#20 Boston University (8-4, 4-2 PL) vs. Lehigh (5-7, 4-2 PL)
Date & Time: Saturday, April 19 | 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Nickerson Field | Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMLAX

The Boston University men's lacrosse team will continue its 12th season on Saturday when the No. 20 Terriers host Lehigh at Nickerson Field. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

Fans can purchase tickets to Saturday's game by clicking here. For fans that can't make the game, it will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU has already clinched a playoff spot and can clinch a top-four seed this weekend with a win and losses by both Navy and Colgate.
• Senior Jimmy O'Connell matched his career high with four goals but the Terriers were edged by Lafayette, 11-9, this past Saturday.
• O'Connell has notched 16 points (10g, 6a) over the last three games
• Freshman Timothy Shannehan, who remained at No. 3 in Inside Lacrosse's late-season freshman impact rankings, leads BU with 50 points on 25 goals and 25 assists.
• He is the first rookie to 50 points this season and he matched Chris Gray (2018) and Vince D'Alto (2020-21) as the fastest Terriers to reach that mark, doing so in 12 games.
• BU is one of just two schools to boast three attackmen with at least 25 goals - Shannehan (25), O'Connell (27) and junior Jimmy Kohr (33).
• Junior Connor Kehm is seventh in the NCAA with 25 total caused turnovers, having recorded at least one caused turnover in 11 of his 12 starts this season. 
• He is also first on BU with 42 ground balls.
• Senior Will Barnes enters the weekend ranked ninth in the country with a .583 save percentage and 11th in the nation with an 8.63 goals-against average.
• Freshman Madden Murphy matched his career highs in both faceoff wins (13) and ground balls (5) this past Saturday at Lafayette.
• He enters the weekend ranked second in the conference with a win percentage of .560, behind only Lehigh's Sean Dow.
• BU continues to be one of the top riding teams in the nation, ranking fifth in the NCAA and third in the PL in opponent clear percentage (.747).
• The Terriers enter the weekend with the top-ranked man-up unit in the NCAA, as they have converted on 63.4% of their EMOs this season.

HISTORY AGAINST THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS

• BU is 4-9 all-time against Lehigh and has won three of the last five meetings.
• Lehigh earned a 13-12 overtime win over the Terriers in Bethlehem on April 20, 2024 and then edged the Terriers, 11-10, in last year's Patriot League title game.
• Six of the last eight games have been decided by just one goal.
• Three of the Terriers' four wins over Lehigh have been at Nickerson Field, including a 14-11 triumph on April 22, 2023, in a game that was also televised on CBS Sports Network.

SCOUTING LEHIGH

• Lehigh has won two straight games and three of its last four, including a 12-9 home triumph over Colgate on April 12.
• The Mountain Hawks have allowed an average of 6.0 goals per game over their last three conference contests.
• Lehigh is 0-6 when allowing 10 or more goals this season.
• Junior Andrew Kelly leads Lehigh with 32 points on 19 goals and a team-best 13 assists.
• Senior Dakota Eierman is first on the team with 21 goals and ranks second with 27 points.
• Senior faceoff specialist Sean Dow ranks fifth nationally and first in the Patriot League with a .649 win percentage at the X.
• He is also eighth in the country and first in the conference with 7.58 ground balls per game.
• Junior Richard Checo leads the nation with 3.09 caused turnovers per game.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Kasey Heath has started all 12 games for Lehigh after not seeing any action a year ago.
• He owns a .572 save percentage and a 10.08 goals-against average.

• BU will conclude its regular-season schedule on Friday, April 25, when the Terriers host Colgate for Senior Night at Nickerson Field.
• Game time is scheduled for 6 p.m.