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.