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BOSTON - The Boston University women's lacrosse team will kick off a two-game homestand as it welcomes league-leading Lafayette to Nickerson Field on Saturday, April 8 for a 1 p.m. contest.
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SCOUTING THE LEOPARDS
• Riding a three-game win streak, Lafayette sits atop the Patriot League standings with a clean 4-0 mark and owns a 9-3 overall record.
• Kirsten Wilhelmsen provides the bulk of Lafayette's offense, leading the team in goals (48), assists (17), points (65), draw controls (43) and caused turnovers (20).
• Wilhemsen, who was named the Patriot League Attacker of the Week for the third time this season on Monday, is tied for the NCAA lead with 4.00 goals per game.
• Jane Kirby trails Wilhelmsen with 37 goals and ranks second in the Patriot League with 3.08 goals per game.
• Anna Raymond and Allie Abacherli have split time in net, with Raymond earning seven starts and Abacherli has five, while each has won four games apiece.
THE SERIES
• BU is a perfect 3-0 against Lafayette.
• The scoring output has increased in each game, as the first matchup was decided 9-8. The following contest resulted in a 14-11 decision and the last meeting saw BU post its highest scoring total and margin of victory, 15-10.
LAST TIME OUT
• Leading 10-7 with just over 20 minutes left, Lehigh reeled off a 60- run and fended off a late BU comeback attempt to hold on, 13-12.
• Mickenzie Larivee led the Terriers with four goals, while Elisabeth Jayne scored three.
• In net, Caroline Meegan posted 11 stops.
• The contest marked the third straight matchup between BU and Lehigh that was decided by one goal.
CAREER DAYS
• Tonianne Magnelli also set career marks in goals (4) and points (5) against Colgate.
• Avery Donahoe and Kaitlin Belval matched their career-highs with three and two goals, respectively.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
• Caroline Meegan ranks second in the NCAA with 11.60 saves per game.
• The senior leads the Patriot League with a .498 save percentage, which ranks 14th nationally.
• She also leads the team with 17 ground balls and has posted double-digit saves in six of 10 games this season.
PILING UP POINTS
• Kailey Conry and Mickenzie Larivee lead the team with seven-game point streaks.
• Conry has 26 points over the past seven games, with 24 of those coming on assists.
• 16 of Larivee's 17 points during her streak have come from goals, and she has seven multi-goal games on the year.
CROSS EXAMINATION
• Elisabeth Jayne leads the team with 22 goals and has scored in all but one game this season.
• The senior has accounted for seven multi-goal games, including four hat tricks, and owns a .741 shot on goal percentage.
• Prior to starting every game this season, Jayne had played in six games over her career.
STEPPING IN
• Conry has accounted for 26 points over the last seven games since entering the starting lineup.
• She leads the team with 24 assists and is tied for the team lead in points with Taylor Hardison with 27.
• Conry posted a career-high five assists against Fairfield March 15, with four of those coming in the second half before scoring the game-winning goal in overtime.
• The Needham, Massachusetts native has dealt at least three assists in each of the past seven games.
STEADFAST SENIOR
• Taylor Hardison has been having another stellar year on the attack as she is tied for the team lead in points (27) and ranks second in assists (18) and ground balls (14).
• As a junior, she led the team in assists (36) and ranked second in points (42).
STICKING TO IT
• Talley Perkins is ted second on the team in ground balls (14) and caused turnovers (12).
• Maria Guerra leads the team with 13 caused turnovers and has caused at least one in all but two games.
OFFENSE STARTING TO CLICK
• The Terriers have registered double-digit scoring figures the past five games.
• Prior to that stretch, BU was held to under eight goals for three straight games.
• The Terriers have also been more aggressive on the attacking end, firing off at least 30 shots in the past five games and matched season-highs with 36 shots and 27 shots on goal against Colgate.
UPPERCLASSMEN LEADING THE WAY
• Seniors Elisabeth Jayne and Taylor Hardison have each amassed 27 points, while juniors Avery Donahoe and Mickenzie Larivee have 20 and 19, respectively.
• The four upperclassmen have combined for 93 of BU's 170 points.
UP NEXT
• BU will remain at Nickerson Field next weekend as it takes on Navy as part of Lax-A-Palooza.
• The men's team will take the field at noon against Loyola before the women's team has its turn against Navy at 2:30 p.m.
