boston University men's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to No. 4 seed Colgate in the Patriot League semifinals Tuesday night at Nickerson Field.

With their fourth shutout of the season, the Raiders improve to 8-8-3, while the Terriers saw their 76th season end at 4-4-10.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Though BU only attempted four shots in the first half, the Terriers dominated possession for much of the 45 minutes, looking to find ways to attack around Colgate's box.
  • After the Raiders cleared a BU corner in the 12th minute, they forced graduate student Aidan Bone to head a dangerous cross over the crossbar.
  • Colgate attempted its lone shot in the 27th minute when the Raiders sent a curling free kick into the box and Toby Goldner blocked a BU clear attempt to then tap the ball over to Timmy Donovan for a ripping shot attempt at the far post for the 1-0 lead.
  • Bone sent a shot wide in the 30th minute, and the Colgate backline blocked senior Kevin Torres' shot attempt 10 minutes later.
  • In the second half, the Terriers recorded 11 shot attempts while earning six corner kicks, but Oliver Townend claimed three saves.
  • First, junior Damola Salami tried to pounce on junior Diego Rived's shot from the top of the box that ricochet off a defender toward the box, but Townend moved quickly to force Salami into tapping the ball just wide right from six yards out.
  • In the 67th minute, Rived lofted a curling 20-yard shot attempt that forced Townend to leap with outstretched arms to push the ball over the crossbar.
  • Townend made a similar move in the 84th minute on junior Quin DeLaMater's 25-yard attempt to help seal the win. 
GAME NOTES
  • The defending PL champion Terriers were making their third consecutive Patriot League semifinal appearance, a feat last accomplished in a conference tournament from 1989-98 as a member of the America East.
  • The one allowed shot is the lowest under head coach Kevin Nylen after the Terriers held Colgate and Northeastern to just two shots apiece in 2023.
  • BU saw its 21-game unbeaten streak (14-0-7) at Nickerson Field against PL opponents come to an end.
  • Both DeLaMater (Defensive Player of the Year) and Rived (Midfielder of the Year) received their major PL awards in a pregame ceremony with Nylen.
  • BU was shut out for just the second time this season with the first shutout coming against then-No. 9 New Hampshire in the season-opening scoreless draw at Nickerson Field.
  • Colgate cut BU's all-time lead in the series to 11-5-3 by snapping a four-game winless streak (0-3-1) at Nickerson Field with the last win comming in 2017 via 4-0 decision.
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