Boston College will face the No. 12 Terriers on Friday following its first loss of the season last weekend—a 2-1 defeat in overtime and against No. 19 Massachusetts. The Eagles had defeated No. 20 Michigan State, the No. 25 Black Bears, and Quinnipiac before falling to BU.

Junior forward Virgynia Muma leads the team with three goals and six points, notching the decisive goal in the Eagles’ 1-0 win against the Spartans and netting two in their 4-1 victory over Maine.

“The game against BC is going to be a real test for our team to see how we handle the playing. I do think we can stay them,” Painter said. “It’s just going to be a matter of trusting the system that we’ve been using this year and trusting in each other. And I really think we can stay with them, but we’ll find out on Sunday.”

The Crimson will look to combat the fast-starting Boston College squad with strong defense, conditioned legs, and an improving attack.

“We’ve actually been doing a lot of drills that are primarily based creating on 2v1s and then finishing,” Jenkins said. “We have a lot of the pieces there. We just need to finish and get some goals.”

“A great team is defined by the fundamentals,” Painter added. “So that’s what we’ve been working on, our stops, our hitting, our conditioning, and I think that, if we continue to work on those, we can take on any team in the country.”

—Staff writer David A. Mazza can be reached at damazza@college.harvard.edu.