No. 13 BU Falls to No. 5 Yale, 22-15

Tuesday, April 5

Boston, MA

4 PM

Boston University

8-2

Yale

6-2

Yale

Boston University

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

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BOSTON - Junior Louis Perfetto matched a career high with four goals and six points, but the No. 13 Boston University men's lacrosse team suffered a 22-15 setback to No. 5 Yale on Tuesday at Nickerson Field.

BU (8-2) jumped out to leads of 2-0 and 5-3, but an 11-0 Yale (6-2) run put the game out of reach. The Terriers never quit and outscored the Bulldogs, 9-4, in the final 30 minutes.

Junior Vince D'Alto had three goals and three assists for a six point day while senior Timmy Ley tallied four points (1g, 3a) and extended his NCAA-best goal scoring streak to 32 games. Sophomores Christian Quadrino and Tommy Bourque each had two goals while senior Jett Dziama tallied one goal and added two assists in addition to his three ground balls and one caused turnover. Sophomore James Corcoran scored his first goal of the year while senior Matt Baugher also found the back of the net.

BU, the national leader in caused turnovers per game, forced 14 Yale giveaways on Tuesday, led by sophomore Dane DeGoler's three. Senior Will Carson also had a pair of caused turnovers. Junior Conor Calderone won 16 faceoffs and collected nine ground balls while junior Roy Meyer finished the day with five ground balls.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Perfetto gave BU a 1-0 lead just 21 seconds into the game before Bourque extended the lead to 2-0 at 13:27.
Thomas Bragg tallied two straight goals to even the score at 10:41 of the quarter, but Quadrino quickly responded to retake the lead.
Yale once again tied the score at 3-3, but goals from Baugher and Perfetto just 23 seconds apart gave the Terriers a 5-3 advantage.
The Bulldogs began their run with a goal at 6:28 and finished the first frame with a 7-5 lead.
Yale then scored the first seven goals of the second quarter to make it 14-5.
Dziama broke the Yale run, but four more Bulldog strikes creared an 18-6 halftime score.
The Terriers won the third quarter, 4-1, thanks to goals from D'Alto, Perfetto, Ley and Bourque, and then added five more goals in the final 15 minutes, including Corcoran's first marker of the campaign.

GAME NOTES

Perfetto and D'Alto extended their point streaks to 27 games and 25 games, respectively, and have yet to be held without a point in their Terrier careers.
Ley pushed his NCAA-best goal scoring streak to 32 games and is now three goals shy of reaching 100 for his career.
Junior Jax Popovich went 2-of-4 at the faceoff X and is 5-of-8 on faceoffs over the past two games.
Senior goalkeeper Matt Garber made eight saves in 55:20 of work.
This was the first home loss of the season for BU after beginning the year 6-0 at Nickerson Field.
Both of the Terriers' losses this season have been against top-15 opponents.
The Terrier ride forced four failed clears.
Four Yale goalkeepers combined for 16 saves.