Men's Lacrosse Heads to UMass Lowell on Saturday

Saturday, February 15

Lowell, MA

1 PM

Boston University

UMass Lowell

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Men's Lacrosse Heads to UMass Lowell on Saturday

February 14, 2020 | Men's Lacrosse

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The Boston University men's lacrosse team will begin a stretch of four straight road games on Saturday when the Terriers travel to UMass Lowell to face the River Hawks. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.

BUSY STRETCH OF GAMES

BU will begin a stretch of three games in seven days when it heads to Lowell on Saturday.
The Terriers will visit Bryant on Tuesday afternoon before traveling to Bellarmine next Saturday (Feb. 22) for the first time in program history.

HISTORY WITH UMASS LOWELL

The Terriers have won both of their previous meetings with the River Hawks, including an 18-8 triumph in Lowell in 2017.
BU also bested UMass Lowell, 8-5, at Nickerson Field in 2016.

LAST TIME AGAINST LOWELL

BU defeated UMass Lowell, 18-8, on Feb. 11, 2017.
Joe McSorley made his collegiate debut in that game, stopping eight of the nine shots he faced in 10:59 of work.
Chase Levesque finished the day with three ground balls.
Nicholas Ellerton and Kaveh Torabian were the other two current Terriers to see action that day.
Cal Dearth ('17) led BU with five assists and six points while James Burr ('19) paced the Terriers with three goals.

SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS

UMass Lowell earned a 10-9 home win over Quinnipiac in its season opener last weekend.
Dakota Clark led the River Hawks with four goals while Domenic Giachello and Kyle Laforge each notched two goals and one assist.
Hunter Braun made 10 saves.
UMass Lowell went 3-for-22 at the faceoff X and only managed to win 17 ground balls, but the River Hawks limited their turnovers to just 12 while causing 13 of the Bobcats' 21 giveaways.
Brett Dattilo was responsible for all three of Lowell's faceoff victories.

CHRISTMAN EARNS WEEKLY AWARD

• Junior Sean Christman was selected as Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week on Monday.

• Christman went 15-of-18 (83.3%) at the X in the Terriers' game against Ohio State.

• He also gathered 12 ground balls, had an assist and did not turn the ball over.

• This was the second straight week that he led the Patriot League in faceoff percentage.

HOW GOOD HAS CHRISTMAN BEEN?

Junior Sean Christman has lost just nine faceoffs this year, going 30-for-39 at the X in two games.
That percentage of .769 ranks fourth in the country and first among NCAA players that have competed in at least two games.
Even more impressive is that Christman has taken every faceoff this season.
To put that in perspective, BU ranks third as a team in faceoff percentage.
Christman also ranks second in the conference and seventh in the nation with 19 ground balls.
Only four other players have turned in a better single-game performance at the X this season than Christman's 83.3% success he sustained on Saturday.

REECE WREAKS HAVOC

Senior Reece Eddy is tied for second in the nation with eight caused turnovers.
Eddy, who led the country with five caused turnovers in the Terriers' season opener against Providence, forced another three giveaways against Ohio State.
He has also notched 10 ground balls, including eight on Saturday against the Buckeyes.
Only two non-faceoff specialists in the NCAA have more ground balls this year than Eddy.
No returning Patriot League player caused more turnovers last year than Eddy (34).
Eddy also totaled 71 ground balls last year.

EDDY NOT THE ONLY ONE CAUSING TROUBLE

As a team, BU leads the nation with 30 caused turnovers.
The Terriers also have an NCAA-best average of 15.0 caused turnovers per game.
They led the NCAA with 11.71 caused turnovers per game last year.
Thirteen different Terriers have at least one caused turnover this season.
In addition to Eddy's eight caused turnovers, senior Chase Levesque (4), sophomore Will Carson (3) and freshman Collin Loughead (3) are among the BU leaders in that category.