Balanced Scoring Leads No. 8 Duke Past Boston College, 3-1

Friday, October 17

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

6:30 p.m.

Duke University

(9-4, 4-2)

Boston College

(4-9, 0-6)

Duke

Boston College

Photo by: Boston College

Balanced Scoring Leads No. 8 Duke Past Boston College, 3-1

10/17/2025 8:37:00 PM | Field Hockey

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NEWTON, Mass. – Three different Blue Devils scored goals, and the eighth-ranked Blue Devils locked down on defense to earn a 3-1 road win at Boston College in ACC field hockey action Friday night.

Madison Beach scored early and Alaina McVeigh and Shae Wozniak added markers in the third quarter to secure the Blue Devils' fourth conference victory of the season.McVeigh also added two assists in the game.

How it Happened

Duke got on the board in the eighth minute, set up by a great drive into the penalty circle from sophomore Madison Beach. The Blue Devils' assist leader got to the baseline and sent a centering pass for McVeigh whose shot was saved by Boston College goalkeeper Charlotte Kramer and Beach was there to push the rebound across the line.
The Blue Devils held much of the possession in the opening 15 minutes, needing goalie Kaiya Chepow to kick away one shot from Maeve Seeger. Duke finished the first period with two shots.
Chepow came up big in the opening minute of the second quarter, coming off her line to deny Madelieve Drion. Duke did well to defend the Eagles' first penalty corner of the night and quickly went the other way to earn its first penalty corners of the night.
Duke continued to pepper the Boston College goal in the second quarter, forcing the Eagles to make a handful of saves, including a defensive stop by Mia Garber to keep the Blue Devils' lead to just one after 30 minutes of action.
McVeigh got her first goal of the night in the 36th minute, sneaking her shot inside the near post. Julia Boehringer provided the assist from the penalty corner, deceiving the Boston College defensive unit and finding McVeigh on the post following the insert.
Wozniak put the game out of reach for the Blue Devils, adding a third goal two minutes later. The rookie forward outraced the Eagle defenders to a McVeigh pass and lifted the ball over Kramer as she went down to the turf for the stop.
Boston College spoiled Duke's shutout effort in the 54th minute as Laila Rosenquest put a rebound in past Chepow. The Eagles finished the game with 12 shots, tying for the most by a Duke opponent this season.
Chepow capped her night with a career-high six saves while Kramer had three and Carine van Wiechen two for Boston College. Duke held a 17-12 edge in shots for the game.

Notes

Alaina McVeigh registered a goal and two assists for four points. It was the second multiple assist game of her career as she moves into a tie for 13th and 17th on Duke's career charts for goals (38) and points (87).
Sophomore goalkeeper Kaiya Chepow made a career-high six saves en route to posting her ninth win of the campaign.
Madison Beach registered her third goal of the season after not having a single point in her 18 games as a rookie last year.
Duke improves to 9-4 overall and 4-2 in league action. The win is the 346 of head coach Pam Bustin's career and her 184th as the Blue Devils' leader.
The Blue Devils earned a season-high 10 penalty corners and scored their 12th penalty corner goal of the campaign. Duke's 17 shots are the most this season in league action and only the third time it has recorded double-digit shots in a game.
Duke's defensive penalty corner unit improved to 39-of-45 on set pieces for an 87-percent success rate.