BOSTON – A seven-goal second quarter erased a 4-3 deficit and helped the No. 19 Boston University men's lacrosse team earn a 15-7 victory over Lafayette on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: #19 Boston University 15, Lafayette 7
Records: BU (9-1, 3-1 PL), Lafayette (1-7, 1-4 PL)
Location: Nickerson Field - Boston, Mass.
Highlights | Polley Postgame Comments

TURNING POINT

• The Terriers trailed, 4-3, at the end of the first quarter, but a 7-0 run gave them a 10-4 halftime lead.
• Seven different Terriers - junior Hayden Ruiz, junior Jack Wilson, senior Greg Wozniak, senior Ryan Johnston, sophomore Brendan Homire, junior Ryan Hilburn and freshman John MacLean - scored those seven goals.
• Eleven different Terriers in total found the back of the net on Saturday, led by MacLean with three.

A HISTORIC WIN

• The Terriers won their ninth game of the season to set a new program record for wins in a season.
• They continued the best start to a season in program history with Saturday's victory, improving to 9-1, and won their 25th game overall.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Lafayette opened the scoring less than 2:00 into the contest but senior Cal Dearth responded when Hilburn found him open with time and room.
• Senior Adam Schaal made it 2-1 when he dodged to the middle and his low shot beat Jonathan Anastos (6 saves).
• The Leopards tied the game, 2-2, but Wilson answered after a pretty feed from Schaal to make it 3-2.
• Two straight goals from Lafayette made it 4-3 after one quarter, but Ruiz got the Terriers back to level terms with his fourth goal of the season just 47 seconds into the second quarter.
• That Ruiz goal began the aforementioned run of seven straight goals to give BU a 10-4 advantage.
• Freshman Chase Levesque capped an 8-0 Terrier run with his fourth goal in five games to give the Terriers an 11-4 lead.
• After a Lafayette goal stopped the Terriers' impressive stretch of scoring, senior Henry Lee found Dearth in transition to give the Terriers a 12-5 lead after three quarters.
• MacLean scored twice in the fourth quarter to complete his hat trick, including a shot from midfield into an open cage.
• Junior Kyle Parsons closed the scoring with 45 seconds to play, with Lafayette also tallying twice in the final 15 minutes.

GAME NOTES

• Junior Joe Stucky went 14-of-23 at the faceoff X and collected a career-high 11 ground balls. He has won 66.7 percent of his draws (32-of-48) over the last two games.
• Senior Christian Carson-Banister made eight saves in nearly 54 minutes of work and held Lafayette scoreless for a span of 27:03 at one point.
• Carson-Banister allowed only two goals in his final 39:06 of action.
• Freshman Joe McSorley took over in the fourth quarter and allowed only one goal while making one stop.
• Four Terriers - Dearth (2g, 1a), Wilson (2g, 1a), Hilburn (1g, 2a) and MacLean (3g) - recorded three points on Saturday.
• BU won 31 ground balls and held Lafayette to just 16 ground balls.
• The Terriers caused 13 of the Leopards' 16 turnovers.
• Four BU players - Levesque, Wozniak, senior Dominick Calisto and senior Brian Badgett - forced two Lafayette turnovers apiece.
• Wilson extended his point streak to 36 games with his second straight three-point day. He scored two goals and added an assist.
• Senior Greg Wozniak became the 22nd different Terrier to score a goal this season.
• MacLean has recorded his first two collegiate hat tricks in each of the last two games.
• BU went 16-of-17 in the clearing game.

NEXT UP

• BU will begin a two-game road trip on April 1 at Lehigh.
• Game time is set for 3 p.m.