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Women's Lacrosse Kicks off Lax-A-Palooza vs. Army West Point Saturday

April 18, 2019

Women's Lacrosse (11-4, 6-1 PL) vs. Army West Point (11-4, 4-3 PL)
Date & Time Saturday, April 20 | 12 p.m.
Venue Boston, Mass. | Nickerson Field
Watch Patriot League Network
Live Stats GoTerriers.com
Twitter @BUGameDay | @TerrierLacrosse
Tickets TicketMaster.com
Notes BU
Promotions Lax-A-Palooza

BOSTON - Aiming for its third straight road win, the Boston University women's lacrosse team will head down the Mass Pike for a Turnpike Trophy matchup at Holy Cross on Wednesday, April 17. Opening draw is set for 7 p.m. and can be seen live on the Patriot League Network.

TERRIER TIDBITS

  • BU will honor its five-member senior class of Kaitlin Belval, Kelly Mathews, Catherine McAuley, Tonianne Magnelli and Molly Kern.
  • The class of 2019 has guided BU to a 41-28 record over the last four seasons.
  • Additionally, the seniors have aided the Terriers to reach the Patriot League Tournament semifinals in each of the past three seasons.
  • Kailey Conry set the new single-game program record with 10 assists against Holy Cross, while her 13-point night matched her own single-game record.
  • Conry's 10 assists and 13 points are both the most a player in the NCAA has recorded in a single game this season.
  • The junior leads the NCAA with 4.17 assists per game, while her 6.0 points per game ranks second.
  • Belval leads the Terriers in goals (28) and is two points shy of totaling 100 career points.
  • Mathews is also approaching the 100-point milestone as she is three points away.
  • Lexi Lewis has been hot over the last seven games and is coming off a career-best five-point night at Holy Cross.
  • Ava Barry also had a career night against the Crusaders, setting a new best with five goals.
  • Should BU win its last two games of the regular season, it would finish as the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
SCOUTING ARMY WEST POINT
  • Now in its third season as a varsity program, the Black Knights are enjoying their best season in program history with an 11-4 record and stand at 4-3 in conference play.
  • Army has clinched a Patriot League Tournament berth for the first time in program history and is currently the No. 4 team in the league standings.
  • Jackie Brattan is tied for the league lead with 50 goals and 3.33 goals per game.
  • Brattan is coming off a six-goal output in Army's most recent contest, a 12-9 road win against Colgate, marking her second six-goal game of the season.
  • Brattan also leads the Black Knights in draw controls (84) and is tied with Caroline Raymond for the team lead in points (50).
  • Raymond has a team-best 19 points and ranks second with 31 goals.
  • Lauren Bredenburg and Samantha Stewart anchor the back line, as Bredenburg leads the team in caused turnovers (18), while Stewart is the leader in ground balls (31).
  • Maddie Burns is started all 14 games, posting a 11.23 goals against average to go with a .435 save percentage.
THE SERIES
  • BU has won all three games against the Black Knights.
  • The last two games in the series have each been in West Point and have resulted in one-goal games.

UP NEXT

  • BU will host Navy in its final regular season game of the season on Thursday, April 25.

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