Boston University scored the afternoon's first three goals and never gave up the lead, taking a 12-4 win over Vermont Saturday afternoon at Nickerson Field. The Terriers improve to 5-1 on the season while the Catamounts drop to 3-2 in 2019. RELATED LINKS Box Score HOW IT HAPPENED BU's trio of goals came in the opening 4:11 of the first quarter as sophomore Chris Gray tallied his first of the game 45 seconds in and his second goal 4:11 into the quarter during the mini-run. Thomas McConvey and Ben French tallied goals for Vermont as the Terriers took a 4-2 lead into the second quarter. French scored his second of the game and 10th of the season with 4:48 remaining in the first half. From there, BU held Vermont scoreless until Jonathon McConvey's man-up goal with 8:34 to play in the fourth quarter. The Terriers scored five goals to push the lead to 11-4. Nick Washuta made several stops throughout the game to prevent the Terrier lead from expanding further. He finished the game with a season-high 16 saves, just three shy of his career-best. Terrier goalie Joe McSorley made 14 saves in the victory. GAME NOTES The Terriers went 3-for-6 on extra-man opportunities while Vermont went 1-for-5. BU went 13-for-20 at the X and held a 42-33 advantage in ground balls. Vermont finished the game with 25 turnovers compared to BU's 17 giveaways. Senior Dawes Milchling played his 50th career game Saturday in Boston. Sophomore Liam Limoges pushed his consecutive game point streak to nine with an assist on French's second quarter goal. UP NEXT | Tickets Vermont heads to New Canaan, Connecticut for a neutral site game against the Hobart Statesmen next Saturday (Mar. 9). The game is slated to begin at 2:00 p.m. at New Canaan High School.