Terriers Open Season with 8-7 Double-Overtime Win at Providence

Saturday, February 4

Providence, RI

1 PM

Boston University

1-0

Providence

0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	OT 1	Final F
Boston University	1	2	1	3	0	1	8
Providence	2	1	4	0	0	0	7

Terriers Open Season with 8-7 Double-Overtime Win at Providence

February 4, 2017 | Men's Lacrosse

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Boston University men's lacrosse team scored the final five goals of the game, including sophomore Brendan Homire's winner in double overtime, to earn a thrilling 8-7 victory at Providence on Saturday afternoon.

THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: Boston University 8, Providence 7 (2OT)
Records: BU (1-0), Providence (0-1)
Location: Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium - Providence, R.I.
Polley Postgame Comments

TURNING POINT

With BU trailing 7-4, junior Hayden Ruiz scored two of the final three goals in regulation, including the tying goal with 1:33 remaining in regulation. Ruiz also assisted on Homire's goal that made it 7-6 with 2:35 to play.
Then, while still a man up to start the second overtime, Ruiz found Homire for the deciding goal.

HAYDEN AND HOMIRE THE HEROES

All of Ruiz' career-high four points came in the fourth quarter or overtime. He matched his career high with two goals and did the same for his single-game best in assists with two. Ruiz had previously recorded three points twice in his collegiate career, most recently at High Point in 2016.
Homire finished with three points (2g, 1a), with both his goals coming in the final minutes of the contest. He also assisted on a man-up goal late in the second half to tie the game, 3-3.

SAVING THE DAY

Senior goaltender Christian Carson-Banister was outstanding on Saturday, making 16 saves for the Terriers.
He had a crucial stop in the first overtime on a close-range chance to keep the game tied.
Five of his stops came in the opening quarter and he stopped all four shots he faced in the fourth quarter as BU made its comeback.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Providence scored the first goal of the game just 1:22 into the contest, but junior Jack Wilson (1g, 1a) answered with the Terriers' first goal of 2017 to tie the game with 7:02 left in the opening quarter.
The Friars took a 2-1 lead into the second quarter and extended that advantage to 3-1 during a timer-on situation with less than five minutes to go in the half, but senior Cal Dearth (1g) cut that lead in half with a goal with 1:22 left. Then, during an extra-man opportunity, freshman John MacLean's (1g) first collegiate goal sent the teams to the locker room tied, 3-3.
Providence came out of the break with four straight goals before junior Ryan Hilburn's first goal of the game made it a 7-4 game after three quarters.
Ruiz made it a 7-5 Providence lead with 8:43 remaining in regulation when he drove from X and scored from the near side thanks to Hilburn's third assist of the game.
After Homire cut the deficit to 7-6, Ruiz sent the game to overtime when he found himself alone on the right side and sprinted to the net before finishing the play.
The Terriers won the opening faceoff in overtime and nearly won it when MacLean rang a shot off the post.
BU enjoyed two man-up chances in the extra periods, finally converting at the tail end of the latter one to emerge victorious.

GAME NOTES

The Terriers have only been to overtime twice in their now four-year history. BU also needed double overtime that day, defeating then-No. 16 Navy at home, 10-9, on Feb. 27, 2016.
Wilson extended his point streak to 28 games with his two-point day.
Junior Joe Stucky took the opening faceoff for the first time as a Terrier and finished 8-of-16 at the X with four ground balls in a valiant performance.
BU went 3-of-7 during man-up situations and only allowed Providence to have three EMOs.

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