The men's lacrosse Class of 2022 poses for a photo on Nickerson Field
Matt Woolverton

No. 16/15 Terriers Close Regular Season Friday against No. 14/16 Army West Point

April 28, 2022

#16/15 Boston University (10-3, 7-0 PL) vs. #14/16 Army West Point (10-3, 5-2 PL)
Date & Time: Friday, April 29 | 8 p.m.
Venue: Nickerson Field | Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMLAX

The Boston University men's lacrosse team will close out the 2022 regular season on Friday night when the No. 16/15 Terriers travel welcome No. 14/16 Army West Point to Nickerson Field. Opening faceoff is set for 8 p.m.

Prior to Friday's finale, BU will celebrate its Class of 2022. This group of seniors helped the Terriers earn three Patriot League Tournament appearances and clinched the program's first-ever Patriot League regular-season title.

TERRIER TIDBITS
  • BU claimed that aforementioned regular-season crown thanks to a thrilling 9-8 victory at Lehigh on April 23.
  • Senior Timmy Ley scored with five seconds remaining in regulation to seal the win off a pass from classmate and fellow co-captain Matt Hilburn.
  • Ley finished the day with three goals to extend his NCAA-best goal scoring streak to 35 games.
  • Three Terriers - junior Conor Calderone, senior Matt Garber and junior Roy Meyer - earned weekly awards from the Patriot League on Monday.
  • Calderone won 13 of the 21 draws he took against Lehigh's Mike Sisselberger, who entered that contest ranked second in the nation in faceoff percentage.
  • Garber made 10 saves and lowered his goals-against average to 9.87, which ranks ninth in the NCAA.
  • Meyer leads the country in caused turnovers per game (3.08), having recorded four at Lehigh to push his program-record total to 40 this season.
  • Junior Louis Perfetto recorded four points (1g, 3a) at Lehigh, with his second-quarter goal allowing him to become the eighth Terrier to secure 100 career points.
  • Perfetto has notched three goals and nine assists for 12 points over the last two tilts.
  • Junior Vince D'Alto extended his goal scoring streak to 26 games by finding the back of the net twice as part of a three-point afternoon.
  • BU is one of just two schools in all of Division I men's lacrosse that boasts three players (D'Alto, Ley, Perfetto) with at least 20 goals and 20 assists.

SERIES HISTORY WITH ARMY

  • BU is 2-7 all-time against Army West Point, earning an 8-7 win at Nickerson on April 7, 2018, as well as a 15-13 victory in West Point on April 6, 2019.
  • Army won both meetings against  BU last season, including a 12-10 triumph at Nickerson Field.
  • Eight of the nine previous meetings have taken place in April.

SCOUTING THE BLACK KNIGHTS

  • Army West Point is playing for the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League Tournament; the Black Knights need a win and a Lehigh loss to secure a spot in the semis.
  • They enter Friday having lost to Navy, 12-11, in OT this past Saturday, though the Black Knights did defeat then-No. 4 Cornell, 17-10, on April 16.
  • Senior Brendan Nichtern is second in the NCAA in both assists per game (3.31) and points per game (5.85), having totaled 76 points (33g, 43a).
  • Reese Burek (21g, 15a) and Paul Johnson (22g, 10a) have totaled 36 and 32 points, respectively.
  • Freshman Will Coletti has won 56.8% of his faceoffs this year and leads Army with 80 ground balls.
  • Senior goalkeeper Wyatt Schupler has started all 13 games, posting a 10.62 goals-against average and a .540 save percentage.
UP NEXT
  • BU has clinched the top seed in the Patriot League Tournament and will host the semifinals and championship game at Nickerson Field on May 6 and 8.
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