CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Holy Cross women's hockey team was just edged out by No. 8 Boston College 3-2 Friday afternoon in the closest game the two sides have ever played. Allison Attea and Millie Sirum scored for the Crusaders and Jada Brenon stood on her head in goal to almost beat the eighth-ranked Eagles for the first time in program history.

In the end, it was not to be. Heading into the third with the game tied at one, the Eagles took the lead at the 2:40 mark for the first time in the game. Sirum answered right back with her fourth goal of the season to pull the Crusaders back to even. With overtime looming Savannah Norcross, Boston College's leading scorer, found the game-winner.

Brenon played outstanding in goal, making 13 saves in the first period to keep the game scoreless going into the first break. Attea notched her first of the year in the second to take the Crusaders' first lead ever over the Eagles. Boston College would tie the game at the end of the frame, despite Brenon's 15 saves in the period. She finished the game with 34.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
1-0 HC (2^nd, 3:38, EV): After a scrum in front of the net, Carly Beniek got the puck out to Attea who fired two shots, the first of which was blocked by a teammate, the second found the back of the net.
1-1 BC (2^nd, 18:43, EV): Willow Corson finally put the Eagles on the board when she backhanded a shot home from the low slot.
2-1 BC (3^rd, 2:40, EV): After a breakaway chance for the Crusaders was denied on one end, Boston College's Alexie Guay made them pay by giving the Eagles the lead on the other.
2-2 HC (3^rd, 3:06, EV): Just 26 seconds later, the Eagles' goalie tried to pin the puck to the outside of the net with her foot, but Sirum was able to muscle it home for the game-tying goal.
3-2 BC (3^rd, 15:24, EV): Boston College would take the lead for good when a trailing Norcross used some traffic in front of Brenon to help her wrister find the back of the net.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• The Eagles held the advantage in shots 37-27, but the Crusaders outshot them in the third period 14-8.
• The one-goal margin is the narrowest in the teams' seven-game history. Previously, BC had never won a game by less than four against Holy Cross. Three goals are also the least the Crusaders have ever given up to the Eagles.
• The 18:43 mark in the second period is the longest the Crusaders have ever kept the Eagles scoreless. It is also the first time BC has not scored a first period goal.
• Beniek and Sofia Smithson assisted on Attea's goal, while Attea and Mary Edmonds registered helpers on Sirum's.

UP NEXT:
Holy Cross will host BC tomorrow, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on NESNplus.