Sorry about the moiré pattern. TV screen shot.

After trailing for most of the game, BC women’s lacrosse turned it on again in the fourth quarter to score three unanswered goals and defeat Syracuse, 8-7, this afternoon. The Eagles will play in their sixth consecutive national championship game, meeting #1 Northwestern Sunday at 9 am PT on ESPNU.

Kayla Martello scored the winning goal, putting BC ahead for the first time, with 3:31 left in the game. Jenn Medjid led the team with five goals, including two early in the fourth quarter to tie the game and set up Martello’s winning score. #3-seed BC held #2-seed Syracuse scoreless in the fourth quarter.

Syracuse scored twice within the first 95 seconds and took a 3-0 lead less than five minutes into the game, but the the Eagles came back to tie it 4-4 at halftime. Syracuse went up 6-4 early in the second half and led 7-5 entering the final quarter.

Early in the season, on February 19, BC and Northwestern met in Illinois. Then-#5 Northwestern beat the Eagles 15-14 to give BC its first loss. The Wildcats are 20-1 this season, with their only loss to Syracuse in the season opener. BC enters the championship game with a 19-3 record, and a 13-game win streak.

Eagles celebrate NCAA tournament quarterfinal win over Notre Dame, 20-6. Screenshot from telecast.

Boston College lacrosse defeated Notre Dame, 20-6, today in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. The #3 seed Eagles will play in their sixth consecutive NCAA Final Four.

BC was remarkably consistent, scoring five goals in each of the four periods. And this was the fifth straight game in which the Eagles held their opponent to single digits, two of those opponents being then-#1 Syracuse and then-#3 North Carolina.

Eight players scored goals for BC, led by Belle Smith, who scored five goals. Jen Medjid added four goals and Kayla Martello scored three.

Overall, the Eagles improved their record to 18-3 for the season. Today’s win was their 12rth straight and their third over Notre Dame this year.

BC will meet #2-seed Syracuse on Friday, May 26 in a NCAA Tournament semifinal.

While the BC women’s lacrosse team has played in the last five consecutive national championship games, and won the 2021 title, the Eagles had never won the ACC championship tournament . . . until today. They defeated North Carolina 11-9.

As has been their wont recently, the Eagles fell behind in the first half, but stifled their opponent in the second half. Down today 7-4 at halftime, BC allowed only two goals to the Tarheels in the third quarter and shut them out in the fourth, while scoring seven of their own. The Eagles outshot UNC 25-15 (13-4 in the second half) and held the Tarheels scoreless for the last 22 minutes and 57 seconds of the game.

Kayla Martello led the Eagles with three goals. Courtney and Cassidy Weeks each had two goals, as did Andrea Reynolds, while McKenna Davis and Belle Smith each added one goal.

After a 6-3 start to the regular season, including a 15-6 loss to then-#1 North Carolina, the Eagles closed out the regular season with a seven-game winning streak, including a 17-16 win over then-#1 Syracuse in the finale, to finish 13-3 (8-1 in the ACC). They continued the streak in the ACC tournament to finish with 10 straight wins.

In the ACC tournament, BC held each opponent’s goals to single digits.

The Eagles now awaits seeding in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship.