Monday, April 2, 2018

Boston College Win Streak at 13 with Victory at No. 7 UVA

Recap, photo courtesy of Boston College
Three Eagles record hat tricks in BC's first-ever win in Charlottesville

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – In a battle of top-10 teams, the third-ranked Boston College lacrosse team claimed its first-ever win at Klockner Stadium with a 15-12 victory at No. 7 Virginia on Saturday afternoon to remain perfect on the season and push its program-record winning streak to 13 games.
 
Three Eagles – Dempsey Arsenault, Tess Chandler and Kaileen Hart – netted hat tricks as the Eagles won their first road game ever in Charlottesville and claimed a second straight win over UVA for the first time ever.  
 
Less than 10 minutes into the first half, Boston College (13-0, 4-0 ACC) trailed 4-1, but five straight goals gave the Eagles a 6-4 lead with 9:32 to go in the period. Virginia (8-3, 3-2 ACC) scored twice more in the next three minutes, but both teams were held off the board in the final six minutes of the stanza and the teams went into the break knotted at 6-6.
 
BC extended its lead to 8-6 in the second before UVA's Chloe Jones snapped the Cavaliers' almost 17:00 scoreless draught to cut the lead to 8-7 with 19:33 to go. The Eagles responded with a 6-1 run – behind six different goal scorers – to put the game out of reach at 14-8 with 4:30 remaining. Virginia's Chloe Mueller netted three straight goals in 1:35 to cut the BC lead to 14-11, but the teams traded goals inside the final 1:32 as the Eagles came away with the win.
 
BC goalkeeper Lauren Daly made seven saves in the win, while UVA starter Rachel Vander Kolk made one save in 16:33 of starting action before giving way to Charlie Campbell, who stopped five shots in 42:48 of action to close the game.
 
No. 2 Boston College 15, No. 7 Virginia 12
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Klockner Stadium | Charlottesville, Va.
 
BC HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Eagles held the Cavaliers – who were ranked 11th nationally in scoring offense coming into the game  at 15.3 goals per game – to just 12 goals, marking the 12th time in 13 games this season the BC defense has limited an opponent to 12 goals or fewer … it tied UVA's second-lowest goal total of the year
  • Three Eagles posted hat tricks: Dempsey Arsenault, Tess Chandler and Kaileen Hart … for Arsenault, it was her 10th of the year … Chandler recorded her fourth three-plus goal game of the season, while Hart's hat trick was her sixth of the year and fourth in a row
  • Cara Urbank registered her third assist of the year – and her first assist in seven appearances - collecting the Eagles' only set-up of the day
  • All-America defender Elizabeth Miller netted her fifth goal of the season and her first in four games
  • While the nation's leading goal scorer and point-getter, Sam Apuzzo, was held to just a single goal, she led the Eagles in draw controls (6) and ground balls (3)
  • The Eagles were 12-of-13 in clearance attempts on the day, and the BC defense swarmed the Cavaliers, limiting UVA to just 11 on the day, including a 2-of-5 success rate in the second half
  • BC out-shot Virginia 31 to 24
 
TURNING POINT
Entering the second half tied, BC held UVA scoreless for 10:27 and used an 8-2 run – including a 5-0 spurt by five different players – in the first 25:00 of the period to extend the insurmountable lead.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Virginia opened the game with a 4-1 lead before the Eagles ran off five straight goals to claim a 6-4 advantage with 9:32 to go in the first. However, Virginia used two goals over the next three minutes to pull even and the teams were scoreless in the last 6:34 of the half
  • BC held the Cavs off the board for the first 10:27 of the second half and out-scored Virginia 8-2 over the first 25:10 of the second to extend an insurmountable lead
  • During the second-half run, the Eagles forced five turnovers in the midfield and won five-straight draw controls to prevent the Cavs from taking a shot in 12:06
  • Virginia's Sammy Mueller scored three quick goals to pull the Cavs within three at 14-11, but Sam Apuzzo tallied an empty-net goal – her only point of the game – to reclaim a four-goal advantage with 1:31 to play before Ana Hagerup wrapped up the scoring with her tally with 00:39 to play.
 
TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Four players, 3
Goals: Three players, 3
Assists: Cara Urbank, 1
Draw Controls: Sam Apuzzo, 6
Ground Balls: Sam Apuzzo, Hannah Hyatt, 3
Saves: Lauren Daly, 7
 
Virginia
Points: Sammy Mueller, 5
Goals: Avery Shoemaker, 4
Assists: Sammy Mueler, 2
Draw Controls: Maggie Jackson, 7
Ground Balls: Maggie Jackson, 5
Saves: Charlie Campbell, 5
 
TEAM RECORDS
Boston College: 13-0, 4-0 ACC
Virginia: 8-3, 3-2 ACC
 
UP NEXT
The Eagles return to action next Saturday, April 7, when the team travels to Durham, N.C., to face No. 20 Duke at 12 p.m.

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