Women's Lacrosse Hosts Bucknell in Game Two of Nickerson Doubleheader

Saturday, March 15

Boston, MA

4 PM

Boston University

Bucknell

Tickets

Women's Lacrosse Hosts Bucknell in Game Two of Nickerson Doubleheader

March 14, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse

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Boston University (5-3, 0-1 PL) vs. Bucknell (4-3, 0-0 PL)
Date & Time: Saturday, March 15, 4 p.m.
Venue: Nickerson Field – Boston, Mass.

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Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierLacrosse
Rosters: BU | Bucknell

Schedule: BU | Bucknell

BOSTON — The Boston University women's lacrosse team returns home to Nickerson Field after two road contests to host the Bucknell Bison at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 15.

Fans can purchase tickets for Saturday's game by clicking here. It will be the second game of a lacrosse doubleheader at Nickerson, as the men's team will host Loyola Maryland at 12 p.m. One ticket is good for both games. In addition, anyone with a ticket to Saturday's men's ice hockey game will receive a complimentary ticket to the lacrosse game.

LAST TIME OUT

The Terriers notched a 14-8 road win over New Hampshire on Wednesday, March 12.
BU took the lead with four straight goals after falling down 2-0 and never looked back, cruising to a win off eight different scorers.
Junior Leah Hodgins scored a hat trick and had an assist, marking her second straight year with a four-point game against UNH.
Sophomore Natalie Aiosa stopped 15 shots, marking a new career high for her as she eclipsed 200 career saves.

TERRIER TIDBITS

Sophomore Tessa Geddes has scored nine goals in her past three contests.
Sophomore Izabella Amonte has scored 17 goals this season and has 21 points, leading the team in both categories.
Amonte and Geddes both have excelled on free positions. Amonte's .750 free position percentage is second in the PL and 10th in the NCAA, and Geddes is averaging 1.13 free position goals per game, good for 16th in the NCAA and third in the Patriot League.
In net, sophomore goalkeeper Natalie Aiosa has been stuffing the stat sheet – she leads the Patriot League in save percentage (.509) and saves per game (10.13).
In the NCAA rankings, Aiosa is 12th in save percentage and 16th in saves per game.
Freshman Kaitlyn Barton has been a force on the draw this season, grabbing 44 this year. She is eighth in the PL in draw controls per game (5.50).
The back line has been led by freshman Alexandra Burns, who is fourth in the PL in ground balls per game (38) and has seven caused turnovers this year, tied for the team lead.

SCOUTING THE BISON

The Bison and the Terriers have had similar starts to the season, with Bucknell going 4-3 in its first seven games.
Bucknell has been impressive in the defensive end, picking up 20.14 ground balls per game and causing 11.29 turnovers per game, but it has struggled on the draw control, only winning 30.4% of them.
Allie Boyce is the leading goal-scorer with 14 tallies, and defensively Jess Leon leads the Patriot League in CT/game (2.43) and is third in GB/game (2.57).
In net, Colleen Kazanjian has made 6.57 saves per game and has a .397 save percentage.

THE SERIES

BU is 9-2 against the Bison all-time and 5-1 at home.
The Terriers fell 16-13 to Bucknell last season in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, the first loss to the Bison in the past 10 meetings.
Raegan Bailey scored four times in the loss, and Leah Hodgins and Reilly Walsh each added two goals. Natalie Aiosa made 10 saves.