Story and photo by Robin Deehan
No. 11 Boston College stunned No. 4 Syracuse 3-2 in overtime at Coyne Stadium Saturday.
Romee Stiekema’s game-winning goal came after BC was awarded a corner 3:31 into sudden victory overtime.
Stiekema's first career goal gave Syracuse its second loss of the season and its second in a row.
“I feel amazing of course,” Stiekema said. “But in the end it was the whole team working.”
Scoring started early when SU’s Emma Russell connected on a shot from the top of the circle 2:33 into the game.
Three minutes later BC answered with a goal from Emily McCoy who scored off a corner making it 1-1.
BC wouldn’t strike again until the start of the second half when Katlyn Soucy knocked one in from right in front of the goal to put the Eagles up 2-1.
BC had a chance to improve its one goal lead when the Eagles had a one-on-one breakaway, but were denied by an impressive save from SU goalkeeper Jess Jecko.
In the 58th minute SU was able to convert a penalty corner when Annalena Ulbrich scored off a pass from Jordan Page to even the score at 2-2 to close out regulation scoring.
Overtime was short and BC improved to 6-1 on the season when Stiekema scored off a give and go pass from Soucy to put the game away.
Syracuse dropped to 6-2 on the season and 0-2 in ACC play, having lost 3-0 to No. 1 UNC last week.
Although SU outshot BC 16-12, BC drew eight corners compared to SU’s three and that’s what made the difference.
“Obviously we didn’t protect our feet enough in the circle and got a lot of corners given against us,” Syracuse head coach Ange Bradley said. “Their forwards did a great job of earning corners and putting us in a situation and that’s an area that we can continue to grow in ourselves.”
Jecko had four saves while BC goalkeeper Leah Settipane recorded eight.
With two assists, Jordan Page moved into sixth place in program history with 29 career assists.
Captain Emma Russell said the team has a lot to work on this week.
“This team has never lost two games in a row so I think that’s something kind of really important,” Russell said. “We need to regroup and kind of talk about what it means to wear this jersey because I think at times we just get too frantic and then we lose sight of the moment, so it’s just having control of the game and knowing how to just finish.”
SU will head to No. 10 Virginia Friday September 26th looking for its first ACC win.
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