Women's Lacrosse Opens Patriot League Slate vs Lehigh Saturday

Saturday, March 17

Boston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

Lehigh

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Women's Lacrosse Opens Patriot League Slate vs Lehigh Saturday

March 15, 2018 | Women's Lacrosse

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Women's Lacrosse (2-3, 0-0 PL) vs Lehigh (5-3, 0-0 PL)
Date & Time	Saturday, March 17 \| 1 p.m.
Venue	Nickerson Field \| Boston, Mass.
Notes	BU
Watch	Patriot League Network
Live Stats	GoTerriers.com
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierLacrosse
Tickets	Single Game \| Season
Promotion	Youth Day & Camp Reunion

BOSTON - Patriot League play kicks off on Saturday, March 17 as the Boston University women's lacrosse team welcomes Lehigh. Opening draw from Nickerson Field is set for 3 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT

Kelly Mathews netted the golden goal with 5:23 left in double overtime to guide BU to an 11-10 victory at Fairfield on Wednesday.
Avery Donahoe matched a career-high with six goals, including netting five of the Terriers' seven second-half goals.
Christine Laible picked up her first win of the season in net, finishing with 12 saves.
Wednesday marked the second straight season the Terriers and Stags needed overtime to decide the victor.

The Ocho made her debut on @ESPN today as she took home the No. 4 spot on @SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays! ??????#TerriersTakeESPN #HitEmWithTheNoLook pic.twitter.com/jOpMWTDG8s
— BU Womens Lacrosse (@TerrierLacrosse) March 15, 2018

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAY BEGINS

BU is 4-0 in Patriot League openers and 11-1 in conference openers under head coach Liz Robertshaw.

STUFFING THE STAT SHEET

Kailey Conry ranks second in the NCAA with 3.0 assists per game and is tied for No. 21 in the nation with 5.0 points per game.
The sophomore has led BU in goals, assists and points in three of its first five games games.
Conry is deadly when shooting on net, connecting on .909 percent.

HAT TRICKS

Avery Donahoe leads the team with 14 goals and owns three hat tricks this season.
Donahoe is the lone Terrier to have multiple hat tricks this season and found the back of the net nine times over the past two games.

PILING UP POINTS

Kailey Conry leads the team with a 20-game point streak dating back to last season.
Conry has 92 points over the past 20 games, with 69 of those coming on assists.
Avery Donahoe and Bridget McCarthy follow with five-game streaks.

THE LAST LINE

Maria Guerra leads the team with 14 ground balls and is tied for the team lead with seven caused turnovers.
Sarah Andersen has also impressed in her return to the field after missing the 2017 campaign due to injury.
Andersen is tied with Guerra for the team lead in caused turnovers (7) and ranks third (10) in ground balls.

SCOUTING LEHIGH

Riding a three-game win streak, Lehigh enters Saturday's contest with a 5-3 overall mark and has won each of its past two games by one goal.
The Mountain Hawks also scheduled a challenging non-conference schedule, as two of its loses have come against No. 12 Penn State (14-13, Feb. 17) and No. 14 Princeton (18-12, Feb. 27).
Courtney Henig ranks fourth in the Patriot League with 4.38 points per game.
The junior leads the Mountain Hawks in points (35), assists (21) and ranks third in goals (14).
Sophomore Sondra Dickey tops the team with 22 goals, matching her season total from her rookie campaign, and has posted six hat tricks this season.
Freshman Samantha Sagi has started all eight games in between the pipes, posting a 10.97 goals against average and .437 save percentage.

THE SERIES

BU holds a 4-3 advantage in the all-time series and is an even 3-3 in Patriot League matchups.
The past three matchups have been decided by one goal and four out of the seven matchups in the series have been decided by one goal.
BU led 10-7 with 20 minutes left in last season's contests, but the Mountain Hawks used a 6-0 run to steal a 13-12 victory on their home turf.
The Terriers are a split 2-2 at Nickerson Field against Lehigh.

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