#20 Boston University (10-6, 5-3 PL) vs. #11 Lehigh (9-6, 6-2 PL)
Date & Time: Sunday, May 5 | 12 p.m.
Venue: Michie Stadium | West Point, N.Y.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMLAX

The No. 20 Boston University men's lacrosse team will look to win its second conference title in three years when the fourth-seeded Terriers face second-seeded Lehigh in the 2024 Patriot League title game on Sunday afternoon at Army West Point's Michie Stadium. Game time is scheduled for 12 p.m., with the game to be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

• The Terriers have qualified for the semifinals in all but one of their seven tournament appearances and this is their second trip to the PL title tilt.
• BU is 7-5 all-time in the conference tournament.
• This is the first time BU has been the No. 4 seed; the Terriers were No. 3 in 2017 and 2019 and No. 6 in 2018.
• The 2021 Patriot League Tournament did not employ the traditional structure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• The Terriers advanced to Sunday's championship game thanks to their second overtime victory of the postseason, as graduate student Jake Cates scored 23 seconds into overtime to lift BU to an 11-10 victory over top-seeded and No.11 Army West Point on Friday.
• It was the Terriers' third straight win and fifth straight one-goal game.
• Graduate student Louis Perfetto led BU with four points (1g, 3a), including the assist on Cates' winner and two points (1g, 1a) in the fourth quarter.
• Perfetto enters Sunday ranked second in the nation in both points per game (5.63) and total points (90).
• He has recorded at least three points in all but one game and averaged 6.0 points per game over his last seven starts, including 21 points (8g, 13a) in the last three games.
• Graduate student Vince D'Alto notched a hat trick on Friday and enters Sunday ranked second on the Terriers in goals (41), assists (30) and points (71).
• Junior Brenden Kelly scored his 40th goal of the season on Friday to make BU the only school in the country to produce three 40-goal scorers this season.
• Graduate student Roy Meyer scored a key goal late in the fourth quarter after securing one of his five ground balls, and he also led BU with three caused turnovers against the Black Knights.
• Meyer leads BU with 28 total caused turnovers and is second on the squad with 69 ground balls, one behind junior faceoff specialist Matthew Fritz.
• Fritz went 13-of-20 against PL Faceoff Specialist of the Year Will Coletti on Friday and led BU with six ground balls.

HISTORY AGAINST LEHIGH

• BU is 4-8 all-time against Lehigh and has won three of the last four meetings.
• Lehigh earned a 13-12 overtime win over the Terriers in Bethlehem on April 20.
• BU is 2-1 all-time against Lehigh in the Patriot League Tournament, including an overtime win in the 2022 Patriot League semifinals.
• Five of the last seven games have been decided by just one goal.

SCOUTING THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS

• The Mountain Hawks advanced to Sunday's title game with a 12-8 victory over Navy, which was their fifth straight win dating back to April 6.
• Senior Scott Cole leads Lehigh with 38 goals and 46 points, including three goals and one assist against Navy on Friday.
• Sophomore Andrew Kelly (22g, 14a) is first on Lehigh with 14 assists and also has 36 points, which is tied for second on the squad with senior Quinn Armstrong (28g, 8a).
• Sophomore Richard Checo leads Lehigh with 41 caused turnovers and is second on the team with 57 ground balls.
• Checo recorded eight caused turnovers and eight ground balls in Friday's win over Navy.
• Junior Sean Dow is first on Lehigh with 98 ground balls.
• He has won 56.8% of his faceoffs this season, including 13 of the 24 he took on Friday.
• Senior Nick Pecora made 10 saves in Friday's semifinal win. 
• He has started all 15 games for Lehigh, posting a .522 save percentage and a 10.84 goals-against average.

UP NEXT

• If BU wins on Sunday the Terriers will learn their opponent for the first round of the NCAA Tournament later that night during the selection show at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.