Boston University (0-1, 0-0 PL) vs. No. 1 Boston College (2-0, 0-0 ACC)
Date & Time: Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, 12 p.m.
Venue: Fish Field House, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

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BOSTON – Beginning a stretch of three straight road games, the Boston University women's lacrosse program heads down Comm. Ave to take on reigning national champion and current No. 1 Boston College this Saturday (Feb. 19). Opening draw is set for 12 p.m.
 
The Terriers ignite their 2022 road slate after a home loss to Vermont in the season lidlifter. BU's next three opponents all competed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament; Fairfield and UMass won their respective conference titles, while BC made it in as an at-large.
 
Boston College enters the matchup atop the ILWomen/IWLCA National Poll after earning the spot in the preseason vote. The Eagles will host the Terriers in Fish Field House. Games in Fish Field House are closed to the public due to capacity limits, but the game will air on ACC Network Extra. Live statistics are also available using the links at the top of the article.
 
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TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU dropped a 16-10 contest to former America East rival Vermont back on Wednesday (Feb. 16).
• Sophomore Cassie Reinertson led the Terriers on offense with three goals and an assist, while junior Lauren Kaye potted three goals as well.
• Sophomore Reilly Agres got the start in the cage, making nine saves while registering a team-best four ground balls.
• Junior Jennifer Barry controlled 10 draws.
• BU's season opener against Vermont produced a cavalcade of career-firsts for multiple Terriers.
• Reinertson scored the first three goals of her young career in her third-career game.
• Also lighting the lamp for the first time was freshman Matty Spaeth, who scored BU's first goal of the year less than a minute into the game.
• Redshirt junior Teagan Lucchese recorded her first-career goal after spending the previous three seasons at Drexel.
• In net, Agres made her collegiate debut to make her first nine saves as a Terrier.
• Kaye and Reinertson became the first Terrier duo to have hat tricks in the season opener since Elisabeth Jayne and Avery Donahoe against No. 17 Boston College in 2017.
• The Terriers are facing the most ranked opponents this season (3) since 2018, when they played five different foes in the top 25.
• BU seeks its first win over a ranked opponent since an upset of No. 14/19 Navy back on Mar. 22, 2014.
• The Terriers have played the No. 1 team in the country twice in the last eight seasons. BU squared off against North Carolina in 2014, and opened the 2019 campaign against Boston College.

 
SCOUTING No. 1 BOSTON COLLEGE

• BC is 2-0 to start their national championship title defense, having beaten #4 Northwestern and #24 UMass.
• Charlotte North has scored 14 goals this year, which leads the Division I slate entering the weekend.
• Last season, the Eagles won the program's first national championship, and first as an ACC school. BC took down #5 Notre Dame in the quarterfinals, #1 North Carolina in the semifinals, and #3 Syracuse in the title game.
• North set the NCAA record with 101 goals in 2021, winning the Tewaaraton Award, NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, IWLCA Player of the Year, and the Mary Garber ACC Female Athlete of the Year.
• The Eagles have seven student-athletes who have recorded multiple goals this season. Caitlynn Mossman paces the squad with five assists.
• Rachel Hall has played the majority of time in net, recording an 8.34 goals-against average and a .500 save percentage.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• Saturday marks the 28th all-time meeting between BU and BC, with the two teams squaring off for the first time in 1982.
• Boston College has the 15-11-1 advantage in the rivalry, having won the last 11 games.
• BU's last win in the series came in a 13-6 triumph on Apr. 8, 2009. Traci Landy scored five goals, while McKinley Curro added four goals. Rachel Klein made 15 saves while allowing just the six goals.
• The two teams did not meet in 2021 after playing every year from 2004-20.
• In the last meeting back on Feb. 12, 2020, the Eagles came out on top, 16-6. Kaye scored a goal for the Terriers, and is the only player on the roster to have found the back of the net against BC.

 
UP NEXT

• The Terriers remain on the road to face another 2021 NCAA Tournament participant in MAAC champion Fairfield next Wednesday (Feb. 23). Opening draw is set for 3 p.m.