#15/18 Boston University (9-4, 5-2 PL) vs. Colgate (7-6, 4-3 PL)
Date & Time: Friday, April 25 | 6 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. 15/18 Terriers host Colgate for Senior Night at Nickerson Field. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

BU will honor its 11-member senior class prior to Friday's game. Michael Allieri, Will Barnes, Trey Brown, Matt Caccese, Benjamin Ferrara, Matthew Fritz, Stephen Gaskill III, Brenden Kelly, Colby Kim, Jimmy O'Connell and Zach Travaglini have helped BU win two Patriot League regular-season titles, make two trips to the conference title game and win the 2022 Patriot League Tournament.

Fans can purchase tickets to Friday's game by clicking here. For fans that can't make the game, it will be streamed live on ESPN+.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

• Simply put, a BU win guarantees the Terriers a bye into the Patriot League semifinals.
• If Army West Point loses to Loyola Maryland in addition to a BU win, the Terriers will clinch the regular-season title and No. 1 seed for the Patriot League Tournament.
• The Terriers can still clinch the No. 2 seed with a loss to Colgate only if Lehigh defeats Lafayette.
• If BU and Lehigh both lose, the Terriers will be the No. 4 seed and host the fifth-seeded Mountain Hawks on Tuesday in a PL quarterfinal game.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU improved to 6-1 at home this season with a 12-7 victory over Lehigh on Saturday.
• Senior Will Barnes was named PL Goalkeeper of the Week and earned a spot on the USILA Team of the Week after making a career-high 23 saves against the Mountain Hawks.
• Barnes, who previously made 22 saves in a 10-9 overtime win at then-No. 2/3 Army West Point on March 22, is the only goalie in program history with three games of 20 or more saves, and he has won all three contests.
• He ranks third in the NCAA with a.604 save percentage and seventh in the nation with an 8.50 goals-against average.
• Senior Jimmy O'Connell notched one goal and three assists in the win over Lehigh.
• He enters Friday ranked first on the team in points (53), tied for first in assists (25) and second in goals (28).
• O'Connell has averaged 5.0 ppg in his last four appearances, totaling 11 goals and nine assists in that span.
• Junior Jimmy Kohr led BU with four goals on Saturday against Lehigh.
• He has scored a goal in all 13 games this season and leads BU with a career-best 37 this season.
• Freshman Timothy Shannehan was the first (and is still the only) NCAA rookie to reach 50 points, doing so thanks to 25 goals and 25 assists.
• Junior Connor Kehm led BU with four ground balls and had an assist in transition during Saturday's victory over Lehigh.
• Kehm has averaged 4.17 ground balls per game in his last five starts.
• BU enters the weekend with the second-ranked man-up unit in the NCAA, as the Terriers have converted on 60.0% of their EMOs this season.
• The Terriers continue to be one of the top riding teams in the nation, ranking sixth in the NCAA and third in the PL in opponent clear percentage (.761).
• Friday's game at Nickerson will feature two of the top rides in the nation, as Colgate is currently fifth with a .757 opponent clear percentage.
• When these two teams met in last year's regular-season finale, they combined to force 21 failed clears, followed by a combined 15 failed clears in the Patriot League Quarterfinals just days later.

HISTORY AGAINST THE RAIDERS

• BU is 10-4 all-time against Colgate, having won four straight and seven of eight.
• The Terriers won two one-goal thrillers against Colgate last year, erasing a 10-2 deficit in Hamilton on the last day of the regular season to earn a 13-12 triumph before defeating the Raiders in triple overtime at Nickerson Field in a Patriot League quarterfinal game just days later.
• BU is 4-3 all-time against Colgate at Nickerson.
• The Terriers have averaged 15.14 goals per game in their last seven wins over the Raiders.

SCOUTING COLGATE

• Colgate snapped a two-game losing streak with a 15-3 home win over Holy Cross on Saturday.
• The Raiders own a pair of ranked wins, including a triumph at then-No. 15 Harvard, and four of their six losses have been to ranked foes.
• Liam Connor ranks fifth in the NCAA in assists per game (2.85) and is seventh in points per game (4.92), right behind brother Rory (5.00) in sixth.
• Jack Turner is seventh in the nation in goals per game (3.15).
• Max Yates leads Colgate with 57 ground balls while John Carrabine has collected a team-best 22 caused turnovers.
• Matt LaCombe made 18 saves against the Crusaders last week and now owns an 11.58 goals-against average and a .507 save percentage.