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Senior Reid Weber Team leader in points (33) LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 10: LEHIGH AT NO. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY February 6 NJIT W, 21-4 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (5-4, 3-2 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 14 at #3 Duke (ESPN3) L, 13-11 at BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (8-2, 3-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 20 at Furman W, 15-7 27 HOLY CROSS* W, 12-11 SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016 • 12:30 PM March 5 COLGATE* W, 12-9 NICKERSON FIELD • BOSTON, MASS. 12 at Army West Point* L, 13-10 PATRIOT LEAGUE NETWORK 19 at Lafayette* W, 11-6 26 NAVY* L, 12-7 29 STONY BROOK L, 16-6 SETTING THE SCENE The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team will look to get back on track on Saturday when the Mountain Hawks April travel to No. 20 Boston University to face the Terriers. Opening faceoff is set for 12:30 p.m. Lehigh is 2 at Boston University* 12:30 coming off two straight tough home defeats against ranked squads, but the Mountain Hawks still stand 9 LOYOLA* (Goodman Stadium) 2:00 12 at Princeton 7:00 5-4 overall and 3-2 in league play, right in the thick of the Patriot League postseason race. 16 CORNELL (Goodman Stadium) (CBS SN) 2:30 22 at Bucknell 7:00 On Tuesday, Stony Brook turned a 1-1 tie into a 7-2 lead after one quarter of play and the Mountain Hawks 26 Patriot League Quarterfinals 29 Patriot League Semifinals could never recover. Senior Reid Weber tied the score at the 8:37 mark, then the Seawolves responded with three straight goals and nine of the next 10 to eventually take a 10-2 lead late in the second quarter. May The Mountain Hawks scored the next two and four of the next seven goals, but Stony Brook ended the 1 Patriot League Championship Game game on a 3-0 run to win, 16-6. It marked the first time Lehigh has lost back-to-back games this season. *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS Junior Matt Raposo led Lehigh’s offense with two goals while Weber, junior Ian Strain and freshmen Tristan Rai and Lucas Spence scored the Mountain Hawks’ other goals. Lehigh continued to struggle at the faceoff X as Stony Brook won 17-of-26 draws. However, freshman defenseman/long-stick mid- fielder Craig Chick did win 3-of-5. Chick added six groundballs and three caused turnovers in another strong effort. Senior defenseman Tripp Telesco tallied three groundballs and a caused turnover while freshman Eddie LEHIGH IN THE POLLS Bouhall had four groundballs and a caused turnover. Strain added three groundballs to go with his career-high tying two points (one goal, one assist). Strain has now recorded two points in back-to-back Date Coaches Cascade/Maverick Media Preseason -- -- games. Freshman Chris Kiernan made six saves in goal over the first three quarters before being replaced Feb. 15 RV RV by sophomore Adam Sawicki, who was strong with five stops in the fourth. Lehigh was suffering from Feb. 22 RV RV Feb. 29 RV RV several injuries on Tuesday, forcing the Mountain Hawks to start four freshmen, including two on close Mar. 7 RV RV Mar. 14 RV RV defense and a goaltender (Kiernan), making just his third-career start. Mar. 21 RV RV Mar. 28 -- -- Lehigh did bounce back from a tough start and showed some fight. After allowing eight goals in the game’s first 16:23, the Mountain Hawks allowed just five goals over the next 33:53 and eight over the final 43:37. Boston University will mark Lehigh’s third consecutive nationally-ranked opponent; the Terriers come in at No. 20 in the Media Poll. Lehigh has won the first two ever meetings against the Terriers, including MEDIA INFORMATION a 10-7 win in 2014, Boston University’s first-ever season. The Terriers have enjoyed an impressive start Men’s Lacrosse Contact: . Justin Lafleur to 2016, which includes wins over ranked foes Navy and Harvard. At 3-2, Lehigh stands in fifth place Office ................................. (610) 758-6631 in the Patriot League standings, but with a win Saturday, would jump the Terriers. Boston University Cell: ......................................(610) 577-5222 enters 3-1 in the league and 8-2 overall. E-mail: [email protected] BY THE NUMBERS IF LEHIGH BEATS BOSTON UNIVERSITY • Lehigh would improve to 3-0 all-time against Boston University. Lehigh Boston U • The Mountain Hawks, who stand in fifth place in the league, would jump LEHIGH LACROSSE Overall Record 5-4 8-2 the Terriers in the standings (and possibly other teams, depending on out- Goals/Game 11.67 10.20 AT A GLANCE... Goals Allowed/Game 10.11 8.60 of-town scores this weekend). Shot Pct. .329 .288 • Lehigh would win for the 11th time in its last 17 games (dating back to • Lehigh’s 39 victories from 2012- Shots/Game 35.4 35.4 last season). 