#16/17 Boston University (7-1, 3-1 PL) at #12/13 Harvard (5-2, 1-1 Ivy League)
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 25 | 7 p.m.
Venue: Jordan Field | Cambridge, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMLAX

The Boston University men's lacrosse team will continue its 12th season on Tuesday when the No. 16/17 Terriers travel to No. 12/13 Harvard for the newly named Charles River Rivalry Game. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Tuesday's contest will be streamed live on ESPN+. General tickets are on sale at this link and BU students can purchase discounted tickets at this link.
 

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU improved to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the Patriot League with a thrilling 10-9 overtime win at then-No. 2/3 Army West Point on Saturday.
• After senior Will Barnes made his career-best 22nd save of the day on the first possession of overtime, junior Jimmy Kohr scored his team-leading 23rd goal of the season with 2:41 left to give BU its fifth straight win over the Black Knights.
• Barnes was brilliant all day for BU en route to being named Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week for the third straight week.
• He enters the week ranked fourth in the nation in save percentage (.625) and seventh in the NCAA in goals-against average (7.89).
• Freshman Andrew Pape was named both PL Offensive Player of the Week and PL Rookie of the Week after scoring a career-high four goals on Saturday.
• He also had a terrific hockey assist to Tyler Fox on Kohr's game-winner.
• Pape is the first student-athlete to garner both awards in the same week since Loyola Maryland's Matthew Minicus on March 20, 2023.
• Sophomore Donald Varnerin was named PL Defensive Player of the Week after he led the Terriers with three caused turnovers and five ground balls against the Black Knights.
• More impressively, Varnerin helped hold the reigning Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, Evan Plunkett, to zero points on an 0-for-12 shooting performance
• Varnerin and junior Matt Freeman lead BU with 26 ground balls apiece while junior Connor Kehm is third on the team with 25 ground balls.
• Kehm tops the Terriers with 18 caused turnovers and is eighth in the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.25).
• Freshman Timothy Shannehan was ranked No. 3 by Inside Lacrosse on the publication's Early Season Freshman Impact list.
• He leads BU in points (39) and assists (19) and is second on the squad with 20 goals. 
• Nationally, Shannehan is ninth in the NCAA with 2.38 assists per game and 12th in the country with 4.88 points per game.
• He also leads all rookies in total points, points per game and assists per game.
• The Terriers are fourth in the nation and second in the Patriot League on the ride, holding opponents to a .739 clearing percentage through eight games.
• BU ranks 10th in the NCAA and second in the Patriot League in scoring defense, allowing just 8.50 goals per game.
• The Terriers have allowed seven goals or fewer in five of their eight games this year.
• BU is tied for fourth in the nation and second in the Patriot League with 36.63 ground balls per game.

HISTORY AGAINST HARVARD

• This will be the ninth time that the Charles River rivals have met, with the Crimson owning a 5-3 record against the Terriers.
• BU won the last meeting, 15-11, at Nickerson Field in 2023.
• The Terriers are 1-3 in four road games against the Crimson, with the one win coming in 2016.
• Four of the eight meetings have been decided by just one goal, including a pair of overtime wins for Harvard (2018 and 2019).

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON

• Harvard enters Tuesday with a 5-3 record after a 13-11 loss at No. 6 Princeton on Saturday.
• The Crimson owns wins over then-No. 6 Syracuse and then-No. 20 Providence and BU will be the sixth Harvard opponent to receive votes in one of the major national polls.
• Like the Terriers, Harvard is among the top riding teams in the nation, as the Crimson is third in the NCAA in opponent clear percentage (.735).
• Senior attackman Sam King leads Harvard in goals (24), assists (14) and points (38), ranking fifth in the NCAA in goals per game (3.43) and sixth in the country in points per game (5.43).
• Senior Martin Nelson leads the Crimson with 10 caused turnovers.
• Freshman faceoff specialist Jackson Henehan is 47-for-125 (.376) at the X with a team-leading 28 ground balls.
• Freshman goalkeeper Graham Stevens has played every minute this season, owning a 13.43 goals-against average and a .475 save percentage.
• He has made at least 12 saves in all but one contest.

UP NEXT

• BU will return to Nickerson Field on Saturday (March 29) for a Turnpike Trophy game against Holy Cross at 4 p.m.
• That game will be the second game of a Lax-A-Palooza doubleheader at Nickerson, with the women's team hosting Navy at 12 p.m.