BOSTON – BU women's lacrosse (8-8, 3-5 PL) defeated Bucknell (6-9, 2-6 PL) in a 13-9 result Saturday evening at Nickerson Field. Six Terriers scored in the victory and junior Reilly Agres made 16 saves in net. 


Senior Claire Gola led the Terriers with five goals on the day to tie her season-best in a single game. Grad student Maddie MacMaster, junior Kendall Sims and senior Jennifer Barry all scored two goals apiece. Also scoring for BU were sophomores Hannah Tillier and Matty Spaeth who each had one.
 
Barry tallied three assists to make her the second Terrier to notch five points in the game. Senior Lauren Kaye logged two assists while Sims and sophomore Abby Cotraro also picked up one assist each. 
 
Agres' 16 saves tied a career best in the category. The first time the junior made 16 saves was on the road at Bucknell on April 23, 2022.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Terriers built an early lead to keep Bucknell scoreless in the first.
• Gola took passes from Barry and Cotraro at the 13:51 and 12:54 marks, respectively, to give BU an early 2-0 lead.
• Barry scored her first of the day in close range at the front of the net with 9:42 to go.
• Bucknell looked as though it had scored but was called for an illegal pocket so the goal was rescinded. 
• Gola converted on a pass from Barry to secure a hat trick within the opening frame at 4:35.
• The Bison struck first in the second with a goal at 12:31.
• BU responded quickly as Gola scored back-to-back goals, the first of which came on the free position and the second of which was assisted by Barry.
• With 5:44 to go in the half, a pass from Kaye found its way to MacMaster who found the back of the net for the first time in the game.
• Bucknell responded 14 seconds later with its second goal of the day.
• Kaye set up MacMaster once more who scored with 4:31 to go, bringing BU's lead to 8-2.
• Two more goals were scored before the close of the half with one going to each team. The Bison scored the first of those two goals while Spaeth netted one at 1:07 to help BU lead 9-3 at the half.
• The third quarter favored the Bison who outscored BU four to two in the quarter.
• Goals were traded back and forth for most of the stanza with Bucknell striking first at 13:52.
• Sims pushed the Terriers into double digits with a goal just 58 seconds later.
• The Bison scored soon after, but BU answered with another goal from Sims at the 7:57 mark to go up 11-5.
• Bucknell added two more before the end of the third to close in 11-7.
• BU scored first in the fourth as Tillier made it 12-7 BU with 12L45 to go.
• The Bison added another at 11:48 before the game headed into a scoring drought. 
• As Tillier was serving a green card, Bucknell scored its final goal of the game at the 3:02 mark on a woman-up advantage.
• Right as the game came to a close, Barry added an emphasis to BU's win with a buzzer-beater goal to bring the final score to BU 13, Bucknell 9.

 
GAME NOTES

• Bucknell outshot BU 23 to 25.
• Agres made 16 saves in net compared to Bucknell netminder Symone Ryans' 10.
• Bucknell narrowly out controlled the draw 14 times to BU's 12.
• BU was a perfect 17-for-17 on the clear.
• The Bison scooped up 19 ground balls while BU collected eight.

 
UP NEXT

• BU travels to American on Thursday (April 27) for its final game of the regular season. Opening draw is set for 2 p.m.