No. 1 Eagles Top Great Danes

Recap, photo courtesy of Boston College

The lacrosse team holds a perfect 10-0 record heading into conference play

NEWTON, Mass.– The No. 1 Boston College lacrosse team saw goals from seven different players as they topped UAlbany, 17-9, Tuesday afternoon in Newton. The Eagles were led by four goals from senior Sam Apuzzo and three each from classmate Dempsey Arsenault and graduate student Kenzie Kent. Sophomore goalkeeper Abbey Ngai kept up between the pipes, recording a career-high 14 saves on the day.
Following Apuzzo's explosive goal just 32 seconds into the contest, the Eagles looked to find their groove after a pair of Great Dane goals from Kyla Zapolski and Hannah Newman put UAlbany up for their only lead of the afternoon.  Despite the sluggish start for BC, the Eagles quickly grasped their footing with a 7-3 run led by three goals from Arsenault. Apuzzo tallied her second of the day in the stretch while junior Cara Urbank and sophomores Jordan Lappin and Maggie Casey added one each.
Entering the second half only up by three goals, Lappin tallied her second of the day by capitalizing on a free position shot. Urbank added one to follow before allowing Hailey Carroll to add one for the visitors. Kent answered right away, scoring three goals in the span of 3:20 for BC. Freshman Jenn Medjid scored the next goal to double-up on the Great Danes. Apuzzo added her third and fourth of the night before freshman Courtney Weeks capitalized on a free position to wrap up the contest.
  GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 1 Boston College 17, UAlbany 9
Records: Boston College 10-0, UAlbany 4-4
Location: Newton, Mass | Newton Campus Fields
  HOW IT HAPPENED FIRST HALF

• GOAL: BC 1, UA 0: 29:28 – Apuzzo did Apuzzo things and got the Eagles on the board just 32 seconds into the game.
• GOAL: BC 1, UA 1: 24:10 – Kyla Zapolski evened it up for the Great Danes.
• GOAL: BC 1, UA 2: 23:27 – Hannah Newman got the visitors their first lead of the contest.
• GOAL: BC 2, UA 2: 20:51 – Lappin pushed back for BC, capitalizing on a free position shot.
• GOAL: BC 3, UA 2: 19:45 – Arsenault beat Schneidereith low left.
• GOAL: BC 4, UA 2: 15:52 – Arsenault tallied another off of a free position shot.
• GOAL: BC 5, UA 2: 14:39 – Apuzzo grabbed her second of the day.
• GOAL: BC 5, UA 3: 13:25 – Hailey Carroll grabbed a pass from Sam Tortora to cut the deficit to two.
• GOAL: BC 6, UA 3: 11:49 – Arsenault capitalized on another free position.
• GOAL: BC 7, UA 3: 11:09 – Urbank hopped on the board shortly after, finding a pass from Apuzzo.
• GOAL: BC 7, UA 4: 3:45 – Newman's second of the day broke an eight-minute scoring drought.
• GOAL: BC 8, UA 4: 2:23 – Casey scored on a woman-up advantage.
• GOAL: BC 8, UA 5: 00:57 – Zapolski's second of the day wrapped up the first half.

SECOND HALF

• GOAL: BC 9, UA 5: 29:34 – Lappin capitalized on a free position to open up the second frame.
• GOAL: BC 10, UA 5: 26:46 – Urbank notched her second of the day off of a pass from Sheila Rietano.
• GOAL: BC 10, UA 6: 18:31 – Carroll earned her second of the day.
• GOAL: BC 11, UA 6: 16:28 – Kent began on her war path and scored her first of the day off of pass from Urbank.
• GOAL: BC 11, UA 7: 14:25 – Kendra Harbinger capitalized on a free position for UAlbany.
• GOAL: BC 12, UA 7: 13:20 – Kent put home another pass from Urbank.
• GOAL: BC 13, UA 7: 13:08 – Kent's third came just 12 seconds later.
• GOAL: BC 14, UA 7: 9:25 – Medjid put away a pass from Kent to double-up again. 
• GOAL: BC 14, UA 8: 7:59 – Madison Conway grabbed a pass from Tortora.
• GOAL: BC 15, UA 8: 6:32 – Apuzzo capitalized on a pass from Kent to push the Eagles up further.
• GOAL: BC 16, UA 8: 4:01 – Apuzzo and Kent connected again for Apuzzo's fourth of the day.
• GOAL: BC 16, UA 9: 1:00 – Conway grabbed her second of the contest off of another pass from Tortora.
• GOAL: BC 17, UA 9: 00:16 – Weeks' second career goal came off of a free position shot.

GAME NOTES

• BC is out-scoring their opponents 186-99 over their 10 games so far this season.
• BC won 19 draws to UAlbany's 9 – Apuzzo won eight while Arsenault and Elizabeth Miller each gained control of four. 
• The Eagles now hold a winning record, 3-2, over the Great Danes. 
• The Eagles end the day 10-0.
• Apuzzo, Kent, Arsenault and Urbank have accounted for 123 of BC's goals this season. 
• The win marks head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein's 101st win at the helm of the program. She became just the first head coach in program history to record 100 wins over her career last week in a win over Georgetown.

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Sam Apuzzo and Kenzie Kent, 6
Goals: Sam Apuzzo, 4
Assists: Kenzie Kent, 3
Draw Controls: Sam Apuzzo, 8
Ground Balls: Elizabeth Miller, 3
Saves: Abbey Ngai, 14

UAlbany
Points: Sam Tortora, 5
Goals: Four tied, 2
Assists: Sam Tortora, 5
Draw Controls: Hailey Carroll, 3
Ground Balls: Lara Podvin and Jordyn Marr, 2
Saves: Georgia Schneidereith, 12

UP NEXT
The Eagles take the road to Chapel Hill to take on conference foe No. 3 North Carolina for a rematch of last years' ACC title game.