BOSTON - Senior Louis Perfetto recorded three goals and four assists while graduate student Matt Garber made 17 saves to help lead the Boston University men's lacrosse team to a 14-11 victory over Lehigh on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field.

BU (9-3, 6-1 PL) recognized its 13-member senior class prior to the game and many of those seniors turned in terrific performances to earn the Terriers' third straight win against Lehigh (8-4, 5-2 PL). Senior Vince D'Alto finished with three goals and two assists, one of six Terriers with multiple goals. Senior Roy Meyer recorded five caused turnovers and added three ground balls while classmate Patrick Morrison tallied three ground balls and forced three giveaways. In addition, junior Dane DeGoler matched his career high with seven ground balls to go along with three caused turnovers.

Graduate students Timmy Ley and Jake Cates each notched three points on two goals and one assist while junior Tommy Bourque recorded two goals and two assists. Sophomore Jimmy O'Connell collected a pair of man-up markers for the first multi-goal game of his career. Graduate student Matt Hilburn and senior Donnie Howard each secured an assist, with Howard also causing two turnovers in a fine performance in the defensive midfield.

Senior Conor Calderone battled all day against Lehigh's Mike Sisselberger, the top faceoff specialist in the nation. Calderone went 11-of-28 with five ground balls, but more importantly did not allow Sisselberger to have many clean wins.

Garber had perhaps his best game of the season, making several huge stops as part of his 17-save performance. Garber only allowed two straight Lehigh goals on two occasions, with the Mountain Hawks' final two markers coming in the final minute when the game was out of reach.

With the Terriers' win and Army West Point's victory at Navy on Saturday, those two teams will meet in West Point on Friday, April 28, with the Patriot League regular-season title on the line.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Cates opened the scoring at just 2:35 into the contest, but Scott Cole answered with 9:51 on the clock to tie the score.
• That was the last time the teams were tied, as BU scored four straight goals to take a 5-1 lead.
• The run began with a pair of D'Alto goals before Bourque closed the quarter with a great catch and finish with 39 seconds to go.
• Ley opened the second quarter with his first goal of the day to make it 5-1 at 12:01.
• Lehigh scored the only other goal of the stanza at 3:01 to cut the BU lead to 5-2 at the half.
• O'Connell's first strike of the contest came just 13 seconds into the third quarter as the Terriers capitalized on a man-up chance that carried over from the first half.
• Lehigh answered just 43 seconds later to get back within three, but a sweet behind-the-back finish by Perfetto restored the Terriers' four-goal lead.
• Two straight man-up goals from Lehigh made it a 7-5 game with 8:31 left in the frame, but a great individual effort by Perfetto just 30 seconds later made it 8-5. 
• Ley pushed the lead to 9-5, with the teams trading goals to make it 10-6 entering the final 15 minutes.
• The teams continued to trade goals, with Lehigh getting within three goals three times in the fourth quarter, only for BU to respond and push the lead back to four.
• D'Alto closed the scoring for BU with 1:16 remaining to make it a five-goal game, though Lehigh did score twice in the final 34 seconds to create the 14-11 final.

GAME NOTES

• BU finished the regular season a perfect 5-0 at home, outscoring its opponents, 82-48, in those five wins.
• The Terriers caused 20 of Lehigh's 22 turnovers on Saturday.
• Perfetto has recorded 12 points (5g, 7a) in his last two games against Lehigh.
• Seniors Jason Child and Walker Ker each had one caused turnover as the Class of 2023 combined for 12 caused turnovers and 22 ground balls.
• BU held Lehigh scoreless for a stretch of 21:50 in the first half, with Garber making five saves during that span.
• D'Alto is now three points away from joining Ley as the only Terriers with 200 career points.
• BU, which entered the day fourth in the NCAA with 9.18 assists per game, had 12 assists on Saturday.
• The Terriers' third-ranked man-up unit in the country went 5-of-6 against Lehigh.

UP NEXT

• BU will travel to Army West Point for the regular-season finale on Friday, April 28, with the winner clinching first place in the conference.
• Opening faceoff is scheduled for 8:15 p.m., with the game to be televised on CBS Sports Network.