HOW THEY GOT HERE

• The Terriers trailed No. 10 Bucknell, 11-6, with 6:04 to play in the third quarter of Tuesday night's quarterfinal contest.
• That was the last time Bucknell scored, however, as the Terriers tallied the final six goals of the game to defeat the third-seeded Bison, 12-11.
• Freshman Chris Gray tallied nine points (5g, 4a) and factored on four of the final five goals of the game, including a terrific feed to set up junior Brendan Homire's game-winner with 6:56 to play.
• Homire (2g, 1a) notched two of the final three goals, with Gray netting the tying goal off a pass from junior James Burr (2g, 1a).
• Senior Hayden Ruiz began the six-goal run with two assists and a marker with two seconds left in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 11-9.
• Seniors Greg Farris and Jack Wilson both scored while freshman Sean Christman recorded an assist in addition to winning 12 faceoffs and securing five ground balls.
• Sophomore Joe McSorley made 12 saves, including five in the second half.

TERRIERS IN THE TOURNAMENT

• BU improved to 2-0 in the Patriot League quarterfinals with its win on Tuesday.
• The Terriers earned their first-ever postseason berth last year and advanced to the semifinal round after a 10-4 win over Lehigh.
• The Terriers were edged in their next game against Army West Point, 10-7.
• Tuesday was the Terriers' first true road game in the Patriot League Tournament.

HISTORY MADE AT BUCKNELL

• BU earned the program's first-ever win over a top-10 team on Tuesday night when the Terriers knocked off No. 10 Bucknell.
• The highest ranked team that the Terriers had previously defeated was No. 13/14 Harvard in 2016, which was also a road win.
• BU also became the second sixth seed in Patriot League history to advance to the league semifinals.

EARLIER THIS YEAR AT LOYOLA

• The Greyhounds earned a 23-9 win in Baltimore on April 14.
• BU trailed, 9-6, at halftime.
• Senior Jack Wilson scored two goals and added three assists to lead the Terrier offense.
• Freshman Chris Gray (2g, 1a) and junior James Burr (2g) also tallied twice.
• Sophomore Joe McSorley made 10 saves.

SCOUTING THE GREYHOUNDS

• Loyola has won five straight games.
• Two of the Greyhounds' three losses have come at home.
• Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year Pat Spencer leads Loyola with 76 points thanks to 28 goals and 48 assists.
• Fellow First Team All-Patriot League selection Jay Drapeau leads the Greyhounds with 33 goals out of the midfield.
• Foster Huggins was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year after he led the NCAA with 44 caused turnovers and also gathered 36 ground balls.
• Faceoff specialist Bailey Savio went 86-of-179 (.480) at the X this season and collected 42 ground balls.
• Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year Jacob Stover boasts a .521 save percentage and an 8.40 goals-against average.

HISTORY WITH THE HOUNDS

• The Terriers are 1-4 all-time against Loyola, with the lone win coming last year at Nickerson Field.
• Three of the five games have been close, with Loyola escaping with a 12-11 home win in 2016 and an 8-6 road win in 2015.

MAN-UP MAGIC

• The Terriers boast the third-ranked man-up offense in the country.
• BU has converted on 61.5% of its EMOs this season, going 24-of-39.
• The Terriers are second in the NCAA in total man-up goals.
• BU went 2-for-2 at Bucknell on Tuesday and was 1-of-1 earlier this year at Loyola.

SAVING THE DAY

• Sophomore Joe McSorley ranks first in the Patriot League in both save percentage (.523) and saves per game (11.53).
• That average of 11.53 saves per game is 11th-best in the entire nation.
• He has made at least 10 saves in all but two of his 15 starts this year, including his current streak of eight straight games with 10 or more stops.
• McSorley has also allowed fewer than 10 goals eight different times.

WHERE DOES GRAY RANK?

• Freshman Chris Gray leads all NCAA rookies in points (68) and assists (38).
• He is sixth in the entire nation in total assists and eighth in the entire country in total points.
• Gray is also fourth among all national freshmen with 30 goals.
• He has recorded at least one point in all 15 games, including 14 multi-point efforts.
• Gray has notched at least one goal in 10 straight tilts.