Terriers Fall on Senior Day to No. 15/16 Loyola Maryland

Saturday, April 12

Boston, MA

12 PM

Boston University

7-6, 2-4PL

Loyola Maryland

10-5, 7-0PL

LOYOLA

Photo by: Jon Ratner

Terriers Fall on Senior Day to No. 15/16 Loyola Maryland

April 12, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse

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BOSTON — Junior Elle Stevenson tied her career high with five goals, but the Boston University women's lacrosse team fell to No. 15/16 Loyola Maryland, 20-14, at Nickerson Field on Saturday afternoon.

The Terriers (7-6, 2-4 PL) were down 11-3 at the half and cut the deficit to just five with nine minutes remaining, but the Greyhounds (10-5, 7-0 PL) had too much offensive firepower to ever put their 90-game conference winning streak in jeopardy.

Despite the loss, BU won the second half, outscoring Loyola 11-9 in the final 30 minutes.

The Terriers won the turnover battle, only committing 11 to Loyola's 19, but the Greyhounds outdrew BU 33-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Junior Jayne Feeney scored the first goal of the game, dodging her way to open space and firing home a shot to make it 1-0 Terriers 2:32 into the contest.
The Greyhounds responded with six straight goals to take a 6-1 lead with 5:30 to play in the first quarter.
Stevenson fired home a free position goal into the top right corner of the net with 13 seconds remaining in the period.
The Greyhounds were able to strike with no time remaining in the quarter, taking a 7-2 lead into the second.
Loyola scored the first two goals of the second quarter as well.
Senior Hannah Tillier finished off a chance from Stevenson with 4:15 remaining in the first half to make it 9-3 Loyola.
The Greyhounds found the back of the net twice in the final 3:09 to take an 11-3 lead into halftime.
Stevenson jumpstarted the BU offense in the second half with a goal just 1:36 into it.
Then Loyola struck twice, but junior Izabella Amonte scored with 9:19 to go.
Graduate student Kendall Sims was the next Terrier to score, just 33 seconds after Amonte, firing home a free position goal.
The Greyhounds responded twice, then the Terriers bit back with a Stevenson goal, her third of the day, with 4:45 remaining in the quarter.
Sims scored another free position goal with 3:10 to play, cutting the lead to 15-8.
With 2:53 left, Loyola's Chase Boyle scored goal number six on the day.
Tillier responded with a free position goal with 2:42 to play in the frame.
Sophomore Tessa Geddes recorded her 20^th goal of the year off an assist from Stevenson with 55 seconds remaining in the third, making it 16-10 Loyola entering the final quarter.
Loyola got the first goal of the fourth, but Amonte turned around and scored to cut the deficit to just six.
Then Stevenson's fourth of the day made it 17-12 with 9:55 remaining.
The Greyhounds extended their lead back to six with 7:25 to go.
Tillier completed her hat trick with 5:48 remaining in the game after freshman Alex Kucharz found the senior cutting in front of the net.
Loyola was able to ice the game with two more goals within 40 seconds of each other, making it 20-13 with 2:09 to play.
Then Stevenson recorded her career-high fifth goal of the game off an assist from Geddes with 1:04 remaining.

NOTES

Loyola outshot BU 41-25.
The Terriers had solid midfield play, picking up 20 ground balls compared to the Greyhounds' 17.
Graduate student Kendall Sims earned five ground balls, tying a career high that she had set against Navy on March 29.
She is up to 30 this season, marking the third straight year a Terrier has recorded 30 ground balls or more.
Sophomore Natalie Aiosa made nine saves in net.
Tillier recorded a hat trick and is up to 98 career points.
Stevenson's seven points ties her career record. She has 31 points this season, tied for her career-best total last year.
This was the highest-scoring game for BU against the Greyhounds since 2017, a 14-19 loss.
BU's 11 second-half goals are the most the team has scored in the second half this season.