LEWISBURG, Pa. – Sophomore Reilly Agres made a career-high 16 saves, and freshman Matty Spaeth potted the game-winning goal 48 seconds into overtime to power the Boston University women's lacrosse team over Bucknell 11-10 on Saturday afternoon at Graham Field.
 
Trailing 9-8 with 6:45 left in regulation, BU got two goals from sophomore Kaelin Isaacson, the latter giving BU a 10-9 edge with 32.2 seconds on the clock. The Bison knotted the game with 12.8 ticks on the clock, but junior Jennifer Barry won the first draw control in the extra period and gave off to Spaeth for the winning score.
 
Isaacson's three goals paced BU, while junior Claire Gola matched her three points off two goals and an assist. In total, seven different Terriers found the back of the net.
 
Katie Wendell led all scorers with four points, coming off two goals and two assists. In goal, Caitlin Tucker stopped 10 shots.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bucknell scored 31 seconds into the game, but Barry answered four minutes later with an unassisted score to even the game.
• The Bison scored the game's next three goals to take a 4-1 lead before sophomore Tobey Tick won the ensuing draw and tossed the ball to sophomore Ellen Monahan, who scored with 6.6 seconds on the clock in the first to pull the Terriers within two.
• BU got within 5-3 on redshirt junior Teagan Lucchese's score from in front with 5:36 until halftime, but Colleen Kelly and Caroline Miller scored to give Bucknell its largest lead of the day, 7-3.
• Gola scored with 1:09 on the clock until halftime to cut the deficit to three, then opened the third quarter with another tally off Spaeth's pass to make it 7-5 Bison.
• Allie Boyce buried a free position opportunity with 9:35 to play in the third quarter to extend Bucknell's advantage to 8-5.
• Junior Lauren Kaye capitalized on a player-up chance for the Terriers at the 5:22 mark, then Isaacson netted her first with 2:55 to go in the stanza.
• Barry took a pass from Kaye, fought off contact, and beat Tucker at the buzzer to tie the game at 8-8 after three quarters.
• The first goal of the fourth quarter didn't come until the clock read 6:45, when Tatumn Kohlbrenner lit the lamp for Bucknell to put the home team ahead 9-8.
• Isaacson drilled a free position goal with 3:15 remaining to knot the game at 9-9, then received Lucchese's pass on the doorstep and found twine with 32.2 seconds left.
• On the ensuing possession, Wendell found Miller with 12.8 seconds left to send the game to the extra period.
• After earning possession, Barry rolled around the right of the 12-meter fan and gave off to Spaeth at the top. The rookie dodged her defender and raced in, beating Tucker low to capture the victory.

 
GAME NOTES

• Shots favored Bucknell 33-24, including a 26-21 edge in shots on goal.
• BU had the advantage in ground balls (19-15), successful clears (18-14), and saves (16-10).
• Both teams caused 11 turnovers.
• Saturday marked BU's first game to go to overtime since 2019. Up until Saturday, the Terriers' last overtime win came at Fairfield on Mar. 14, 2018.
• Agres' 16 saves surpasses her career-high of 15, set against UMass earlier in the year. She surpassed the 100 saves plateau on the season, and now has 106.
• Spaeth's game-winner was the first of her collegiate career. She leads the team with 25 goals on the season.
• Isaacson notched the first hat trick in her career, while freshman Hannah Tillier picked up her first collegiate assist.
• With a goal and an assist, Kaye has recorded 10 multi-point games out of 14 appearances this year.
• Tick boosted her points streak to seven games with her helper.
• BU won its eighth consecutive game against Bucknell, and has not lost to the Bison since joining the Patriot League in 2014.

 
UP NEXT

• BU plays its final road game of the season when it plays Harvard on Tuesday (Apr. 26). Opening draw is slated for 5 p.m.