Terriers Defeated at No. 4/5 Duke, 13-9

Sunday, May 6

Durham, NC

12 PM

Boston University

Duke

May 6, 2018 | Men's Lacrosse

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DURHAM, N.C. – The Boston University men's lacrosse team closed its 2018 season with a 13-9 loss to No. 4/5 Duke on Sunday at Koskinen Stadium.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU (8-9) jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 3:04 into the proceedings thanks to goals from junior James Burr and senior Jack Wilson.
Duke (13-3) tied the game, 2-2, at the end of the quarter and then continued its 8-0 run in the second stanza to grab an 8-2 lead at halftime.
Senior Ryan Hilburn opened the third quarter with a goal but Duke responded to make it 11-3 late in the quarter.
The Terriers went on a 3-0 run to cut the deficit to five thanks to a pair of goals from Burr and sophomore Chase Levesque's second strike of the season.
Two more Duke markers pushed its lead back to seven, but the Terriers finished with the final three goals of the contest.
Graduate student Brian Badgett scored his second goal of the season off a feed from freshman Kevin Snyder.
Senior Hayden Ruiz then fed Wilson to make it a 13-8 contest.
Wilson assisted on Burr's fourth and final goal of the game with 1:27 remaining in regulation.

WILSON FINISHES WITH 60 STRAIGHT

Wilson concluded his impressive collegiate career with a 60-game point streak.
He has only been held without a point once in his entire career.
In those 60 games, Wilson has tallied 101 goals and 61 assists for 162 points.
Wilson has tallied 30 goals and 17 assists for 47 points this year.

BURR WITH THE HOT HAND

Burr finished 2018 with 45 goals, which is a single-season program record.
He has tallied at least one goal in every game and at least two goals in 15 of the Terriers' 17 contests.
Burr has added 11 assists for 56 points, which is good for second on the squad and is a career high.

GAME NOTES

Freshman Sean Christman went 16-of-24 at the faceoff X and won nine ground balls.
Christman won 69.3 percent of his faceoffs over the Terriers' final two games (34-of-49).
Junior Quintin Germain finished the game with three ground balls and two caused turnovers, while sophomore Nicholas Ellerton added a caused turnover and two ground balls of his own.
Senior Isaac Lipton tallied two ground balls and finished his final season with a career-best 52 ground balls.
Sophomore Joe McSorley made 11 saves for the Terriers.
Senior Colin MacDougall also recorded a save while classmate Tommy Connelly also saw time in the cage and had one caused turnover.
This was the first time freshman Chris Gray was held without a point this season.