Box score

Sophomore Katie MacSorley gave Northeastern (10-3-0, 5-2-0 WHEA) an early lead, but four unanswered Boston College goals earned the Eagles their second win in as many days to take over first place in Hockey East.

The goal was MacSorley's fifth of the year, good for third on the team, and ended a drought of three games goalless for the Stratford, Ontario native. Senior Florence Schelling stopped 35 shots amidst the Eagles' onslaught.

The Eagles (8-3-1, 5-3-1 WHEA) warmed up Schelling with a few rudimentary saves in the opening minutes before freshman Kendall Coyne gave the Huskies the game's first real chance. At 4:00, the Palos Heights, Ill. native took possession in the neutral zone and dangled through the legs of BC defender Jackie Young to earn herself a clear shot on goal. Corinne Boyles saw Coyne's wrist shot all the way, though, to keep the score at 0-0.

The action was even though the early going, with BC nearly going up on two different half chances around the eight-minute mark. First Alex Carpenter's wrist shot from the slot deflected off Schelling and grazed her left post; before the Huskies could clear the zone, Ashley Motherwell found Emily Field in front, but Field couldn't corral the puck. Finally Coyne gained possession in the run of play to start a Northeastern breakout; as she gained a step on Blake Bolden at her own blue line, the BC defender took a bodychecking minor at 12:57.

On the ensuing power play, Northeastern gained its first lead of the season over ranked competition. Freshman Colleen Murphy fired a shot in from the point that was blocked in traffic, the carom hurtling right onto the stick of MacSorley at point blank range. Boyles got a piece of her wrist shot, but was a fraction too late to keep the Huskies from grabbing the early lead at 13:39.

Taking a secondary assist on the play was Coyne, whose absence from the scoresheet on Thursday was her first in her ten career collegiate games.

Boston College equalized in short order at the start of the middle frame. Pinching in from the left point, Young threw the puck into the slot, where Taylor Wasylk was on hand to whack in a one-timer through the five hole of Schelling to tie the game at 1:28
The Huskies seemed to get back on the right foot when Field went to the box for bodychecking barely a minute later, but it was BC's Kristina Brown who felt unlucky not to score. First a lob pass found her in back of the Northeastern defense for a breakaway chance, but Schelling, in her third one-on-one stop of the weekend series, got her left pad to Field's backhand effort. Later in the power play, Brown and Caitlin Walsh earned a two-on-one chance, but Schelling stopped both Brown's initial shot as well as her point-blank rebound try.

The Huskies finally did create a full chance after excellent forechecking from junior tri-captain Casey Pickett. After winning the puck behind the BC net, Pickett found junior Brittany Esposito all alone in the high slot, but Boyles got a blocker on her wristed rocket to keep the teams on level terms.

The play was decidedly in Boston College's end when Coyne's slashing minor at 10:36 turned the tide once again for the Eagles. Having enjoyed a brief respite after the BC goal, Schelling was once again called to action, turning aside numerous close-range efforts in earning another penalty kill for a Northeastern unit that entered the evening ranked sixth in the nation (90.6%).

Boston College finally did nose in front through their outstanding freshman, Alex Carpenter. Taking a pass in stride from Field, Carpenter broke in along the left hash and roofed one over Schelling's right shoulder to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead at 17:16. The goal was Carpenter's team-leading eighth of the season. The Eagles would take that lead into the second intermission, owning a comfortable 27-18 lead in the shots battle.

In the final frame BC once again delivered an early-period sucker punch. Kate Leary gained control in the Northeastern zone along the right hash and found an unmarked Wasylk in the slot. Wasylk's wrist shot may have caught Schelling slightly unawares as it found its way in to give BC the same 3-1 lead they had enjoyed late in Thursday's game.

Pickett attempted an immediate response, gaining space after dangling past Allison Szlosek, but her shot from the slot went high and wide of Boyles' net.

The teams then traded tripping minors within six seconds of one another to open up the ice at four a side. First it was NU graduate tri-captain Dani Rylan sent off, and after the faceoff sent the puck into the NU corner, Coyne drew an offensive zone penalty on Motherwell to nip the BC power play in the bud.

With 7:30 to play, sophomore Maggie Brennolt picked out Rylan with a searching pass up ice to give the tri-captain an angled shot at net, but again the chance went begging.

Despite the odd quality chance for the Huskies, BC continued to control the overall shots battle - which they would win, 36-28 and scored the knockout blow with just under six minutes remaining. Carpenter was in the thick of it again, her shot deflecting into the slot and onto the stick of Motherwell, who potted her second of the season to put the Eagles out of sight at 4-1.

Play went back to four-on-four action at 15:45 when Brown took a roughing minor after the whistle for junior Siena Falino's slash. Northeastern could do nothing with the open ice, however, as play petered out and the Eagles cruised to a second win in two days over Northeastern. BC takes over first place in Hockey East with the two points, moving one ahead of the second-place Huskies.

Northeastern will be back in action on Thanksgiving weekend with a 4 p.m. date at Dartmouth on Saturday, Nov. 26.