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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Cornell women's ice hockey made its long awaited season debut on Friday afternoon as the team hit the road to face off against third-ranked Boston College. The Eagles spoiled the Big Red's opener, scoring the final four goals to run away with the game by a 6-2 count.
 
Cornell hung tough with the highly ranked Eagles through the first two periods, despite the team's vastly different points in the season. While the Big Red was making its season debut, Boston College was already playing its fifth game of the year. The Eagles looked in midseason form in putting together a dominant flurry to end the second period and begin the third period, scoring three-goals to break the game open.
 
Senior forward Emily Fulton was a force, leading the Big Red with four shots and two points. She assisted on the Big Red's first goal – a power-play rip from senior captain Brianne Jenner – while she potted Cornell's other goal later in the second period.
 
Boston College (4-0-1) got to its game right off the hop, peppering Cornell's (0-1-0) sophomore net minder Paula Voorheis (L, 0-1-0) with 12 first period shots. The Big Red goalie played splendidly to keep Cornell in the game early as the teams were scoreless at the first intermission.
 
The Eagles broke the ice on the scoreboard first just 42-seconds into period two. With one-minute of carry over power-play time on a Taylor Woods minor penalty for interference, Boston College used the fresh ice to set up its vaunted special team's unit. Emily Pfalzer made the Big Red pay, beating Voorheis to stake the Eagles to the 1-0 lead.
 
Cornell leveled the game on a power-play over its own just under eight minutes later. Fulton fed the puck to junior Cassandra Poudrier who delivered a spectacular feed to Jenner who solved Eagles goaltender Katie Burt (W, 4-0-1) for her first of the season.
 
The Big Red pulled ahead seven minutes later, this time at even strength. Senior Jillian Saulnier flew through the neutral zone before dishing to Fulton on the right wing. She snapped a wrist-shot past Burt and just like that Cornell had the 2-1 lead.
 
While the Big Red led on the scoreboard, the Eagles continued to hold the edge in possession, due largely to their dominance in the faceoff dot. Boston College more than doubled the Big Red in faceoff wins 46-22 and used it control possession in its comeback effort. The Eagles scored twice in the final 3:27 of the period on goals from Haley Skarupa and Dana Trivigno – the second coming with 20 seconds remaining in the period.
 
The quick strike by Boston College seemingly stunned the Big Red as it struggled out of the gate to start the final period with the one-goal deficit. Alex Carpenter widened the lead to 4-2 just 49 seconds into the third and Kate Leary added another just 1:31 later to stretch the score to 5-2. Cornell could not overcome the deficit, which extended when Trivigno sent home her second goal with the man-advantage at 9:34 of the third.
 
Voorheis made31 stops in the losing effort. Boston College outshot the Big Red 37-19 for the game.The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Cornell in season openers.
 
With Saulnier's assist on Fulton's second period goal, she moved past Rebecca Johnston '11 for seventh place in all-time assists (92). Jenner's goal was the 79^th of her career, moving her within five of Amy Stanzin '86, who sits in sixth place all-time with 84.
 
Cornell will conclude the two-game series with Boston College tomorrow with opening faceoff again scheduled for 2 p.m.