At 6 feet, 4 inches and 205 pounds, Chris Seitz is hard to miss between the pipes.

But the Terrapin men’s soccer team – especially the defensive unit – is doing its best to make its imposing freshman goalkeeper disappear.

In their rout of Boston College Saturday, the Terps again kept the pressure off Seitz as they held the Eagles without a single shot on goal.

“I’m extremely proud of that,” defender Kenney Bertz said.

An inferior Boston College team hasn’t been the Terps’ only victim of late. During their current seven-game winning streak – which includes victories over ACC powerhouses Duke, North Carolina and Virginia – the Terps have allowed just three total goals while accumulating 24.

“We’re taking more pride in not letting the team score than we were in the beginning of the year, so I think that’s a big factor,” defender Chris Lancos said.

Anchoring the backline are seniors Bertz, Lancos, Michael Dello-Russo and recently, freshman A.J. Delagarza, who has started six of the last seven games.

Their more-than-steady play picked up after the Terps’ last two losses. In disappointing defeats to Penn State and N.C. State, early defensive breakdowns contributed to goals each game in the second minute.

While the Terps say those contests don’t exactly haunt them, the players are taking a more aggressive approach to the very start of games.

“Now before every game, we huddle and say the first five minutes we’re going to win,” Lancos said. “We’re either going to score a goal or play in their half, as opposed to earlier [this season]. Now we really concentrate during those first five.”

Delagarza has proven to be a spark for the Terps, as he complements the senior trio’s consistency. Junior David Glaudemans also continues to get a look as the fourth defender, but Delagarza is the hot hand.

“He’s been a good matchup against some teams,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “He’s a guy who loves to defend, plays very simple and has good speed and tenaciousness.”

Though he’s the rookie in the midst of three seasoned veterans, Delagarza feels the cohesiveness and connectedness between the defenders.

“We’re all getting back behind the ball and supporting each other,” Delagarza said. “In case someone gets beat, we’ll always have somebody behind us.”

Contact reporter Daniel Chiat at chiatdbk@gmail.com.