March 20, 2009
BOSTON -
The 12th-ranked Boston University lacrosse team (4-3) returns home on Saturday (March 21) to host cross-town foe Harvard (3-3) at 1 p.m. on Nickerson Field. Senior Sarah Dalton is one goal shy of tying the Terriers' career goal-scoring record. BU will be looking for its third straight win, while the Crimson is coming off a 14-12 win at Connecticut.
BU All-Access will provide live streaming video and WTBU Radio will broadcast the game. GameTracker live stats will be available as well.
The Terriers are 7-9 in the all-time series with Harvard, but BU has won the last four meetings between the two squads and has not lost to the Crimson on Nickerson Field in a span of four games dating back to 1999.
The duo of Jess Halpern and Kaitlin Martin dominate the Crimson offense with 23 and 17 goals, respectively. With four assists to her credit, Halpern paces the team with 27 points, while Martin's six helpers give her 23 points. Sara Flood leads the team in assists with seven and has nine goals as well.
Tyler Petropulous leads the team in ground balls (17), draw controls (21) and caused turnovers (9), while also registering eight goals and three assists through six games. Kerry Clark has spent the most time between the pipes and sports a 11.27 goals against average. She has 49 saves to her credit.
In last season's meeting with Harvard, Dalton scored five goals and Xan Weitzel chipped in a hat trick, while Rachel Klein made seven saves to earn the victory in an 18-6 triumph on April 2 at Harvard Stadium.
Dalton enters the game with 186 career goals, one shy of the program record set by Lindsay Lewis ('06). The Terriers' leading scorer this season with 35 points (30g, 5a), Dalton ranks fourth in the nation among active career goal-scorers.
Weitzel leads BU in assists with 20 as part of a 27-point effort in her junior campaign thus far and junior Traci Landy has chipped in 20 points (18g, 2a) after a career-best five-point game in the Terriers' 12-6 win at Yale on Wednesday.
Klein, the reigning America East Defender of the Week, has a .519 save percentage over the last three games.
