BOSTON –– Freshman goaltender Alex Beaudry made 39 saves and Matt Bergland scored two goals to lead the Providence College hockey team to a 4-2 upset of second-ranked Boston University last night at Agganis Arena. It marked PC’s first win over BU since Nov. 17, 2006.

The Friars jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 9:30 mark of the first period when junior Chris Eppich scored his third goal of the season. Eppich took a long feed and skated in on a breakaway before firing a wrist shot off the left post and into the net. Senior Matt Taormina and freshman David Brown assisted on the goal.

The Terriers took advantage of their first power-play chance of the night and evened the score at 15:50 when Brandon Yip recorded his 10th goal of the season.

Bergland scored two second-period goals to give the Friars a 3-1 lead. After battling along the boards behind the net, sophomore Ian O’Connor gained possession of the puck and set up Bergland right in front as PC regained the lead at 8:24. Bergland scored again, this time on a two-man advantage at 12:08, to give PC a two-goal lead.

The Terriers used a two-man advantage of their own to cut the PC lead to 3-2 just 21 seconds into the third period. Chris Higgins was set up right in front as he tapped in his 10th goal of the season. The Friars regained their two-goal lead at 10:12 when O’Connor scored his fourth goal of the season. O’Connor stole the puck from a BU defenseman behind the BU net and came around the net before firing a shot that was saved by goaltender Grant Rollheiser. The rebound came back to O’Connor who scored on a back hander.

Beaudry, who was playing in his second collegiate game, finished with 38 stops, including several point-blank saves to help the Friars earn their first win over a ranked opponent this season.

The Friars return to action on Friday when they travel to Amherst to battle UMass.

Providence

1 2 1 –– 4

Boston Univ.

1 0 1 –– 2

 First period –– PC, Eppich (Taormina, Brown) 9:30. BU, Yip (Higgins, Wilson) 15:50. Penalties –– PC, 3-6.

 Second period –– PC, Bergland (O’Connor) 8:24; Bergland (Norton, Fayne) 12:08. Penalties –– BU, 2-4; PC, 2-4.

 Third period –– BU, Higgins (Wilson, Cohen) :21. PC, O’Connor (unas.) 10:12. Penalties –– PC, 1-2; BU, 1-2.

 Saves –– Beaudry, PC, 38; Rollheiser, BU, 21.

 Records –– PC, 5-12-1; BU, 14-5-1.