[2] In the team's inaugural season, Boston U scored its first-ever program victory with a 13 to 5 defeat of the Lafayette Leopards.

[3] In the program's short history, the Terriers defeated their first ranked foes in route to a 12–5 record in 2017, their best to date.

During that campaign, the team upset #17 Navy 8–7 in Annapolis, Maryland,[4] before topping the #19 Loyola Greyhounds 12–11 in an overtime showdown.

The victory over the Greyhounds clinched the program's first berth in a Patriot League postseason game and first national ranking.

[5] However, a difficult defeat at the hands of Army in the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament denied the Terriers a shot at their first NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship appearance.