BALTIMORE – Boston University scored with less than four minutes to play Saturday afternoon, breaking a scoreless deadlock to post a 1-0 win in Patriot League women's soccer action over Loyola University Maryland.
 
Jenna Oldham made a run down the right sideline and cut to the side of the 18-yard box for the Terriers. She crossed a pass to the top of the six where Taylor Kofton was running into the play, but a Loyola defender deflected Oldham's cross into the netting for an own goal at 86:34.
 
The tally would stand up as the match's only goal and the eventual game-winner for first-place Boston University (7-7-2 overall, 5-0-1 Patriot League).
 
The Terriers had eight shots to Loyola's one in the first half, but the Greyhounds' Sumer Rahe made four saves to keep them off the scoreboard.
 
Rahe made a spectacular sliding save in the 41^st minute when Shannon Keefe had a step on her defender and was one-on-one with Rahe. The Greyhounds' goalkeeper came out and slid to stop Keefe's hard shot, keeping the score at 0-0.
 
In the 43^rd minute, Kelly Park had a header for Boston University that deflected hard off the crossbar, and the ball rebounded out to Keefe who put a shot high.
 
Loyola had the most dangerous opportunity of the early second half as Jourdan Ziff beat two defenders down the right side, cutting into the box. She took a hard shot that was knocked down by Boston University goalkeeper Morgan Messner.
 
Just over five minutes later, in the 63^rd minute, Sarah Bayer beat her defender on a counterattack, getting free on the right of the 18, but her cross-goal shot slid just left of the post.
 
Rahe then made saves on shots by Chelsea Churchill and Anna Heilferty in the 66^th and 82^nd minutes, keeping the score, her stop on Heilferty coming while diving, full-extension to her right.
 
The Greyhounds return to action on Wednesday afternoon when they head to Washington, D.C., where they will face American University in a 3 p.m. conference match.