Sept. 8, 2006

Box Score

BOSTON - Playing against its toughest opponent to date, the Saint Joseph's women's soccer team put forth a gritty effort, but it wasn't enough Friday evening as the Hawks fell to the No. 24 ranked Boston University Terriers 3-1.

Boston University opened the scoring in the 31st minute as Farrell McClernon beat the Hawks' junior goalkeeper Jen Kuhn to give the Terriers a 1-0 edge. Emily Pallotta and Taleen Dimirdjan assisted on the goal.

Saint Joseph's didn't trail for long, as senior forward Ali Wean tied the game up three minutes later. Wean took a pass of a free kick by teammate Kaiti McCaffery to tie the game at 1-1 at 33:58.

Unfortunately for the Hawks, the Terriers struck right before the half as Marisha Schumacher-Hodge one-timed home a pass from Paula Moniz at 44:14.

In the second half, Boston University extended its lead to 3-1 on McClernon's second goal of the game off a corner kick by Schumacher-Hodge at 79:27.

For the game, the Terriers out shot the Hawks 16-4 and held a 5-0 edge in corners. Between the pipes, Kuhn made a game-high eight saves, while Stephanie Dreyer made two for the victory at the other end.

Individually, Wean tallied her team-leading fourth goal of the season in the loss.

With the loss, the Hawks fall to 2-3-0 on the season, while the Terriers improve to 3-1-1.

The Hawks return to Sunday, September 10, at Northeastern. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.