Junior Matt Garber made 17 saves in his first collegiate start to help lead the Boston University men's lacrosse team to a 15-12 victory at Merrimack on Saturday afternoon at Duane Stadium. Junior Timmy Ley notched a career-best six goals and sophomore Vince D'Alto collected a career-best seven points (3g, 4a) to pace the Terrier offense. Sophomore Louis Perfetto was also terrific as part of the Terriers' starting attack unit, as he tallied two goals and two assists in the win. Freshman Christian Quadrino started in the midfield and notched a goal and an assist in his collegiate debut, while classmate Tommy Bourque also found the back of the net in his first collegiate contest. Juniors Jake Cates and Matt Baugher both scored as well, with Baugher tallying his first goal as a Terrier. Junior Matt Hilburn secured an assist and was one of eight Terriers to record a point. BU held an 11-7 lead after three quarters, but Merrimack stormed back to tie the game at 12-12 with 3:35 remaining in regulation. The Terriers called timeout and then scored on the ensuing faceoff, as senior Sean Christman won the draw and helped set up D'Alto's strike that proved to be the winner. Garber came up with an important save immediately following that goal to preserve the Terriers' advantage before Ley and Bourque finished the scoring. Christman won 15 of the 29 faceoffs he took, collecting 10 ground balls in the process. Graduate student Nicholas Ellerton paced the BU defense with four ground balls and was one of three Terriers with two caused turnovers. Sophomore Patrick Morrison made his first collegiate start and totaled three ground balls and two caused turnovers, while classmate Roy Meyer had two ground balls in addition to forcing a pair of giveaways.