Cavaliers Fall to Boston University 3-0

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Charlottesville The Virginia field hockey team outcornered the Boston University Terriers 8-4, but the scoreboard read 3-0 in favor of the visitors. The No. 19/17 Terriers (8-2) used two goals by Hayley Hamada in the second half to break open a 1-0 game. No. 11/15 Virginia (5-4) had four saves by Devon Burnley in the second half.

The Terriers got on the scoreboard with their first shot of the game at 14:14 as Hayley Hamada fed Sarah Shute. It was BU’s only shot on goal in the first half, and the visitors led 1-0 at halftime despite being outshot (3-1) and outcornered (3-1).

In the second half the Cavaliers led in short corners drawn (5-3) but BU managed to score on one of the set pieces. Hamada scored her first goal off a pass from Hadley Adams at 55:10; she scored her second goal off a rebound of a short corner at 64:21.

The Cavaliers return to action on Saturday, Sept. 29 as they travel to top-ranked Maryland.

Linescore 1 2 F (records)
Boston Univ. 1 2 3 (8-2)
Virginia 0 0 0 (5-4)

Scoring summary:
14:14 BU fg Shute (Hamada) 0-1
55:10 BU fg Hamada (Adams) 0-2
64:21 BU pc Hamada (—) 0-3

Keepers: VA: Desjadon (35 mins, 0 saves, 1 GA); Burnley (35 mins, 4 saves, 2 GA)
BU: Kastuk (70 mins, 4 saves, 0 GA)

Shots: VA 9, BU 9
Short corners: VA 8, BU 4
Incidents: VA: Ragukas, YC, 69’ ; BU: Dean, YC, 69’