Abby Hehl tied the game on the power play to force overtime, but the Eagles scored 16 seconds into the extra frame to lift Boston College to a 3-2 win over the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team on Friday night in Chestnut Hills, Mass.

With the loss, the Saints fell to 6-11-1 on the season, while Boston College improved to 9-6-1.

After a hard hit on the back boards, Sammy Taber fired a shot from the right side that was stopped by Kassidy Lawrence, but the rebound was fired in by Kate Ham to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead just about four minutes into the first period.

The Saints produced quality chances early, as Eagles' goaltender Grace Campbell made seven saves in the opening five minutes to preserve the lead and keep the Saints scoreless.
SLU led 14-10 in shots on goal after the first 20 minutes of play.

St. Lawrence came out of the locker room hot and looked to tie the game early in the second. Kiley Mastel fired a shot from the left circle on goal, but the puck bounced off the glove of Campbell. Lilien Benakova attempted to collect the rebound, which ended up going five hole off her foot for the goal. After a review, it was ruled no goal for a kick and Boston College held onto their one-goal lead.

The Eagles looked to increase their lead to 2-0, but another goal was called back as a shot out of a scramble in the crease from Lauren Glaser was also ruled no goal for goaltender interference.

Just 1:16 into the third period, Ava Thomas rushed the goal and slipped a pass to Maxim Tremblay, who beat the extended leg of Lawrence for the 2-0 lead. 

The Saints fought back with a pair of unanswered goals to tie the game, 2-2.

The first came as Meghan Crowley circled the Eagles net and found Kennedy Emerson at the point. Emerson sniped a shot under the crossbar to bring the game back within one.

The game-tying goal came off the stick of Hehl on the power play. Ella Nancarrow took a shot from the top of the right circle, Hehl was able to collect the rebound from Campbell and lift the puck over her leg pad for the Saints second goal and Hehl's third of the season.

Hehl's goal forced the Saints sixth overtime of the season.

Just 16 second into the extra frame and a broken play off the faceoff landed in the hands of BC. Thomas beat the defense and slipped a low back-handed shot past Lawrence for the win.

"Another real good third period comeback for us," said head coach Chris Wells. "I've been real happy with our resilience each game to stay with it. One of the hardest things to do in sports, especially hockey, is to chase while being behind. We have played a bunch of games recently where we have been behind and still have been getting better, while having the proper attitude and effort to get on top. It will happen. In golf the saying goes, hit it, find it and hit it again! We will be back tomorrow to hit it, find it and hit it again!"

"Overtime hasn't been our friend, but we will continue to work on things to get better outcomes in our future games."

Lawrence finished with 29 saves for the Scarlet and Brown, while Campbell stopped 33 for the Eagles.

St. Lawrence outshot Boston College 66-53 and led 36-33 in shots on goal. The Saints went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Eagles finished 0-for-3.

The pair of teams will meet back at Conte Forum tomorrow afternoon for game two of the weekend series at 2 p.m.