WORCESTER, Mass. - Graduate student Vince D'Alto recorded his 100th career assist as the No. 17/18 Boston University men's lacrosse team cruised to a 22-6 victory at Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon at Kuzniewski Field.

BU (7-3, 4-1 PL) won its fourth straight Patriot League game thanks to an impressive showing by its starting attack unit, which combined for 19 points. Junior Brenden Kelly scored a career-high six goals while D'Alto tallied six assists and scored a goal as part of his milestone day. Graduate student Louis Perfetto added four goals and two assists.

D'Alto joins Perfetto as the only players in program history to record 100 goals and 100 assists as a Terrier. D'Alto, the program's all-time leading point producer, finished the day with 152 goals and 102 assists for 254 points.

Six different Terriers - freshmen Luke Davis, Tyler Fox, Colin Kruger and Donald Varnerin, along with sophomores Ryan Palmer and Tommy Garofalo - all recorded their first collegiate goals. Junior Jimmy O'Connell matched his career high with two goals while graduate student Thomas Niedringhaus also potted a pair of goals. 

Sophomore Jimmy Kohr recorded a career-best two assists while junior Zach Travaglini also had a pair of helpers. Fox added an assist to complete a two-point day and freshman Gannon Kessler notched his first collegiate assist. Senior James Corcoran, graduate student Jake Cates and senior Dane DeGoler all recorded one assist apiece.

Junior Will Barnes was excellent once again for the Terriers, making 10 saves before being replaced by sophomore Kevin Barrett. Barrett stopped all three shots he faced in his collegiate debut before freshman Tommy Gentile made the one save required of him in relief of Barrett. 

In addition to scoring his first goal, Davis had a monster game in the defensive midfield, recording a career-best six ground balls. Sophomore Connor Kehm and junior Trey Brown each tallied two ground balls and one caused turnover.

Four Terriers combined to go 20-for-32 at the faceoff X on Saturday. Junior Matthew Fritz was 7-of-8 with a game-high eight ground balls, sophomore Rich Rindos went 5-of-8 with one ground ball, graduate student Conor Calderone was 7-of-13 and freshman Michael Kitevski was 1-for-3 in his BU debut.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Davis got the scoring going in transition of a feed from DeGoler just 1:32 into the game.
• D'Alto factored on the next three goals of the game, scoring his 26th of the season at 9:51 before assisting on tallies by Perfetto and Kelly to make it 4-0 with 7:42 to go in the quarter.
• Luca Ward scored for Holy Cross at 6:46 but Niedringhaus responded just 1:25 later to create a 5-1 lead after 15 minutes.
• That Niedringhaus strike sparked a 7-0 BU run, as BU scored the first six goals of the second quarter. 
• Kelly scored four of those six goals, including a run of three straight, as BU built its lead to 11-1.
• The Crusaders got a goal back before halftime but BU began the third quarter with a 4-0 run.
• Varnerin capped that run with his first strike, as the rookie LSM scooped up a ground ball and ran the length of the field before uncorking a shot into the back of the net.
• The Crusaders notched two man-up goals in a span of 31 seconds to cut the deficit to 15-4 before Niedringhaus and John Mitchell traded goals.
• Fox and O'Connell scored 59 seconds apart to make it an 18-5 game.
• Holy Cross scored its final goal with 1:13 left in the third quarter.
• O'Connell scored his second of the day just 37 seconds into the final frame to make it 19-6.
• Kruger, Garofalo and Palmer finished the day with their first goals to create the 22-6 final.

• The 16-goal margin of victory is the largest in program history.
• The 22 goals is the second most by a BU team in program history, one shy of the 23 they scored against Holy Cross last year.
• Perfetto ended the day with 54 points on 29 goals and 25 assists, becoming the first Terrier to record over 50 points in three different seasons.
• Kelly, who has now recorded a goal in nine straight games, is the seventh different Terrier in program history to score six goals in a game.
• BU has won seven straight games against Holy Cross dating back to 2017.

• BU will have next weekend off before hosting No. 10/11 Yale on Tuesday, April 9, at Nickerson Field.
• Opening faceoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.