Terriers Falter at Holy Cross, 12-8

Thursday, April 23

Worcester, MA

5 PM

Boston University

8-9, 4-5

Holy Cross

7-9, 5-4

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Boston U.	3	2	3	0	8
Holy Cross	1	1	5	5	12

April 23, 2026 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

WORCESTER, Mass. — The Boston University women's lacrosse team was defeated by the Holy Cross Crusaders, 12-8, at Kuzniewski Field on Thursday (April 23).

The Terriers (8-9, 4-5 PL) went up 3-0 to begin the game and had a 5-2 lead at halftime, but Holy Cross (7-9, 5-4 PL) used a 9-3 second-half run to come back.

Juniors Izabella Amonte and Tessa Geddes each scored two goals, senior Alyssa Mozi notched a goal and an assist and junior Reilly Walsh, freshman Avery Cutair and senior Elle Stevenson all had a goal each.

Junior Natalie Aiosa made eight saves in cage.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers got on the board first as Amonte struck on a free position 2;30 into the game.
Just 21 seconds later, Cutair curled around from X and scored to make it 2-0 BU.
Geddes was the next Terrier to score, sprinting into the 8-meter arc while the Terriers were down a player and scoring with 7:48 remaining in the first.
The Crusaders would not answer until there was 3:05 left in the first, and BU went into the second leading 3-1.
Stevenson scored a free-position goal with 10:32 left in the second to put BU up 4-1.
Holy Cross struck back at 5:14 before Walsh answered just 57 seconds later, splitting two defenders with a dodge and going low on the shot.
Coming out of the break, the Crusaders scored the first two goals.
Geddes—once again while the Terriers were down a player—stormed through the defense and scored to make it 6-4 BU with 11:18 remaining in the third.
After another Holy Cross goal, Amonte took a feed from Mozi as the shot clock ran down and slotted it home with 6:54 left in the third, putting the Terriers back up by two.
The Crusaders tied the game with 2:19 left in the third, but BU would regain the lead 50 seconds later off a Mozi goal.
Entering the final quarter up 8-7, the Terriers struggled to get offense going in the fourth and Holy Cross scored five straight goals to earn the win.

GAME NOTES

With her eight saves, Aiosa now stands at 397 in her career.
Geddes has 42 goals on the season—the most in a single season since Danielle Etrasco scored 59 in 2013.
She also has the first 50-point season since Claire Gola notched 50 in 2023.
The Terriers are now 13-6 against Holy Cross all-time.

UP NEXT

BU has earned the No. 6 seed in the Patriot League Championship.
It will travel to No. 3 seed Loyola Maryland for a First Round contest on Sunday, April 26.