BALTIMORE - Playing in the Patriot League semifinals for the third consecutive year, the third-seeded Boston University men's lacrosse team was edged by second-seeded Lehigh, 10-9, on Friday night at Loyola Maryland's Ridley Athletic Complex.

Senior James Burr and freshman Matt Hilburn each tallied two goals and one assist while sophomore Chris Gray also recorded three points on one goal and two assists. Freshman Timmy Ley, junior Jared Nugent, junior Chase Levesque and senior Brendan Homire also found the back of the net.

Senior Quintin Germain led the Terriers with five ground balls and also caused one turnover in his final game as a Terrier. Gray was next best for BU with four ground balls while junior Reece Eddy was one of five different Terriers with two ground balls. Junior Joe McSorley made 10 saves for the Terriers and sophomore Kevin Snyder combined with classmate Sean Christman to win seven faceoffs.

BU (11-6) finished the 2019 campaign with double digit wins for the second time in program history. Its 10 seniors - Gabe Anderson, Burr, Germain, Grant Gregory, Homire, Eamon Hunter, Michael Laviano, Drew Lukacs, Sean McGovern and Thomas Schmidt helped the Terriers win 39 games and advance to three consecutive Patriot League semifinals. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Gray got BU on the board first at 11:22 of the opening quarter when he came from X and beat James Spence.
• The Mountain Hawks answered with two goals over the last 3:14 of the frame to take a 2-1 lead.
• Lehigh grabbed a 3-1 lead at 12:03 of the second stanza, but Burr responded just 32 seconds later off a feed from Gray to make it 3-2.
• After Lehigh made it 4-2, the Terriers tallied three straight goals to take a 5-4 lead.
• The first came from Hilburn when he scooped a ground ball in front of the crease and dished it into the net.
• Levesque evened the score when he spun around a defender and fired home a goal while he dove to the ground.
• Nugent's first goal as a Terrier came with 2:44 left in the first half. He dodged past his defender, cut to the middle and ripped home a shot.
• Lehigh responded off the ensuing faceoff to make it 5-5, which is where the score stood at halftime.
• BU took advantage of an EMO to start the third quarter, as Ley gave the Terriers a 6-5 edge.
• Hilburn then secured his second marker of the game to make it 7-5.
• The Mountain Hawks answered with four straight goals to take a 9-7 lead into the final 15 minutes.
• Burr cut the deficit to 9-8 with 12:17 remaining when he dodged from X and scored.
• Lehigh regained its two-goal edge at 9:39.
• Homire ripped home a goal off a Burr feed at 7:26 to cut the Lehigh lead to 10-9.
• Levesque forced a turnover with less than three minutes to play to give the Terriers a possession, but Laviano hit the post with just over a minute remaining in regulation.
• Lehigh was able to run out the clock in the offensive end to clinch the victory.

GAME NOTES

• Burr finished his career with a 34-game goal scoring streak.
• He notched 56 goals and added 16 assists for 72 points this season, the best statistical season of his impressive four years at BU.
• Burr ended his career as the program's all-time leader in points (194) and goals (153).
• Gray ended the season as the NCAA's current leader in points with 111 thanks to 49 goals and 62 assists.