{"id":14569,"date":"2018-04-27T19:38:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T23:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=14569"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:39:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:39:57","slug":"mens-lacrosse-playoff-run-end-with-loss-to-loyola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2018\/04\/27\/mens-lacrosse-playoff-run-end-with-loss-to-loyola\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Lacrosse Playoff Run Ends With Loss to Loyola"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment14573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment14573\" style=\"width: 1306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/04\/29665497_2032203980361266_6876511516821351183_o.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14573 size-full\" height=\"864\" alt=\"29665497_2032203980361266_6876511516821351183_o.jpg\" width=\"1296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/04\/29665497_2032203980361266_6876511516821351183_o.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/04\/29665497_2032203980361266_6876511516821351183_o-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/04\/29665497_2032203980361266_6876511516821351183_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/04\/29665497_2032203980361266_6876511516821351183_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment14573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Junior James Burr (2) scored four goals to become the first player in program history with 40 or more goals in a season at 41.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By: Greg Levinsky<\/p>\n<p>BALTIMORE\u00a0\u2014 Less than two weeks ago, the Boston University Men&#8217;s Lacrosse team suffered its toughest setback of the 2018 campaign, a 23-9 loss at the hands of perennial Patriot League champion Loyola Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday night against the same Greyhounds, the sixth-seeded Terriers (8-8, 3-5 Patriot League) battled, but ultimately came up short in a 13-8 loss to first-seeded Loyola (11-3, 7-1) in Baltimore, Md. in the Patriot League Semifinal. Loyola is ranked sixth in the nation and boasts the sixth best offense in the country.<\/p>\n<p>2018 Patriot League Rookie of the Year Chris Gray scored the game&#8217;s opening tally and a goal by junior James Burr quickly made it 2-0 Terriers. Burr scored all four of his goals in the first half as BU nabbed a 7-6 halftime lead on a goal by sophomore Chase Levesque.<\/p>\n<p>Burr became the first player in program history to reach the 40 goal mark in a single season, ending his junior campaign with 41 goals and 11 assists.<\/p>\n<p>It was a pivotal third quarter in which Loyola outscored BU 4-0 to take a 10-7 lead. The Greyhounds tacked on the first two goals of the final stanza, creating a five-goal cushion that the Terriers could not overcome.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Kevin Lindley nabbed five goals for Loyola and junior Pat Spencer added two goals and a trio of helpers. Five other players found the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>BU goalkeeper Joe McSorley made 13 saves on 26 shots on goal.<\/p>\n<p>Gray became the first Terrier to surpass both 70 points and 40 assists in a single season, ending his freshman campaign with 31 goals and 41 assists for 70 total points after scoring a goal and adding two assists.<\/p>\n<p>BU concludes its season with a matchup at No. 2 Duke University on Sunday May 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Greg Levinsky BALTIMORE\u00a0\u2014 Less than two weeks ago, the Boston University Men&#8217;s Lacrosse team suffered its toughest setback of the 2018 campaign, a 23-9 loss at the hands of perennial Patriot League champion Loyola Maryland. On Friday night against the same Greyhounds, the sixth-seeded Terriers (8-8, 3-5 Patriot League) battled, but ultimately came up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17192,"featured_media":14573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1029],"tags":[1053],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21677,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569\/revisions\/21677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}