Men’s Lacrosse: Terriers Announce 2016 Schedule
The Boston University Men’s Lacrosse team announced its 2016 regular season schedule on Monday afternoon. BU will have eight home games in total, and four out of the first five games will be at Nickerson Field to open the season. The Patriot League tournament will open on April 26th and run through May 1st. The Terriers will play one game after the tournament, hosting Duke on May 8th.
2016 Regular Season Schedule
vs Providence February 6th
vs UMass Lowell February 13th
@ High Point February 16th
vs Hartford February 20th
vs Navy February 27th
@ Canisius March 5th
vs Colgate March 12th
@ Bucknell March 19th
@ Harvard March 22nd
@ Lafayette March 26th
vs Lehigh April 2nd
vs Army April 9th
@ Loyola April 16th
@ Holy Cross April 22nd
Patriot League QF April 26th
Patriot League SF April 29th
Patriot League Championship May 1st
vs Duke May 8th
The schedule varies slightly from past seasons. While the Patriot League docket remains the same, and there is still the contests against Duke, Canisius, Harvard, and Providence, the Terriers will face Hartford, UMass Lowell, and High Point for the first time.
Last season the Terriers went 6-8 after starting the season 6-2. They defeated conference opponents Colgate, Lafayette, and Bucknell, and they also topped Canisius from this year’s schedule. BU lost to Providence, Harvard, and Duke last season.
Vermont and Mercer, whom the Terriers faced in each of the past two seasons, are not on this year’s schedule for the first time in BU’s division one history. Last season BU was one game away from being in the Patriot League tournament.