Belle Ringers (Week 12 Recap)
The women bring home the Belpot and the men start 2026 with a solid exhibition performance.
The women’s squad take down Quinnipiac and Harvard to win the Friendship Series, while the men beat Simon Fraser in an exhibition.
Women’s
Quinnipiac (2-2 T (SOW)), Harvard (3-2 W)
The Terriers headed to Belfast with Belpot on the line. First up, Quinnipiac, who opened the game with a goal at 10:48 in the first, followed by a goal at 3:39 in the second. At 11:48 of the 2nd, Sydney Healey began the Terriers comeback, scoring the first International goal in program history. Almost at the exact same time in the 3rd, at 11:37, Healey scored another one, tieing things up. It was Healey’s 6th career multi-goal game and just her second away from Walter Brown Arena—November 7th, 2024 vs. Merrimack at Lawler Rink. The teams skated to a scoreless OT and headed to a shootout. Mari Pietersen, who stopped 36 of 38 shots in the game, stopped all 3 of the Bobcats’ shootout attempts. Lilli Welcke scored the Terriers only shootout goal to send BU to the Friendship Series final.
In the final, BU faced Beanpot rivals Harvard to see who would ring the Belpot. The Terriers opened the scoring at 17:55 in the first when Riley Walsh scored her first goal away from home exactly a year to the day of her last, January 3rd, 2025 at Holy Cross. Harvard tied things up at 4:18 in the second, but 36 seconds later, Friday’s shootout hero, Lilli Welcke gave the Scarlet and White back the lead at 4:54. Welcke became the first European Terrier (men’s or women’s) to score a goal for the Terriers in Europe. Early in the 3rd, Harvard again tied things up at 1:21. Midway through the 3rd, Neely Nicholson gave BU the lead for good at 12:46, with her first career goal vs. Harvard. The win was just the 2nd mid-season tournament win in varsity program history, following the 2019 Beanpot, also over Harvard, also a 3-2 win.
Other Notes
BU becomes the first school to win trophies in Belfast in back-to-back seasons following the men’s Friendship Four win last season
With the win, the Terriers even their all-time series with Harvard for the first time since 2012 (10-10-2)
Mari Pietersen saved 63 of 67 shots she faced in the tournament, a .940 SV%
The Terriers were a perfect 7-7 on the PK in the tournament
Men’s
Simon Fraser (8-2 W)
The Terriers returned to action in style, cruising to an 8-2 win over Simon Fraser. BU was without Gavin McCarthy—returning from the Spengler Cup, Cole Hutson, Cole Eiserman, Kamil Bednarik—all returning from the World Juniors, and Sascha Boumedienne—still in the World Juniors.
In the first, Sacha Boisvert opened the scoring on the power play 6:02 in the first. The Terriers scored three more times in the period at 9:21 (Jack Murtagh), 15:27 (Ryder Ritchie), and 19:26.7 (Jonathan Morello).
In the second, Simon Fraser finally got on the board at 1:46 of the period. Followed by Jack Harvey restoring the 4 goal lead at 3:58. Midway through the period, Max Lacroix relieved Mikhail Yegorov.
The third began much like the first with a Sacha Boisvert powerplay goal at 4:24. Simon Fraser got one back at 8:31, before the Terriers extended their lead with a final two goals from Brandon Svoboda (10:30) and Jack Harvey (12:15 PPG).
Steven Luciano saw his first game action as a Terrier, playing the last 3:24 of the contest and facing 0 shots on goal.
Other Notes
BU’s 8 goals was the most in an exhibition since an 8-2 win over the USNTDP U18s on October 6th, 2016
6 Terriers recorded a goal in the game, led by Boisvert and Harvey with 2 each
12 Terriers recorded a point led by Conrad Fondrk with 4
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