No. 20 Terriers Fall to No. 3 Harvard, 14-11

Tuesday, March 24

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

5-4

Harvard

8-0

Harvard

Boston U.

Photo by: Sheily Melgar

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BOSTON - The No. 20 Boston University men's lacrosse team erased a four-goal deficit in the second half to tie the game at 10-10 early in the fourth quarter, but No. 3 Harvard scored four of the final five goals to escape with a 14-11 win on Tuesday night at Nickerson Field.

It was another hard-fought edition of the Charles River Rivalry as BU (5-4) led Harvard (8-0) by a goal at halftime. However, the Crimson opened the third quarter on a 5-0 run to take a 10-6 lead with 6:11 left in the third quarter. BU stormed back to tie the game with 11:37 remaining in regulation, but Harvard scored twice in a span of 25 seconds to take a two-goal lead that it never relinquished.

Sophomore Andrew Pape led the Terrier offense with four points on two goals and two assists. Senior Jimmy Kohr completed a hat trick and sophomore Timothy Shannehan also had three points thanks to one goal and two assists. Freshman Peyton Forte (2g), senior Sam Burns (1g, 1a) and sophomore Finn Lawrence (1g, 1a) all had two points apiece. Senior defender Connor Kehm scored his first collegiate goal off an assist from junior SSDM James Lapina and senior Charlie Howard also chipped in an assist.

Kehm totaled four ground balls and had two caused turnovers while junior Logan Styles led BU with three caused turnovers in addition to collecting three ground balls. Junior Murphy McLaughlin recorded two caused turnovers with sophomore goalkeeper Connor Phillips (nine saves) also forcing a giveaway.

Sophomore Madden Murphy was excellent at the faceoff X, winning 17 of the 28 draws he took and recording a career-high 13 ground balls, easily surpassing his previous career best of seven ground balls.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU quickly built a 2-0 lead thanks to goals by Forte and Kohr less than a minute apart, but the Crimson responded with three straight goals to take a 3-2 lead with 7:40 left in the first quarter.
Kohr equalized with 6:21 on the clock but Logan Ip restored the Harvard advantage with 3:16 left in the frame.
Kehm tied the game with 1:49 to play in the first quarter thanks to another strong ride by the Terriers. Styles forced a turnover and Lapina picked up a tough ground ball in traffic before quickly dishing it to Kehm, whose bouncer beat Graham Stevens (23 saves).
Burns made it 5-4 just 1:59 into the second quarter, but Jack Speidell answered 57 seconds later to once again tie the score.
The game remained level at 5-5 until Pape found Forte for a goal with 4:49 on the clock, allowing BU to take a one-goal lead into the locker room.
Harvard started the third quarter with a lengthy defensive stand to keep the Terriers from doubling their lead.
John Aurandt IV then tallied twice in less than a minute to give Harvard a 7-6 lead. The Crimson then added three more goals to push its lead to 10-6 midway through the frame.
BU never quit, beginning with a Kohr goal in transition off a feed from Howard at 3:22.
Lawrence then used a nifty dodge with less than a minute left in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 10-8.
Pape scored with 12:53 left to make it 10-9 before Lawrence's no-look feed found Shannehan open at the crease for a man-up goal that evened things at 10-10.
Harvard took advantage of an untimely turnover with 9:52 to go, as Speidell got the ball to a wide-open Nathan Cobery who was alone on Phillips for the go-ahead strike.
Speidell then scored himself just 25 seconds later to make it 12-10.
Pape cut the deficit to one with another man-up goal at 8:43 and then the Terriers won the ensuing faceoff, but Harvard forced a turnover and quickly scored to take a 13-11 lead.
BU pulled Phillips out of the cage with less than a minute remaining in an effort to win the ball back, which allowed Aurandt IV to score into an open cage and create the 14-11 final.

GAME NOTES

Kohr extended his goal scoring streak to 25 straight games.
He is now six points away from joining Shannehan in the 100-point club.
Pape matched his single-game career high for points thanks to the first multi-assist game of his career.
Howard has notched a point in back-to-back contests.
BU was 3-for-4 on its man-up chances and Harvard went 1-for-2 on EMOs.
This was the Terriers' first home loss of the season.
The Terriers' top-ranked ride forced Harvard into five failed clears, with the Terriers going 21-for-23 in the clearing game.
BU attempted 50 shots to just 35 for Harvard, with 34 of the Terriers' chances landing on cage.

UP NEXT

BU will have its bye week and then return to action on Saturday, April 4, when the Terriers travel to Baltimore for a Patriot League game at Loyola Maryland.