By: Parker Carson<\/p>\n
The Boston University men\u2019s lacrosse team suffered their first defeat of the season,\u00a0falling to the University of Hartford Hawks 16-10 on Saturday. Even though 10 different players\u00a0scored for BU, the Terriers were unable to close the deficit.<\/p>\n
Consistent threats Jack Wilson and Brendan Homire led the Boston University\u00a0offensive attack with two assists and one goal apiece, while junior Pat Myers was\u00a0second on the team in scoring with a goal and an assist to his credit.<\/p>\n
While Hartford started out fast with a 3-0 lead 7:00 minutes into the first, the\u00a0Terriers refused to panic and responded with a score of their own, as Wilson\u00a0fed fellow sophomore Hayden Ruiz for his fourth goal of the year.<\/p>\n
Hartford continued their momentum into the second quarter, with the Hawks\u00a0scoring one of their multiple transition goals of the game. Refusing to be outdone, Terrier junior Jack Beall started a fast break that led to a Drew Lukacs goal. Four minutes later, Myers found Homire streaking to the crease to make it a one-goal game.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this was the closest Boston University would come to tying the\u00a0Hawks all day. The first half ended with Hartford up 7-4, while Sam Talkow\u00a0contributed another Terrier goal off of his own faceoff win.<\/p>\n
Boston University saved their best play for the third quarter when Wilson countered another Hartford goal. He found Myers for the step-down\u00a0rip to keep the Terriers in the game.<\/p>\n
Shortly before the end of the third quarter, junior Brian Badgett led a transition play that ended with freshman James Burr wide open on the crease. The Terriers capitalized on this with a goal as well, entering the\u00a0fourth quarter down 8-6.<\/p>\n
But in the fourth quarter Hartford pulled away.\u00a0The Hawks doubled their scoring output from the rest of the game,\u00a0as they put up eight goals in the final 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
Despite four goals of their own, the\u00a0Terriers were unable to come back from such a large deficit. Ryan Johnston scored early in the BU comeback attempt, while Greg Farris, Chad Bell, and Wilson all\u00a0chipped in goals in order to narrow the final margin.<\/p>\n
BU (3-1) will use this as a motivation as they open their Patriot League schedule by\u00a0welcoming Navy to Nickerson Field next week at 1 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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