Wake Forest Drops Road Battle at No. 16 Boston College

NEWTON, Mass. - Despite the first goal of her Wake Forest career from Anabelle Brodeur, the Deacs fell short in a 4-1 defeat on Friday afternoon at the Newton Field Hockey Complex.

Boston College (5-2, 1-0 ACC) took advantage of a pair of penalty corner goals, drawing four corners in the match, while Wake Forest (2-4, 0-1 ACC) had a pair.

Wake Forest finished the match with five shots, including three on goal, while B.C. had 13 shots and nine on goal.

Graduate transfer Anabelle Brodeur sent a shot on frame that was saved by the Boston College goalie, but a great second-chance effort by Brodeur led to Wake's first goal of the match. Brodeur snuck the rebound shot by the Boston College goalie to trim into the lead early in the fourth quarter.

Entering the match as the ACC leader in saves, junior Ellie Todd added five more to her ledger and now has 27 stops through six matches.

How It Happened

Boston College took the match's first shot seven minutes into the action.
Freshman Lauren Storey created a dangerous chance for Wake with just over a minute left in the first quarter, sending the Deacs first shot off the right of the cage.
Both teams battled defensively through 15 minutes with neither team putting a shot on goal in the first period.
Sophomore Ana Franco nearly opened the scoring with a shot on the cage at the 6:43 mark of the second quarter, but a save from the Eagles goalkeeper kept the match scoreless.
Junior Ellie Todd got into the action with just over five minutes left in the half, making three saves over three minutes to keep it 0-0.
Boston College took a 1-0 lead on the first penalty corner of the match with 2:15 left in the half.
The Eagles extended their advantage to 2-0 on a penalty corner five minutes in the third quarter.
Looking to cut into the lead, Wake Forest drew their first corner of the match with 7:07 left in the third, but could not get a shot off.
Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, Todd turned away a shot from the Eagles for another save to keep the deficit at two.
Wake Forest continued to push to get the ball into the circle and look for chances offensively to start the fourth quarter.
Graduate transfer Anabelle Brodeur sent a shot on frame that was saved by the Boston College goalie, but a great second-chance effort led to Wake's first goal of the match.
- The goal cut the lead in half with just over 13 minutes left.
Boston College answered to push the lead back out to two with just over seven minutes left in the contest.
The Eagles scored on a penalty stroke with just under a minute left to extend the lead to 4-1.

Quotables
"Credit to Boston College. They had structure and purpose tonight and finished when given the opportunity. All of us are disappointed. We didn't show the brand of hockey we're capable of playing. We will regroup, find the lessons and grow. I remain steadfast in my belief in this team." - head coach Jen Averill

Up Next
Wake Forest concludes the trip north with a match against UMass Lowell on Sunday, Sept. 22. First touch against the River Hawks is set for noon on ESPN+.

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Team Stats

Anabelle Brodeur

Ava Moore

Lauren Storey

Mia Montag

Players Mentioned

Anabelle Brodeur

Lauren Storey

Ellie Todd

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