{"id":13971,"date":"2018-02-24T16:44:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T21:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=13971"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:45:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:45:45","slug":"mens-lacrosse-falls-to-navy-on-final-minute-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2018\/02\/24\/mens-lacrosse-falls-to-navy-on-final-minute-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Lacrosse Falls to Navy on Final-Minute Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"
Senior midfielder Hayden Ruiz (39) had three points on a goal and two assists in BU’s loss to Navy on Saturday afternoon. (Nicole Ericson\/2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By: Liam O’Brien<\/p>\n

BOSTON – One year ago, the Boston University men\u2019s lacrosse team stunned Navy with a goal in the final minute to garner a 8-7 road win in Annapolis, Maryland. <\/span><\/p>\n

The scene was similar on Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field, only it was a player in a blue jersey who poured in the deciding score. <\/span><\/p>\n

Navy (2-2, 1-0 Patriot League) junior midfielder Greyson Torain scored the game-winning goal with 59.1 seconds remaining before tacking on an empty-netter with six ticks left to give his team a 10-8 win in the Patriot League opener for both squads. <\/span><\/p>\n

Torain mixed up BU (2-2, 0-1 PL) sophomore defenseman Malcolm Glendinning with a split dodge on the deciding goal, switching the stick to his left side before unleashing a bounce shot that scooted past Terriers sophomore goaltender Joe McSorley. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNavy made the plays and we didn\u2019t,\u201d Terriers <\/span>Head <\/span>Coach Ryan Polley said. \u201cIt came down to the last play, and [Torain], who is a great player, just dodged our zone and made a shot. The made one more play than us.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

McSorley made a collection of stunning saves en route to 12 for the day, but Navy was able to get to their s<\/span>hots throughout the game and make life tough for the goaltender. The Midshipmen were paced by a scintillating five-goal effort by senior attack Jack Ray and outdueled BU 9-3 at the faceoff dot in the second half. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRay had a really big game against our zone,\u201d Polley said. \u201cGetting on that low corner and being tough to move. He made some nice plays and some nice shots.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers hopped out to a blazing start. Using their zone defense to limit Navy from gaining any offensive momentum, BU poured in three goals in the first 12 minutes of the game to take a 3-0 lead. <\/span><\/p>\n

Senior midfielder Hayden Ruiz and freshman attack Chris Gray gave the Terriers a 2-0 advantage with on-the-run rips before senior attack Ryan Hillburn punctuated a rebound chance with a one-hander off a carom. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, Ray and the Midshipmen responded in tune. He garnered a hat trick in short order, putting in a trio of goals in just over five minutes to boost Navy\u2019s comeback. After a laser from Torain from<\/span>with 9:47 remaining in the first half, the Midshipmen somehow found themselves controlling the tilt with a 5-3 lead. <\/span><\/p>\n

BU flipped the script coming out of halftime, going on a four-goal surge to regain the lead behind a plethora of impressive stops by McSorley. Hillburn started the scoring less than two minutes into the half with a man-up bounce shot before senior attack Jack Wilson tied the game on a silky smooth backhand in front of Kern. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wilson then proceeded to assist on Burr\u2019s go-ahead tally just 4:24 later, and less than two minutes ensued before BU sophomore midfielder John MacLean channeled his inner Kevin Durant and landed a jump shot into the top corner of the goal. <\/span><\/p>\n

But Navy, and Ray for that matter, was not done. The New Jersey native scored his fourth goal of the game with 1:08 remaining in the third quarter to cut the BU lead in half before Midshipmen senior attack Dave Little picked up a loose ball in front of the net and tied the score at the beginning of the fourth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGot to give a lot of credit to Navy,\u201d Polley said. \u201cThey took our best punch twice. They scrapped. We gave up two critical rebound goals that got it to 7-7.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Wilson gave BU the lead yet again with a stinging shot from the left wing, but Ray fought back again with his fifth goal to knot the scoreboard at eight with 7:49 to play. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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