Sensational Second Half Sends BU Past No. 16 Army West Point, 15-13

Saturday, April 6

West Point, N.Y.

12 PM

Boston University

8-4, 3-2PL

Army West Point

8-3, 4-2PL

Boston U.

Army

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

Sensational Second Half Sends BU Past No. 16 Army West Point, 15-13

April 6, 2019 | Men's Lacrosse

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – Freshman Jake Cates notched four of his six points, including three goals, in the fourth quarter to help the Boston University men's lacrosse team erase an 8-4 halftime deficit and defeat No. 16 Army West Point, 15-13, on Saturday afternoon at Michie Stadium.

BU (8-4, 3-2 PL) notched the first six goals of the third quarter to take a 10-8 lead. Cates then factored on the first four goals of the fourth frame to give the Terriers' a 14-10 lead that they never relinquished. Cates finished the day with career highs in goals (4), assists (2) and points (6), including three markers in the final 15 minutes.

"Jake has been really close to have some great games," head coach Ryan Polley said. "We've been asking him to get a little more involved and a little more assertive. He made some 1-on-1 plays that were critical. I thought all our freshmen were excellent today."

Army (8-3, 4-2 PL) scored three of the final four goals of the contest, but freshman Timmy Ley notched one of his three goals on the afternoon with 1:58 remaining in regulation to stem any momentum the Black Knights had.

Sophomore Chris Gray recorded six points on two goals and four assists while Burr finished the day with a hat trick. Gray broke his own single-season record for points, which was at 71 until he reached the 76-point mark this afternoon.

Junior Chase Levesque recorded the first two-goal game of his career in addition to scooping up three ground balls and causing one turnover. Freshman Jett Dziama found the back of the net while senior Michael Laviano, sophomore Michael Doxie and freshmen Matt Hilburn and Jack Collins all added one assist apiece.

Sophomore Sean Christman went 22-of-32 at the faceoff X with nine ground balls. Freshman Will Carson led the Terriers with two caused turnovers in addition to his four ground balls. Junior Joe McSorley made nine saves in the cage.

This was the Terriers' first-ever win in West Point and their second straight triumph over the Black Knights.

"It's a tough place to play and Army is a really good team," Polley said. "It means a lot to win every Patriot League game and I'm proud of the way we handled the adversity today. The guys never panicked. We wanted to play to win and not play to lose. I'm proud of the way we responded in the third quarter."

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU opened the scoring at 12:38 of the first quarter when Gray got the ball up top and fed Ley at the crease, who made no mistake for the man-up marker.
Army responded with two goals in 35 seconds to take a 2-1 lead, but Cates answered to tie the game at 2-2.
Both teams added another goal apiece to enter the second stanza at 3-3, with Levesque scoring a highlight-reel goal when he caught the ball in the middle of the box, turned and ripped home a goal with the long pole.
The Black Knights secured a 6-3 lead at 3:51 of the second quarter before Dziama found the back of the net.
Army then scored two more times to take an 8-4 advantage into the break.
Gray started the Terriers' six-goal third-quarter run at 13:03.
Ley and Levesque then scored in a span of 14 seconds to cut the deficit to 8-7.
Gray evened the contest at 8-8 with a man-up marker before Burr tallied his first two goals of the game to give the Terriers a 10-8 lead.
The Black Knights stopped the run with a pair of goals to tie the game at 10-10, which is where the score stood entering the final frame.
Burr began the scoring for BU with a man-down goal after a big stand from the Terrier defense.
Cates, who assisted on Burr's man-down marker, then came around the cage from X to give the Terriers a two-goal lead.
The freshman made it 13-10 when he dodged down the alley and bounced a shot past AJ Barretto (seven saves)
He completed his run of three unanswered goals when he dove at the crease and beat Barretto to make it 14-10 with 4:37 to play.
The Black Knights tallied two straight goals to cut the deficit to 14-12 with 3:11 on the clock.
Collins found Ley in front for a goal with 1:58 left to make it 15-12, but Army answered immediately to make it a two-goal game.
That was all the scoring, as the Terrier defense made another stand and cleared to seal the victory.

GAME NOTES

Burr extended his goal scoring streak to 29 games.
He has notched 35 goals and added nine assists for 44 points this season.
Gray has recorded at least five points in each of the last 11 games.
Laviano has collected a point in five straight contests.
Cates extended his goal scoring streak to five games.
Rookies were responsible for eight of the Terriers' 15 goals.
Doxie and junior Reece Eddy each gathered three ground balls.
Eight different Terriers had at least one caused turnover.
BU was 18-of-20 in the clearing game and 2-for-2 on man-up chances.
The Terriers tallied 37 ground balls.

NEXT UP: #3/2 LOYOLA MARYLAND

The Terriers will welcome No. 3/2 Loyola Maryland to Nickerson Field on Saturday, April 13.
Opening faceoff is scheduled for 12 p.m.
The game will feature the top two point producers in the NCAA in Gray and Pat Spencer, who each have an NCAA-best 76 points.