CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Minnesota State (4-4-1) defeated Boston College (4-3-0) 2-1 in overtime on Monday as Zoe Lopez scored the OT winner. The Mavericks were outshot 41-24, but Jaya Schippel finished with 40 saves, including 19 in the second period. The Mavericks also won 56.7% of their faceoffs and blocked 22 shots, a season high, while Boston College went 0-for-1 on the power play.

Schippel allowed one goal in the win, for her first career win. Lopez scored the game-winning goal, recorded four shots. Lopez has scored at least one goal in three consecutive games and achieved four or more shots in three consecutive games. Mercury Bischoff added a goal, on four shots and blocked two shots. Bischoff has registered at least four shots in four consecutive games. Kamryn Van Batavia won nine faceoffs at a 90% rate. Payton Finnie achieved a season-high plus-minus of 2, recorded a season-high three blocked shots and has now registered at least one assist in three consecutive games.

The Mavericks spent much of the first period defending Boston College pressure, and Schippel made saves on chances by Ava Thomas, Maxim Tremblay and Jilian Klein to keep the period scoreless. Just over two minutes in Olivia Maffeo fired a shot that bounced off Neely Hawn and into the back of the net. However, a challenge and subsequent review determined the play was offside, and the goal was taken off the board. The Mavericks also got in front of repeated chances, with Finnie, Anika Stromme, Mika Cichosz, Lucie Tenenbaum, Bischoff, Audrey Garton and Ava Guillemette each credited with blocks. Stromme registered a career-high six blocked shots, and Tenenbaum recorded a season-high three blocked shots. The Mavericks created their cleanest looks through Lopez, Hawn and Lauren Zawoyski but they were all saved, while Stromme, Lila Deis and Katie Olfert sent attempts wide. Schippel turned away a Sawyer Merrill shot with 27 seconds left, and Garton blocked Jilian Klein's final attempt with one second remaining as the first period ended 0-0.

The Mavericks kept the second period within reach after Boston College broke through at 9:37, when Thomas scored on a redirect off a Maffeo shot from the point, Lauren Glaser also assisted to make it 1-0. Earlier, the Mavericks created chances from Ayla Puppe, Cichosz and Van Batavia, while Stromme and Bischoff blocked shots at the other end. The Mavericks also killed off Mia Miller's holding penalty at 7:16, with Schippel stopping three shots on goal and Zawoyski and Cichosz adding blocks during the Boston College power play. The Mavericks continued to get looks from Tenenbaum, Bischoff, Cichosz, Lopez and Puppe after the goal, but Bailey Callaway kept the Mavericks off the board. Schippel handled another late push from Boston College, making four saves in the final 1:05, and the Mavericks entered the second intermission trailing 1-0.

In the third period, the Mavericks generated looks from Finnie, Lopez, Van Batavia and Bella Shipley, while Schippel and a series of blocked shots from Stromme, Miller, Sophie Stramel and Kendall Hassler helped withstand a Boston College push. After the media timeout, the Mavericks generated several chances before scoring the tying goal. After grabbing a rebound off her own shot, Bischoff went behind the Eagles net, cut in front of the net and got a wraparound shot to go in at 11:08. Finnie and Zawoyski were credited with assists on the goal, which tied the game 1-1. The teams skated through matching minors to Stromme and Sydney Semiga at 11:36, and the Mavericks continued to get chances from Shipley, Tenenbaum, Hassler and Guillemette. Boston College later threatened when Callie Rice hit the pipe with 14:38 remaining before Schippel stopped attempts from Thomas and Jilian Klein. Boston College used a timeout at 18:40, and both teams had late chances, with Bischoff putting the final shot on Callaway in the closing seconds and Finnie adding a block before the third period ended tied 1-1, sending the Mavericks to overtime for a second consecutive game.

 In overtime, the Mavericks generated sustained chances with seven shot attempts, including two Makayla Moran shots saved by Callaway and additional looks from Puppe, Bischoff and Van Batavia. Schippel stopped Mila Advani's attempt for Boston College at 1:30, and Thomas later thought she won the game, but her shot hit the pipe with 1:43 remaining. Off the near miss Lopez skated up the ice and flipped a wrist shot over the shoulder of Callaway, giving the Mavericks a 2-1 overtime win.

MSU last won on an overtime game winning goal in February when Whitney Tuttle scored to give the Mavericks a 2-1 win over Minnesota Duluth in game two of the WCHA Quarterfinals.

Up next, the Mavericks return to WCHA play and will face St. Thomas in a home and home series, starting on Friday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. at Tommie Ice Plex in St. Paul, Minn.