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Lax sacks Syracuse

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Down 11-6 at halftime, and 14-10 ending the third quarter, in yesterday’s game against #1 Syracuse, the #5 BC women’s lacrosse team out-scored the Orange 7-2 in the final quarter to win 17-16.

Syracuse had held five-goal leads five times during the game. In the last 8:14 of the game, the Eagles scored five of the final six goals.

With the win, which ended the regular season, BC improved to 13-3 overall, 8-1 in the ACC. Syracuse was undefeated entering the game and BC ended their 15-game winning streak.

Both teams finished with 8-1 conference records and become co-champions of the regular season, but BC will enter the ACC conference championship tournament as the #1 seed. The Eagles will open the tournament Wednesday, April 26, against the winner of #8 seed Duke and #9 seed Louisville in Charlotte, N.C.

Syracuse opened the game strong, taking a 7-3 lead in the first quarter. In terms of productivity, i.e., goals scored, the teams were nearly opposite. Syracuse scored, by quarter, 7-4-3-2, while the Eagles scored 3-3-4-7.

Mckenna Davis and Kayla Martello each scored four goals for BC, while Jenn Medjid scored three goals and Belle Smith added two goals.

Lax wax Irish

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Eagles exult at a goal scored in today’s comeback win over Notre Dame. Kelly Coughlan photo.

Down 11-7 with 10:43 remaining in today’s game against #8 Notre Dame, the #7 Eagles lacrosse team scored five goals, the last with 12 seconds left, and blanked the Irish to win 12-11.

BC improved to 10-3 (6-1 in the ACC) for the season, while Notre Dame fell to 8-4 (4-3).

It was the fifth straight win by BC over Notre Dame in lacrosse, and the Irish’s first loss at home this season. Overall, the Eagles are 13-8 against ND.

Graduate student Jenn Medjid scored four goals, with Belle Smith, Cassidy Weeks, and Kayla Martello adding two goals each. Mckenna Davis and Courtney Weeks each scored one goal. The winning goal was a sisterly affair, as Courtney Weeks passed to sister Cassidy for the clincher.

BC goalie Shea Dolce had 13 saves, a personal high, for a .542 save percentage.

In their previous game, Notre Dame had defeated then-#3 North Carolina, ending the Tar Heels’s 27-game winning streak against ACC opponents.

The Eagles have three games left in the regular season: Tuesday at BU, next Saturday against Virginia, and the season closer at Syracuse on Thursday, April 20.

The ACC conference championship begins Sunday, April 23, in Charlotte, N.C.

 

Softball in San Diego

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San Diego Eagles joined parents and friends of members of the Boston College softball team yesterday at the final game of a three-game series against UC San Diego at Triton Softball Field.

BC softball and San Diego Eagles. And kids.

BC swept the series, winning 5-0 and 6-1 in the Friday and Saturday games and hanging on to win 3-2 yesterday. Sophomore pitcher Abby Dunning came in to pitch in relief and struck out the final Triton batter with two Tritons on base for the save.

Sophomore Hannah Slike of Chula Vista had three hits in the series, scoring one run and batting in another.

Following the game, alumni met and chatted with BC players and coaches, who seemed unanimous in appreciating the turnout of local grads. Special thanks to head coach Amy Kvilhuag and director of softball operations Michael Demarin for their assistance.

Among local alumni attending were Rebecca ’89 P’23 and Pat Wade P’23, Joe ’74 P’11 and Lori Mahler P’11, Bill McDonald ’68, Don McGrath ’80, Tekae Malandris ’04, Tim Speros ’07 and his two daughters, and Brian Tsu ’00.

UPDATE: The Eagles finished their SoCal swing with a 5-3 victory today over UC Riverside, finishing 4-0 on the trip.