Boston University (5-6, 1-4 PL) vs. #19/17 Army West Point (5-4, 2-3 PL)
Date & Time	Saturday, April 7 - 3:15 p.m. ET
Venue	Nickerson Field - Boston, Mass.
Watch	CBS Sports Network
Live Stats	Sidearmstats.com
Game Notes	BU | Army West Point
Twitter	@BUGameDay | @TerrierMLAX

 

PARKING ADVISORY

The Boston University men's lacrosse team will honor its 10-member senior class on Saturday afternoon prior to hosting Army West Point at Nickerson Field. Game time is set for 3:15 p.m., and the contest will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.

James Burke, Tommy Connelly, Greg Farris, Ryan Hilburn, Isaac Lipton, Colin MacDougall, Conor Okmin, Hayden Ruiz, Joe Stucky and Jack Wilson will take part in their final regular-season home game on Saturday. The Class of 2018 has led BU to a 31-26 record over the last four years and was part of the program's first-ever team to reach the Patriot League postseason in 2017.

Other milestone achievements for this class include the program's first-ever victory over a ranked opponent (March 7, 2015 at Colgate) and a total of five wins over ranked opponents. The Class of 2018 is 17-11 all-time at Nickerson Field. Upon graduation, this class will boast two of the top three players all-time in goals, assists and points.

LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR

• BU and Army West Point met in last year's Patriot League semifinals, with the Black Knights earning a 10-7 win in Baltimore.
• The Terriers nearly erased a 4-0 first-quarter deficit, coming within one at 4-3, but a Jack Wilson shot was somehow ruled to be a pass, and Army scored the next two goals to extend its lead.
• Wilson (2g, 1a) and Hayden Ruiz (1g, 2a) each recorded three points, with Wilson also adding three ground balls.
• James Burr found the back of the net twice.
• The teams met earlier that year in the regular season, with the Terriers suffering a heartbreaking 11-10 loss in West Point on April 8.
• Wilson finished that contest with four goals and one assist for five points, with Burr adding three points (2g, 1a).
• Ruiz and John MacLean also found the back of the net at Army.

ANALYZING ARMY

• The Black Knights enter Saturday having lost two straight games, including a 10-7 loss to Bucknell this past Saturday at home.
• Junior Nate Jones leads Army in goals (17), assists (8) and points (25), with senior Conor Glancy also entering Saturday with eight assists to his name.
• Senior LSM Jon LaMonica leads the squad with 44 ground balls, including six against Bucknell on Saturday afternoon.
• Senior John Ragno has won 57.5 percent of the faceoffs he has taken this year and has also gathered 21 ground balls.
• Junior Johnny Surdick anchors the Army defense, leading the Black Knights with 16 caused turnovers in addition to his 31 ground balls.
• Junior AJ Barretto is second in the nation with a 6.92 goals-against average.
• He also leads the Patriot League and is 17th in the NCAA with a .547 save percentage.
• Barretto has allowed more than nine goals just once this season, and that was against Syracuse in a double-overtime loss.

HISTORY WITH THE BLACK KNIGHTS

• Army West Point is the only Patriot League school the Terriers have yet to defeat in their five-year history.

• Two of those five losses have been by one goal, however, and one of those one-goal defeats came at Nickerson Field in 2014.

HEARTBREAKER AGAINST LEHIGH

• The Terriers fought back to take a 6-4 lead against No. 19/17 Lehigh, but the Mountain Hawks scored the final three goals, including the winner with 38.1 seconds remaining in regulation, to earn a 7-6 win on Saturday at Nickerson Field.

• Sophomore Chase Levesque notched six ground balls and caused five turnovers.

• Senior Jack Wilson and freshman Chris Gray each recorded a goal and two assists while junior James Burr (1g, 1a), sophomore John MacLean, junior Thomas Schmidt and senior Hayden Ruiz all found the back of the net.

• Sophomore Joe McSorley made 10 saves.

• Freshman Kevin Snyder went 8-of-12 at the faceoff X and gathered four ground balls.

• In addition to his three points, Wilson added three ground balls and caused two Lehigh turnovers.

WELCOME BACK, CHASE

• Sophomore Chase Levesque made his first appearance since Feb. 10 and made quite the impact as the Terriers' starting long pole on Saturday against Lehigh.
• He matched his career high with six ground balls and also recorded a career-best five caused turnovers.
• Levesque also collected six ground balls in the season-opening win over Providence.
• In just three games, Levesque has totaled 12 ground balls and eight caused turnovers.

ONE OF THE BEST ROOKIES IN THE NATION

• Freshman Chris Gray has been outstanding all season for the Terriers.
• He has tallied a point in each of his first 11 collegiate contests, and Gray has also recorded at least five points six times, including in four of the last five contests.
• Saturday was the seventh straight game in which Gray recorded at least two points.
• Gray leads all NCAA freshmen with 28 assists, and his 49 points are second among national rookies.
• He also leads BU in both categories.
• Gray is sixth in the country in assists and ranks 10th overall in points.

50 STRAIGHT AND COUNTING FOR JACK

• Senior Jack Wilson moved his point streak to 54 games with his three-point effort on Saturday against Lehigh.
• Wilson has only been held without a point once in his entire career. 
• In those 54 games, Wilson has tallied 94 goals and 54 assists for 148 points.
• Wilson has tallied 23 goals and 10 assists for 33 points this year.
• He has notched five hat tricks this season and has found the back of the net in each of the last 10 contests.

STRONG DEFENSIVE EFFORT

• Thanks to the return of both Chase Levesque and Quintin Germain to the starting lineup, the BU defense had one of its best efforts on Saturday.
• Lehigh's seven goals matched its lowest output of the year.
• BU caused 11 of Lehigh's 15 turnovers.
• The Terriers have allowed an average of just 7.5 goals over the last two games.

NEXT UP: LOYOLA MARYLAND

• BU will hit the road for its final two Patriot League games of the season, beginning with a trip to Baltimore to face No. 12/11 Loyola Maryland on Saturday, April 14.