BC Ends Cuse’s Perfect Season

By Luke evans Asst. Sports Editor

It is not often that a lacrosse team wins a game while leading for a total of less than two minutes. It is even less

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the third quarter, and even rarer when the opposing team is undefeated, the No. 1 team in the nation, and playing at home in front of a sold-out crowd.

But that is exactly what No. 5 Boston College lacrosse did to No. 1 Syracuse in Thursday’s rematch of the 2021 National Championship game. According to the attacker Mckenna Davis, the Eagles’ confidence never faltered, no matter what the scoreboard, or the clock, showed.

“Honestly, we were so confident and calm the whole time and never felt like we were down,” Davis said. “I think we’re all very good at, like, staying level headed and staying focused … I mean, I looked at Jenn Medjid and she said ‘one at a time, one at a time.’”

After overcoming a six-goal deficit behind a dominant second half from goalkeeper Shea Dolce, BC (13–3, 8–1 Atlantic Coast) clawed all the way back against Syracuse (15–1, 8–1) to become ACC regular season co-champions, bringing an end to the Orange’s perfect season with a 17–16 victory at SU Soc cer Stadium. The win marks the Eagles’ third ACC regular championship since 2018 and their seventh straight win.

“I think they just believe very deeply in themselves and each other,” BC head coach Acacia Walker-Wein- stein said. “And we’ve been tested a lot in the last couple of weeks. So I just think they needed to just kind of get back to that and get back to the belief that they have. I just told them that

“It’s a little scary, we can’t come out against Syracuse and have a terrible half,” Walker-Weinstein said. “And you know, this is just a regular season game. There’s ACC’s around the corner.” The Eagles finally closed the floodgates with a Martello free position goal, and just 35 seconds later, BC cut the lead down to

The first quarter ended with the Eagles trailing 7–3, but BC refused to let the Orange run away. Less than three minutes into the second quarter, Syracuse’s lead had already been cut to

The Orange once again regained a five goal lead by the 8:11 mark of the second quarter. The two teams then exchanged one more goal apiece, and Syracuse entered the second half with a comfortable 11–6 lead

With 2:39 left in the first quarter, the Orange had established a 6–1 lead with five different scorers. And the Eagles did not take the lead again until 1:21 remaining in the game.