BC women top Princeton to reach third straight Final Four
They'll face third seed North Carolina on Friday in the NCAA Division 1 semifinals.
The Boston College women’s lacrosse team is headed to the Final Four for the third consecutive season.
The second-seeded Eagles (21-1) defeated Princeton, 17-10, Saturday afternoon in Newton to secure their trip to Baltimore, where they will face third seed North Carolina on Friday in the NCAA Division 1 semifinals. The Tar Heels (17-3), which dealt BC its only loss of the season in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, advanced with a 14-7 win over Virginia (13-7).
Graduate senior Kenzie Kent, a Norwell native, led the Eagles’ attack with 8 points (two goals, six assists). Kent’s six assists tied her single-game program record, set last week against Colorado.
Reigning Tewaaraton Award winner and 2019 finalist Sam Apuzzo tallied four goals and an assist on a record-breaking afternoon. Her fourth goal was her 89th of the season, a new program high, and her 14 draw controls broke her own single-game program record of 13 from last season.
BC took a 2-0 lead with goals from Cara Urbank and Taylor Walker in the opening three minutes. The seventh-seeded Tigers (16-4) tied the game three times before taking a 6-4 lead on Kathryn Hallett’s third of her team-high four goals with just under eight minutes left in the first half.
But Apuzzo scored three unanswered goals in a span of 2:15 to send BC into the break with a slim 7-6 advantage.
After Princeton tied the game at 7 in the opening minute of the second half, the Eagles scored five straight goals, two from Tewaaraton Award finalist Dempsey Arsenault, to regain control. The teams traded the next three goals before BC went on a four-goal run. Princeton then scored three times in the final five minutes.
Kathryn Hallett led the Tigers with four goals.
BC goalkeeper Abbey Ngai made seven saves while Sam Fish had nine for Princeton.
