#16 Boston University (8-3, 5-0 PL) at Loyola Maryland (5-5, 4-1 PL)
Date & Time: Saturday, April 16 | 12 p.m.
Venue: Ridley Athletic Complex | Baltimore, Md.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMLAX

The Boston University men's lacrosse team will continue the 2022 season on Saturday when the No. 16 Terriers travel to Loyola Maryland. Opening faceoff is set for 12 p.m., with the game to be televised live on CBS Sports Network.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU closed its non-conference schedule with a hard-fought 12-7 loss at No. 3 Princeton on Saturday.
• All three of the Terriers' losses have been to top-15 teams, including two top-five foes.
• Just three games remain for first-place BU prior to the conference tournament, all of which will be against the other schools in the top four of the league standings.
• The Terriers clinched a berth in the Patriot League postseason with a 17-9 win over Navy on April 2.
• Senior Timmy Ley extended his NCAA-best goal scoring streak to 33 games with a goal as part of a two-point day against Princeton.
• Ley is two goals away from becoming the third Terrier in program history to score 100 career goals.
• Senior Vince D'Alto owns the fifth-longest goal scoring streak in the nation, having found the back of the net in 24 straight games after his two-goal effort at Princeton.
• D'Alto also pushed his point streak to 26 games in the process; he has yet to be held scoreless in his BU career.
• BU caused 12 turnovers at Princeton and continues to lead the nation in caused turnovers per game (12.55).
• The Terriers are also fifth in the NCAA and first in the Patriot League on the ride, holding opponents to a .764 clear percentage.
• Junior LSM Roy Meyer made his first collegiate start at close defense at Princeton.
• He is one caused turnover away from matching Reece Eddy's single-season program record of 34 caused turnovers.
• Meyer leads the country with 3.0 caused turnovers per game and is fifth among NCAA defenders with an average of 4.55 ground balls per game.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Terriers haven't faced Loyola since April 13, 2019, when the Terriers knocked off the then-No. 2 Greyhounds, 18-11, at Nickerson Field.
• BU last traveled to Loyola in May 2019, but it was for a Patriot League semifinal matchup against Lehigh, which BU lost, 10-9.
• The last time the Terriers and Greyhounds met in Baltimore was in a Patriot League semifinal on April 27, 2018, when top-seeded Loyola escaped with a 13-8 win.
• Both of the Terriers' wins against Loyola have been at Nickerson Field, including a 12-11 overtime win on April 15, 2017.

SCOUTING THE GREYHOUNDS

• After an 0-4 start to the season, Loyola is 5-1 in its last six games, including a convincing 18-7 win at Navy last weekend.
• The Greyhounds are paced offensively by grad students Kevin Lindley (23g, 3a) and Aidan Olmstead (17g, 23a), with Lindley leading in goals and Olmstead tops on the team in assists and points.
• Grad student Bailey Savio is facing off at 54.6% and has won a team-high 76 ground balls.
• Another grad student, Sam Shafer, has started in eight of the nine games in which he has appeared, posting an 11.07 goals-against average and a .474 save percentage.
• Senior short stick midfielder Payton Rezanka leads Loyola with 22 caused turnovers.

UP NEXT

• BU will travel to No. 20/17 Lehigh on Saturday, April 23.
• Opening faceoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.