Box Score

Polley Postgame Comments

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Junior Cal Dearth notched six points and classmate Christian Carson-Banister made 13 saves as the Boston University men's lacrosse team knocked off No. 14/15 Harvard, 9-8, on Tuesday night at Harvard Stadium.

BU improved to 7-2 with the victory over Harvard (4-4). It's the Terriers' second win over a ranked opponent this season and the Terriers now have seven wins in a single season for the first time in program history.

Dearth was incredible for BU, as he matched his career high with four goals and added two assists to come one point shy of his program record for points in a game. He scored the final three goals of the game for BU to help ensure the historic win.

Carson-Banister came up with big save after big save, but none was more important than his stop during a man-up chance for Harvard with less than 1:30 to play. He also had three ground balls in one of his best performances of the season.

The Crimson had one last chance with 6.3 seconds left and nearly the whole length of the field to conquer, and the Terriers did well to defend the last-ditch pass attempt and deny Harvard a final shot.

Junior Pat Myers scored two goals, including one that gave BU its first lead of the early in the third quarter. Freshman Brendan Homire and junior Adam Schaal each added two assists while junior Chad Bell joined sophomores Jack Wilson and Greg Farris as Terrier goal scorers.

Junior Sam Talkow went 11-of-19 at the faceoff X with six ground balls for BU. The Terriers tallied 42 ground balls on the evening, with six different Terriers collecting at least three apiece. Junior Dominick Calisto had five in addition to his two caused turnovers, while classmate Greg Wozniak forced two turnovers and had three ground balls. BU was also great in the clearing game, going 17-of-18.

Harvard had three separate two-goal leads in the first quarter, but goals from Myers, Wilson and Farris cut the deficit to 4-3 after 15 minutes. Dearth assisted on the first two goals, and then tied the game thanks to a feed from Homire early in the second stanza.

The Crimson took a 5-4 lead with 9:05 left in the half before Schaal fed Bell from X for the junior's second strike of the season with 3:08 to play in the quarter.

Myers put BU in front less than three minutes into the second half with his fourth goal of the season to spark a 4-0 BU run. Dearth had the other three markers, including two in the fourth quarter to give the Terriers a 9-5 lead with 9:19 to play.

Harvard cut into the deficit with three goals of its own, capped by a Morgan Cheek marker with 1:28 remaining in regulation. Despite a penalty on the play, Harvard was unable to secure an equalizer thanks to Carson-Banister's stop and a subsequent BU clear.

BU will return to Patriot League play on Saturday when the Terriers travel to Lafayette.