BOSTON – BU women's lacrosse (6-6, 1-4 PL) dropped a mid-week contest to UMass Lowell (6-6, 0-3 AE) in an 11-9 decision on Wednesday. Eight Terriers scored and junior goalkeeper Reilly Agres made seven saves.
 
Sophomore Hannah Tillier lit the lamp for BU early and was joined by multiple Terriers to score in the first. Junior Kendall Sims, senior Jennifer Barry and Senior Claire Gola, twice, all scored within the first 15 minutes to help BU go up 5-1.
 
Senior Lauren Kaye scored in the second to register her 50th career goal. She was followed by sophomore Abby Cotraro who scored her eighth of the season to build to a two-game points streak. In the second half, junior Tobey Tick and grad student Maddie MacMaster each had one goal but the scoring favored the River Hawks who pulled ahead to win 11-9.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Tillier, unassisted, opened the scoring at the 12:20 mark in the first quarter.
• UMass Lowell tied things up moments later, but the Terriers fought back quickly.
• BU went on to score six unanswered goals through the remainder of the first stanza and into the second. 
• Sims scored her fifth of the season with 9:11 to go in the first on the free position.
• After some down time, Tillier found Gola at the 2:40 mark as she scored on a woman-up advantage.
• Just 26 seconds later, Tillier teamed up with Gola again as she scored her 24th of the season.
• Sophomore Matty Spaeth found Barry with 29 seconds to go in the quarter as the senior built BU's lead to 5-1.
• At 12:46 in the second stanza, Kaye found an opening to score her 12th of the season and 50th of her career.
• Cotraro scored a few minutes later off a pass from Spaeth to end the Terriers' scoring spree at a 7-1 lead.
• The River Hawks pushed back through the remainder of the half to score three unanswered goals and close in 7-4 with the first 30 minutes in the books.
• BU found the back of the net early in the third stanza as MacMaster set up Tick on the woman-up advantage to go up 8-4.
• The remainder of the third quarter favored UMass Lowell as it scored three additional goals, including one on a woman-up advantage, to close in on BU's lead 8-7. 
• The River Hawks tied the game at 8-8 with 11:50 to go in the final frame before pushing ahead 10-8 with goals at the 9:23 and 7:31 marks. 
• MacMaster responded with an unassisted goal of her own to keep the Terriers in contention as they trailed 10-9.
• With 2:01 to go in the game, UMass Lowell solidified their victory and closed out the scoring to take down BU in an 11-9 result.

 
GAME NOTES

• BU outshot UMass Lowell 21-18.
• The Terriers went 10-for-12 on the clear while the River Hawks went 20-for-22.
• UMass Lowell scooped up 23 ground balls to BU's 13.
• The Terriers registered 19 draw controls, eight of which went to Barry who now has 99 draw controls on the season. 

 
UP NEXT

• BU continues its homestand with a Patriot League contest against Navy on Saturday (April 8). Opening draw against the Mids' is set for noon.