#20 Boston College (9-6, 5-3 PL) vs. #11 Army West Point (11-2, 6-2 PL)
Date: Friday, May 3rd | 4pm
Venue: Mitchie Stadium | West Point, New York
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The Boston University men’s lacrosse team continues its quest for its second conference title in three years when the Terriers take on top-seeded and host Army West Point in the Patriot League semifinals on Friday at Mitchie Stadium.Game time is scheduled for 4 p.m.
Tournament history
- The Terriers have advanced to the semifinals in all but one of their seven tournament appearances, but only one has advanced to the title game, all of which they won in 2022.
- BU has a total of 6 wins and 5 losses in the conference tournament.
- This is the first time BU has been the No. 4 seed. The Terrier placed third in 2017 and 2019, and sixth in 2018.
- The 2021 Patriot League Tournament did not have a traditional structure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Terrier trivia
- The Terriers defeated Colgate 18-17 in three overtimes on Tuesday night at Nickerson, advancing to Friday’s semifinals.
- junior brenden kelly’s With 2 minutes and 13 seconds left in the third overtime, the game’s fourth point came from a graduate student’s feed. Louis Perfette.
- Perfetto, who was named to the USILA D1 Team of the Week for the third time, paced the Terriers’ offense with five goals and four assists for nine points.
- He has 17 points (8g, 9a) in the last two games and leads the Patriot League with 86 points (43g, 43a).
- graduate student Vince DaltHe had three goals and one assist in Tuesday’s win and is second in the conference with 68 points (38g, 30a).
- Kelly is second on the team with 39 goals and has a 14-game scoring streak.
- BU entered Friday ranked third in the nation in both turnovers per game (10.87) and opponent completion percentage (.771).
- The Terriers have been great in their last two games, holding Colgate to a 23-of-32 (.719) completion percentage on Tuesday and an 18-of-27 (.667) completion percentage last Friday.
- BU entered Friday averaging 8.93 assists per game, ranking seventh in the NCAA and first in the Patriot League.
History against the military
- BU has a total of 5 wins and 8 losses, including three straight wins against Army West Point.
- That includes a 14-9 win at Nickerson Field on March 22nd.
- BU is 2-3 at Mitchie Stadium, but won 12-11 in its last visit to win last year’s regular season title.
- This is the third meeting between the two schools in the conference tournament.
- Army defeated BU 10-7 in the 2017 semifinals, and the Terriers defeated the Black Knights 14-10 in the 2022 title game.
black knight scout
- Army won its first regular season title since 2010 thanks to its 11-2 overall record and 6-2 PL record.
- The Black Knights placed six players on the All-Patriot League team and five on the first team.
- All-PL first-team attacker Jackson Eicher leads Army in both goals (35) and points (54), while fellow first-teamer Reese Breck totals 25 goals and a team-high 25 assists. He has scored 50 points.
- PL Offensive Player of the Year Evan Plunkett totaled 46 points (28g, 18a).
- PL Defensive Player of the Year AJ Pilato leads the team with 23 turnovers and has also collected 32 ground balls.
- Will Coletti, the PL Faceoff Specialist of the Year, ranks second in the NCAA with a winning percentage of .636 and is also second in the nation in ground balls allowed per game (9.25).
- Sophomore goaltender Sean Byrne did not start against BU on March 22nd, but in nine games he leads the team with a 10.68 points average and .543 save percentage.
- Byrne has started each of the Black Knights’ last five games, going 4-1 in that span.
next
- The winner of Friday’s game between BU and Army will face the winner of that day’s second semifinal between No. 2 seed Lehigh and No. 3 seed Navy.
- The 2024 Patriot League title game will be held on Sunday, May 5th at 12:00pm on CBS Sports Network.
