Wolverines Score Six Consecutive Goals in Rout of Boston University

» U-M trailed early but rattled off four goals in the first half and six unanswered goals to lead 6-1 with 10 minutes to play.

» Sammi Woods scored twice, while Lily Farkas had a goal and two helpers.

» The six goals are the most for U-M in a match since the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, when the Wolverines knocked off Michigan State 7-3.

Site: Boston, Mass. (Nickerson Field)

Score: Michigan 6, Boston University 2

Records: U-M (3-1), BU (2-2)

Next U-M Event: Thursday, Sept. 1 — vs. Iowa State (U-M Soccer Stadium), 7 p.m. (TV: B1G+)

BOSTON, Mass. — A five-goal first half lifted the University of Michigan women’s soccer team to a 6-2 win Sunday (Aug. 28) against Boston University at BC’s Newton Field.

Junior Sammi Woods notched a brace with two goals, while senior Lily Farkas had a goal and two assists.

Boston University (2-2) got on the board first, with BU’s Morgan Fagan slotting in a scissor-kick finish top-right only 1:32 into the contest.

Less than a minute later, senior Dani Wolfe leveled things at 1 as she beat her defender 10 yards out and slotted her attempt home lower-left. Michigan (3-1) went on to add three more goals in the half, with junior Kacey Lawrence, Farkas and Woods all notching markers as U-M held a 4-1 lead at the half.

Lawrence’s marker, assisted by Meredith Haakenson, was a class finish top-right in the 12th minute. Just over nine minutes later, Farkas juked a defender with a step-over move and finished lower-left. The final goal of the half, courtesy of Woods, was headed home off a service from senior Claire Dawson, the…