Men's Lacrosse Defeats No. 20 Navy, 15-10

Saturday, February 28

Boston, MA

12 PM

Boston University

3-2, 1-0

Navy

3-2, 0-1

Navy

Boston U.

Photo by: Sheily Melgar

February 28, 2026 | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score Highlights Fox/Pape/Polley Postgame

BOSTON - Nine different Terriers found the back of the net and sophomore goalkeeper Connor Phillips made 15 saves to help lead the Boston University men's lacrosse team to a 15-10 win over No. 20 Navy on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field.

BU (3-2, 1-0 PL) opened conference play with its first win over Navy (3-2, 0-1 PL) since 2022 thanks to a terrific team effort. Eight of the Terriers' 15 goals came from the offensive midfield, led by junior Tyler Fox's two goals and two assists. Sophomore Andrew Pape recorded a hat trick while senior Sam Burns, sophomore Mike Rooney and senior Ethan Hart also found the back of the net. In addition, short-stick defensive midfielder Charlie Huntley scored his first goal of the season and junior LSM Donald Varnerin notched his fourth goal of the campaign.

Senior attackman Jimmy Kohr led all scorers with four goals and freshman attacker Peyton Forte finished the day with four points on one goal and a career-best three assists. Sophomore Timothy Shannehan notched two assists and classmate Ben Morris also had a helper. Junior SSDM James Lapina assisted on Huntley's transition goal and senior Connor Kehm had a helper on Hart's goal when he fired a terrific outlet pass after a Phillips man-down save from point-blank range.

BU held the Mids' man-up unit to just two goals on eight opportunities. Both teams battled at the faceoff X all day, with sophomore Madden Murphy going 14-for-25 with four ground balls. Sophomore Mike Luce was great on the wing, picking up three ground balls. Kehm had two caused turnovers and three ground balls while junior Logan Styles led BU with three caused turnovers and also had a ground ball. Huntley also had a caused turnover and a ground ball in addition to his goal.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Pape got BU on the board first just 1:03 into the proceedings after he dodged past his defender.
AJ Marsh beat the 10-man ride 22 seconds later to tie the game and then Jack Ponzio scored at 11:53 to give Navy a 2-1 lead.
Kohr evened the score at 10:39 when he picked up a rebound and converted the second chance.
Fox then regained the Terriers' lead just 1:03 later when he finished a feed from Forte.
The two teammates then reversed roles to make it 4-2 at 4:19 when Fox found Forte for the freshman's 12th goal of the year.
Kohe' second of the day less than a minute later pushed the lead to 5-2, but Navy ended the quarter with a goal to make it 5-3.
Pape's second of the day opened the scoring in the second quarter and then Fox made it 7-3 off another assist from Forte. Dan Daly (15 saves) thought he stopped the ball but the referee ruled it crossed the line.
Jack Flaherty's man-up goal at 4:54 sparked a 3-0 run to end the first half, with William Goers extending that to a 4-0 run at 11;51 of the third quarter to tie the game at 7-7.
That was the last time the game was tied, as Huntley restored the Terriers' advantage 59 seconds after Goers' goal. Phillips made a save and sophomore Murphy McLaughlin scooped up the ground ball. Kehm eventually found Varnerin with an outlet pass and the junior LSM raced over the restraining line before dishing to Shannehan. Lapina trailed the play and got the ball from Shannehan. With three defenders focused on Lapina, Huntley slipped to the crease and Lapina found his fellow d-middie with a pass that led to Huntley's go-ahead goal.
The game stayed at 8-7 until Kohr notched a man-up goal to make it 9-7 heading into the final 15 minutes.
Navy got within one with 12:59 to go and had a chance to tie the game, but Phillips and the Terrier defense held firm.
McLaughlin caused a turnover that led to Varnerin's goal with 9:15 remaining. Shannehan picked up the loose ball and dished it to Varnerin, who rushed into the Navy box and uncorked a rocket past Daly.
Rooney made it an 11-8 game 50 seconds later and then the Terriers all but iced the game with 7:38 remaining. Phillips made an outstanding point-blank stop on Aydan DiRocco. With BU still down a man, Kehm sent a beautiful outlet pass down the field to Hart, who sped towards goal and fired home his third goal of the season.
Kohr then pushed the advantage to 13-8 with 6:31 on the clock.
Ponzio made it 13-9 with 5:59 to go but a superb swim dodge and finish by Burns at 4:50 ended any hopes of a Navy comeback.
The teams traded goals in the final three minutes to create the 15-10 final.

GAME NOTES

In addition to going 6-of-8 on man-down chances, BU was 1-for-2 on EMOs.
The Terriers outshot the Mids, 40-39.
BU forced five failed Navy clears and caused 11 of the Mids' 19 turnovers.
The Terriers won the ground ball battle, 32-29.
Kohr extended his goal scoring streak to 21 games dating back to last year.
Varnerin has scored a pole goal in four of the Terriers' five games this year, including all three home contests.
This is the first time since 2023 that BU has opened up conference play with a victory.

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