14 was tied for third in the nation Shots Allowed/Game 32.7 33.2 during that span. The win total Assists 63 59 • The Mountain Hawks would win their second straight road game and only trailed Duke and Loyola and Man-Up Percentage .469 (15-32) .462 (12-26) third road game in their last four tries. was tied with Denver. Groundballs 259 341 • Lehigh would beat a nationally-ranked opponent for the first time this • The Mountain Hawks are 26-10 Turnovers 110 181 against Patriot League opponents Caused Turnovers 79 89 season and first time since last Apr. 12 when the Mountain Hawks won at since the beginning of 2012 (regu- Faceoffs (W-L) 87-223 143-221 No. 14/18 Stony Brook, 12-11. lar season and postseason). Faceoff Percentage .390 .647 • The Mountain Hawks would improve to 3-1 after losses this season. • Lehigh has reached double-fig- Clears 136-161 150-182 ure victories in three of the last four Clear Percentage .845 .824 seasons after having double-figure Penalties/Minutes 33/28:30 32/26:00 wins just four times in the first 112 Home Attendance 3,367 2,300 years of the program: 1969, 1993, Dates/Avg. 5/673 5/460 1994 and 1997. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-6631 NCAA First Round: Lehigh at #5 Seed North Carolina Saturday, May 11, 2012 12:00 PM 2016 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 10: LEHIGH AT NO. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY • APRIL 2, 2016 • PAGE 2 SCOUTING BOSTON UNIVERSITY BOSTON UNIVERSITY SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT Boston University has enjoyed a strong season so far, standing 8-2 overall and 3-1 in Patriot League Overall: Lehigh leads, 2-0 BETHLEHEM, Pa. (3/29/16) - Tied at one midway through the first quarter, No. 12 Stony Brook scored nine of the next 10 goals to take play. The Terriers’ lone losses have come to Hartford Last Meeting: Feb. 21, 2015 a 10-2 lead, a deficit the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team couldn’t over- (16-10) and at Bucknell (13-6). Among Boston Uni- Last Result: Lehigh, 10-9 come as the Seawolves went on to a 16-6 win on Tuesday evening versity’s victories are wins over ranked foes Navy Current Streak: Lehigh - 2 wins at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Junior Matt Raposo led the Mountain Last 10: Lehigh, 2-0 Hawks’ offense with two goals while freshman Craig Chick tallied six and Harvard. Jack Wilson leads the offense with 28 groundballs and three caused turnovers, also winning three faceoffs. points behind 19 goals and nine assists. James Burr Last 10 meetings: With the loss, Lehigh falls to 5-4 while Stony Brook improves to 7-2. leads the team with 20 goals, while adding three Feb. 21, 2015 at Lehigh Lehigh, 10-9 Score By Quarter assists. Cal Dearth also owns 23 points (11 goals, 12 Feb. 22, 2014 at Boston University Lehigh, 10-7 Stony Brook 7 3 3 3 16 Lehigh 2 1 1 2 6 assists) while Brendan Homire has 21 (eight goals, LAST GAME VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY (NOTES) Lehigh Scoring team-leading 13 assists). The team’s primary faceoff - Lehigh jumped out to a 6-2 halftime lead, but the Ter- GOALS: Matt Raposo (2), Ian Strain (1), Tristan Rai (1), Reid Weber (1), specialist is Sam Talkow, who leads the Terriers riers pulled closer in the third quarter and eventually Lucas Spence (1) ASSISTS: Ian Strain (1) with 71 groundballs while winning 68.9 percent of even in the fourth. his draws (113-of-164). Greg Wozniak is tied for the - Patrick Corbett answered with his career-high fifth Final Statistics team lead with 15 caused turnovers to go with 39 goal of the game with 2:37 remaining to give Lehigh a Stony Brook Lehigh 10-9 lead, which proved to be the final. Shots 42 22 groundballs. Dominick Calisto has also tallied 15 Groundballs 37 31 - Dan Taylor tallied five assists on the day, including Faceoffs 17-26 9-26 caused turnovers. Christian Carson-Banister has on three of Corbett’s goals. Taylor only fired one shot Clears 16-20 14-17 started all 10 games in goal, recording an 8.33 GAA for the game, but still found a way to tally five points Extra-man opps 1-2 0-0 Saves 10 11 and .566 save percentage. (all assists). Turnovers 13 11 - Reid Weber added four goals while Nolan Apers scored his first-career goal in the fourth quarter to give ALL-TIME SERIES WITH BOSTON U the Mountain Hawks a 9-6 advantage.