BETHLEHEM, Pa. – BU women's lacrosse (7-8, 2-5 PL) fell to Lehigh (9-5, 4-3 PL) in a 13-9 decision Saturday night. Five Terriers scored in the loss and junior Reilly Agres made six saves in net. 

Grad student Maddie MacMaster led BU with three goals, marking the fourth time this season she has scored at least a hat trick. Senior Jennifer Barry and sophomore Abby Cotraro also picked up two goals each while freshman Jayne Feeney and junior Tobey Tick each had one. 
 
Most of BU's goals went unassisted except for two. MacMaster tallied an assist on Barry's second goal while junior Kendall Sims picked up a point with an assist on Cotraro's second.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Tick lit the lamp for BU early with a free position goal at 13:25 in the first.
• A yellow card to Munster allowed Lehigh a woman-up opportunity on which they scored to tie things up 1-1 with 11:16 to go.
• The Mountain Hawks took the lead with another goal at the 10:15 mark.
• Both teams spent some time in their offensive zones but went scoreless for a bulk of the first.
• A free position attempt for the Mountain Hawks helped them go up 3-1 with 4:50 to go in the opening frame.
• Lehigh followed that up with another goal nearly two minutes later to lead 4-1.
• With two seconds remaining in the first, Cotraro scored on the free position to close in 4-2 headed into the second.
• The Mountain Hawks opened the second quarter scoring with a goal at 12:18.
• Feeney scored when she charged to the front of the net from the far right side with 8:49 to go in the half.
• Both defenses held each team scoreless for a few minutes until Lehigh netted one with 4:42 to go.
• After a turnover from BU, the Mountain Hawks found the back of the net again and caused BU to trail 7-3 headed into the half.
• Lehigh struck first again in the third to build its lead to 8-4.
• The Mountain Hawks were given a yellow card at the 10:32 mark for a dangerous follow through. MacMaster found herself in front of the net and, after a successful fake, scored on the woman-up advantage to close in 8-4.
• Lehigh was quick to answer with a goal of its own at 7:37.
• MacMaster found the back of the net for her second of the day to close in 9-5 with 6:13 to go.
• With 1:46 to go in the third, a spin move by Barry helped her score BU's sixth of the day.
• The Mountain Hawks marched down the field with seconds left in the third to go up 10-6 headed into the final stanza.
• A yellow card was given to Lehigh but nothing came of the woman-up advantage for BU.
• Ellen Monahan was given a yellow card with 12:50 to go in the fourth which gave Lehigh an opportunity to score its 11th goal on the woman-up advantage.
• Shortly after, Sims found Cotraro at the crease who scored at the 11:26 mark to cut Lehigh's lead to 11-7.
• BU scored again moments later when MacMaster found Barry who tallied her second of the day.
• Just over a minute later, Lehigh extended its lead to 12-8.
• A yellow card to Lehigh opened an opportunity for MacMaster who recorded a hat trick with 8:09 to go in the game. Her goal closed out the scoring for the Terriers. 
• The Mountain Hawks scored the final goal of the game with 28 seconds remaining to bring the final score to Lehigh 13, BU 9.

 
GAME NOTES

• Lehigh outshot BU 19 to 16.
• BU was a perfect 15-for-15 on the clear while Lehigh was only 20-for-23.
• The Terriers scooped up 11 ground balls to the Mountain Hawks' 12.
• BU shined on the draw control, registering 15 to Lehigh's nine.
• The Terriers went two-for-two on the free position.

 
UP NEXT

• BU returns home for its final appearance at Nickerson Field this season on Saturday (April 22). The Terriers will face Bucknell in a 4 p.m. tilt for senior day and the annual Lax-a-palooza event.