BOSTON – Preparing to defend its 2024 Patriot League Championship, the Boston University women’s soccer program ignites conference play with a trip to Navy on Saturday (Sept. 20). Opening kick is set for 1 p.m.
BU posted a 3-3-2 record against out-of-league opponents to open the 2025 season. The Terriers have recorded a .500 winning percentage in road games this year, tallying 1.5 goals per game.
Navy paced the Patriot League with seven non-conference wins, winning three of its last four matches. At home this season, the Mids have outscored opponents 14-1.
Saturday’s game airs on ESPN+ at the leading of the hour. Live statistics are available through Navy’s athletic department while the Patriot League supplies an international stream.
TERRIER TIDBITS
- BU last played on Sept. 14, battling Bryant to a 0-0 draw at Nickerson Field.
- Senior goalkeeper Susan Shobeiri made one cut to guide the Terriers to their second shutout of 2025.
- The Terrier senior class has accounted for 17 of BU’s 34 points.
- Seven Terriers have started all eight contests: Shobeiri, seniors Giulianna Gianino, Mackenzie Stickelman and Helene Tyburczy, juniors Ava Maguire and Ciara Kennedy and freshman Nina Tzouganatos.
- As a Patriot League member, BU is 6-4-2 in its conference openers.
- That mark includes a five-game unbeaten streak in its first Patriot League road matches in a year.
- Overall, thank to its 5-0-4 league record a season ago, the Terriers are 9-3-6 in their previous 18 conference regular season games.
SCOUTING NAVY
- Contributing to Navy’s 7-3 record are 5-0 and 3-0 victories over Presbyterian and UMBC, respectively, in its last two games.
- The Mids’ lone home loss came to Delaware, 1-0, on Aug. 24.
- Marlee Heaven leads Navy and shares the Patriot League lead with six goals in 2025.
- The Mids were projected to finish fourth in the Patriot League preseason poll after reaching the quarterfinals a year ago with a 3-4-2 conference record, going 9-10-2 overall.
SERIES HISTORY
- Saturday marks the 15th all-time meeting between BU and Navy in a series that began in 2013.
- The Terriers sport a 10-3-1 record in the rivalry with a four-match unbeaten streak.
- BU is 4-3 in road contests against the Mids.
- Both sides played to a 1-1 tie last year at Nickerson Field. Jaiden Schultz tallied her first collegiate goal in the 33rd minute before Navy responded three minutes later.
- The Terriers captured a 3-2 victory in their last trek to Annapolis, Md. on Oct. 1, 2023 behind two goals from Abigail McNulty and a score from Gianino.
UP NEXT
- BU hosts its first Patriot League match on the year against Loyola Maryland on Saturday (Sept. 27). Opening kick for Alumni Day and the program’s Morgan’s Message game is slated for 1 p.m.
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