Rich Gagnon

Box Score

Boston University BU 7-4, 2-2 PL

Lehigh LEHIGH 7-3, 5-0 PL

Boston University BU

7-4, 2-2 PL

Final

Mar. 30, 2019

Lehigh LEHIGH

7-3, 5-0 PL

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Boston University BU	2	3	0	3	8
Lehigh LEHIGH	2	3	5	0	10

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | March 30, 2019

Terriers Edged by No. 14/15 Lehigh, 10-8

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore Chris Gray tallied five points but the Boston University men's lacrosse team suffered a 10-8 setback to No. 14/15 Lehigh on Saturday afternoon at Ulrich Sports Complex.

BU (7-4, 2-2 PL) scored all three goals in the fourth quarter to nearly erase a five-goal deficit, but Lehigh (7-3, 5-0 PL) was able to hang on for the victory thanks to a five-goal third stanza.

Gray scored three goals and added two assists to reach the 70-point milestone for the second straight season. He also set a new single-season program record with his 41st assist, surpassing last year's mark of 40 assists. He now just needs two more points to set a new program mark for points in a single season.

Senior James Burr notched three goals while freshmen Timmy Ley and Jake Cates also found the back of the net. Ley also collected a career-high six ground balls. Senior Brendan Homire recorded two assists and classmate Michael Laviano also added a helper.

Junior Reece Eddy caused four turnovers and gathered three ground balls. Freshman Will Carson caused two turnovers and added four ground balls while junior Nicholas Ellerton had two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Redshirt junior Josh Williamson recorded three ground balls and forced a pair of giveaways.

Junior Joe McSorley made 11 saves in the cage for the Terriers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lehigh scored the first two goals of the game to grab a 2-0 lead at 9:22 of Q1.
A defensive battle ensued for the next nine minutes until the Terriers rattled off two goals in an 18-second span.
Burr began the run with a great shot off a feed from Gray with 29 seconds to play in the quarter.
Sophomore Sean Christman won the ensuing faceoff and the Terriers called timeout to draw up a play that led to their second goal.
Ley, stationed at the crease, caught a pass from Homire and went to the front of net before scoring his 20th goal of the year with 11 seconds remaining.
Cates gave BU its first lead of the game at 13:25 of the second quarter after he shrugged off a check and ripped home his 10th goal of the year.
The Mountain Hawks tallied three straight goals to take a 5-3 lead at 8:52.
BU closed the quarter with two consecutive goals, the first coming when Laviano drew a double team and found Burr for a step-down shot.
Gray then evened the score with 1:26 on the clock. Junior Jared Nugent set a pick to free up space for Gray, who took advantage to send the teams to the break all even.
Lehigh took advantage of a questionable call to open the third-quarter scoring. A bad Mountain Hawk pass was ruled to be a shot, which kept their possession alive and eventually resulted in a goal.
The Mountain Hawks then tallied two more unanswered goals to make it 8-5 with 7:49 left in the third quarter.
Lehigh scored two more goals in the final minute of the quarter to take a 10-5 lead into the final frame.
BU needed just 11 seconds to open the scoring in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Kevin Snyder won a faceoff and got it forward to the Terrier attackers, with Gray eventually finding Burr for the goal.
Nugent thought he scored on a crease dive moments later, but his goal was waved off by the officials.
Gray's dive on a man-up chance counted, however, to cut the deficit to 10-7 at 11:17,
The sophomore then converted a feed from Homire to make it a 10-8 game with 10:25 to play.
BU had several chances to continue to climb back into the game, but Lehigh goalkeeper James Spence made three saves in the final frame to help Lehigh hang onto its lead.