Photo of women's soccer freshman Jaiden Schultz crossing the ball from the corner in a game vs. Northeastern.
Tim Carey
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Northeastern NE2024 (0-0-1)
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BU BU2024 (0-1-1)
Northeastern NE2024
(0-0-1)
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Final
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BU BU2024
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Northeastern NE2024 0 1 1
BU BU2024 1 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Terriers Battle Huskies to 1-1 Draw at Nickerson Field

BOSTON – Junior Giulianna Gianino potted her third goal of the young season in the 36th minute, supplying the offense in the Boston University women's soccer team's 1-1 draw against Northeastern on Sunday evening at Nickerson Field.
 
BU (0-1-1) got on the scoreboard on a free kick from the junior, but Northeastern (0-0-1) responded in the 67th minute when Jessie Hunt buried a rebound after senior goalkeeper Celia Braun stopped her penalty kick.
 
Gianino (four shots), freshman Jaiden Schultz (three shots), and graduate student Lily Matthews (two shots) fired multiple targets, while Braun collected two saves in net.
 
Hunt, Megan Putvinski, and Avery LeVangie each had two shots to pace the Huskies. Netminder Eilza Teplow came up with five saves.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Matthews rattled off the game's first shot in the ninth minute, but it was blocked in front by a Northeastern defender.
  • In the 22nd minute, Schultz fended off her marker to go inside 12 yards for a shot, but Teplow made the stop.
  • Teplow continued to keep the Terriers off the scoreboard in the 28th minute, sprawling to her left on Gianino's bouncing shot to bat it away from the right post. The Huskies then cleared BU's ensuing corner.
  • The Terriers earned a free kick in the 36th minute after multiple student-athletes got tangled up at the top of the box. Taking the free kick, Gianino zipped it past Teplow and into the lower-left corner of the goal.
  • Northeastern increased the pressure out of halftime. After Teplow snared Schultz's header, Putvinski raced in near the top-left of the 18-yard box, forcing Braun to come out and deny her shot. Moments later, in the 51st minute, LeVangie's shot went narrowly wide right of the goal.
  • The Huskies earned a penalty kick in the 67th minute, with Hunt taking the shot. Braun went right and batted down the shot, but Hunt cleaned up the rebound with a goal towards the lower-right of the net.
  • Schultz and senior Morgan Fagan had consecutive shots blocked in the 77th minute.
  • Junior Shayla Brown worked free near the right of the six-yard box in the 86th minute, but her blast was deflected by a Northeastern defender right as she made contact, sending the ball wide. The Huskies went on to clear the Terrier corner kick. 
STATS
  • BU sported a 14-8 advantage in shots, including 6-3 on goal.
  • Thirteen of the Terriers' shots came from the starting XI.
  • The Terriers generated 11 corner kicks while limiting the Huskies to zero.
  • Northeastern received two yellow cards in the second half.
  • Similar to the season opener, Gianino and Braun were the lone Terriers to play the full 90 minutes.
NOTES
  • In the first week of the regular season, Gianino's three goals paced all Patriot League student-athletes.
  • This marked the third instance in Gianino's career where she scored in consecutive matches.
  • Brown, junior Helene Tyburczy, and freshman Maddie Green each made their first collegiate starts.
  • The all-time series between BU and Northeastern moves to 14-8-3. This is the first time that the two sides have tied in consecutive contests after drawing just once across 23 matches between 1999 and 2022.
UP NEXT
  • In the second half of a doubleheader with the BU men's soccer program, the Terriers host UMass Lowell on Thursday (Aug. 22). Opening kick is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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