BOSTON - The Boston University men's lacrosse team fell to Brown, 12-5, on Friday night at Nickerson Field.

BU (6-4) celebrated its Class of 2021 on Friday night. Sean Christman, Michael Doxie, Nicholas Ellerton, Matt Korn, Andrew Martin, Nick Mohler, Tommy Nook, Kevin O'Hara, Kevin Snyder, Christian Trahan, Andrew Volk and Phil Wies have led the Terriers to three Patriot League Tournaments and have won 28 games since the start of the 2018 campaign.

Junior Matt Baugher led the Terriers with two goals and classmate Jett Dziama also chipped in a tally. Senior Kevin O'Hara scored his first collegiate goal and freshman Tommy Jepson also notched his first goal as a Terrier.  Sophomore Louis Perfetto extended his point streak to 16 games with two assists.

Junior goalkeeper Alex Gainey made 15 saves in his first collegiate start. Sophomore Patrick Morrison had an outstanding game, as he collected a career-high five ground balls and recorded a career-best four caused turnovers. Sophomore Roy Meyer had another excellent game at the LSM position, as he had three caused turnovers and four ground balls. Ellerton and junior Matt Gardner each had three ground balls, with Gardner adding a caused turnover. Freshman Dane DeGoler also forced a Brown giveaway.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• O'Hara opened the scoring just 1:22 into the contest when he converted a feed from Perfetto.
• Brown held a 4-1 lead after the first quarter, but Baugher's first goal of the night cut the deficit to 4-2 just under 2:00 into the second stanza.
• The Bears scored eight straight goals over the second and third quarters to take a 12-2 lead.
• BU outscored Brown, 3-0, over the final 15 minutes, with Jepson beginning the frame with his first goal following a nice ground ball pickup in front of goalkeeper Phil Goss (11 saves).
• Baugher and Dziama closed the scoring, with Dziama's marker coming on one of the Terriers' three man-up chances of the contest.

GAME NOTES

• Perfetto has notched a point in every game of his career, scoring 23 goals and adding 26 assists for 49 points.
• Baugher has scored nine goals over the last five games.
• Jepson is the fifth Terrier freshman to score their first collegiate goal this season.
• In total, 10 different players have scored their first goal as a Terrier in 2021.
• Korn and O'Hara both made their first start as a Terrier on Friday night.
• BU held Brown scoreless on the Bears' only EMO of the night.
• Freshman Harry Friedman won two faceoffs in his first game as a Terrier.

UP NEXT

• The Terriers will wait to learn who their postseason opponent will be for the Patriot League Tournament.
• The quarterfinals begin Tuesday, May 4, with the semifinals (May 7) and championship game (May 9) to be hosted at Lehigh.