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Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.
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Lacrosse to Play for a National Championship on Sunday
May 26, 2017 | Lacrosse
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Eagles overcome halftime deficit to top Navy, 16-15
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The Boston College lacrosse team will play for the 2017 NCAA Championship on Sunday after Friday night's 16-15, come-from-behind win over Navy at Gillette Stadium.
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BC (17-6) will meet top-ranked Maryland at 11 a.m. in the national championship game, marking the first time the lacrosse team has advanced to the final game of the season. BC is the first unseeded team to advance to the championship game since 2003.
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After trailing by three at halftime, Boston College used a 10-goal second half that was keyed by a five-goal run to open the half. Propelled by goals from Mary Kate O'Neill, Kayla O'Connor, Kenzie Kent (2) and Kate Weeks, the Eagles overcame the Midshipmen's halftime advantage and held the lead for the remainder of the game.
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Navy (18-5) cut the lead to one – 16-15 – with 1:10 on Kelly Larkin's free position goal, but the Eagles maintained possession through a series of Navy fouls as time wore down to secure a berth in Sunday's championship game.
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In the first half, Navy out-shot the Eagles 26-14 while Zoe Ochoa made nine saves. The Eagles had a 3-1 lead, but the Midshipmen's two 10-plus minute defensive stands  kept BC off the board. Navy goalkeeper Ingrid Boyum made five point-blank saves in the first to help stifle the Eagles' attack.
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2017 NCAA Tournament | Semifinals
No. 14 Boston College 16, Navy 15
Gillette Stadium | Foxborough, Mass.
May 26, 2017
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
TURNING POINT
The Eagles reeled off five straight goals to open the second half – keyed by one goal and three assists from Kate Weeks – to overcome a three-goal halftime deficit and reclaim the lead that would carry through the end of the game.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
TEAM LEADERS
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Boston College
UP NEXT
The Eagles have advanced to the NCAA Championship Game, where they will meet top-ranked Maryland. The 2017 title game will be played at 11 a.m., on Sunday, May 28 at Gillette Stadium. The game will be televised live on ESPNU. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or the Gillette Stadium box office.
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BC (17-6) will meet top-ranked Maryland at 11 a.m. in the national championship game, marking the first time the lacrosse team has advanced to the final game of the season. BC is the first unseeded team to advance to the championship game since 2003.
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After trailing by three at halftime, Boston College used a 10-goal second half that was keyed by a five-goal run to open the half. Propelled by goals from Mary Kate O'Neill, Kayla O'Connor, Kenzie Kent (2) and Kate Weeks, the Eagles overcame the Midshipmen's halftime advantage and held the lead for the remainder of the game.
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Navy (18-5) cut the lead to one – 16-15 – with 1:10 on Kelly Larkin's free position goal, but the Eagles maintained possession through a series of Navy fouls as time wore down to secure a berth in Sunday's championship game.
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In the first half, Navy out-shot the Eagles 26-14 while Zoe Ochoa made nine saves. The Eagles had a 3-1 lead, but the Midshipmen's two 10-plus minute defensive stands  kept BC off the board. Navy goalkeeper Ingrid Boyum made five point-blank saves in the first to help stifle the Eagles' attack.
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2017 NCAA Tournament | Semifinals
No. 14 Boston College 16, Navy 15
Gillette Stadium | Foxborough, Mass.
May 26, 2017
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BC HIGHLIGHTS
- BC advances to its first ever NCAA Division I Women's National Championship Game
- Boston College will be the first unseeded team to reach the championship game of the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Tournament since the NCAA expanded the bracket to eight seeded teams from the four seeded teams for the 2005 tournament, and the first overall since 2003
- Boston College has tallied at least 10 goals in all but one half since the start of the NCAA Tournament. They have now scored at least 16 goals in a game for the 16th time this season.
- With six points on five goals and an assist, Kenzie Kent extended her point total to a career-best 67 in only 11 games played this season.
- The Eagles move to 4-3 on the season when trailing at half and earned their first victory of the season when outshot by their opponents. Prior to Friday night, BC was 0-5 when trailing their opponents.
- The Eagles will look to avenge a mid-season loss at the hands of Maryland, a game in which the Terrapins used 13-goal second half to sneak away with the victory in College Park.
TURNING POINT
The Eagles reeled off five straight goals to open the second half – keyed by one goal and three assists from Kate Weeks – to overcome a three-goal halftime deficit and reclaim the lead that would carry through the end of the game.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- BC opened the game with a 3-1 lead with 24:30 left behind goals from Kenzie Kent, Kaileen Hart and Kayla O'Connor, but Navy came back and netted three straight goals to take a 4-3 lead at 17:40.
- Kenzie Kent's set-up of Kate Weeks at 13:32 and broke BC's 11:58 scoreless drought and evened the game at 4-4 at 13:32
- Navy netted four straight goals to extend an 8-4 lead before Emma Schurr converted a Sam Apuzzo pass to break a 10:02 goalless run and pull within three at 8-5.
- Navy's Kelly Larkin pushed the Midshipmen's lead to 9-5 before Kent tallied BC's final goal of the half to pull back within three at 9-6 with eight seconds left.
- Navy goalie Ingrid Boyum made five point-blank saves in the first half to limit the Eagles' attack, while Zoe Ochoa made nine saves in 30:00 of action.
- After Navy clanged a shot off the pipe less than a minute into the second half, the Eagles reeled off five straight goals in 4:10 to take an 11-9 with 24:34 left. Kate Weeks keyed the run with one goal and three assists.
- Navy's Meg O'Donnell snapped BC's run with the Midshipmen's first goal of the half at 22:03, but Apuzzo tallied her first of the game and Kent snapped in her fifth of the contest to extend a three-goal lead at 13-10 with 19:31 left at the under-20 timeout.
- Larkin's tally with 19:18 left cut the Eagles' lead to two at 13-11, but Apuzzo converted a free-position shot to push the lead back to three at 17:07.
- Dempsey Arsenault scored at 15:25 to give the Eagles a 15-12 edge, her first goal since April 28 against North Carolina in the ACC semifinals
- Molly O'Sullivan got Navy within two at 15-13 with her goal at 13:01 but the two teams played scoreless lacrosse for 6:19 before Hart netted a free position shot at 6:42 to stake BC to a three-goal lead again, 16-13. It was the Eagles' final goal of the game
- Coming out of a TV timeout, Navy struck again through Jenna Collins at 6:42 and got the Midshipmen within a pair
- Up a player and down two goals with 2:30 to go, Lauren Daly made a close-range save on Julia Collins to send the Eagles back up the field.
- Following a yellow card to Hannah Hyatt, the Midshipmen's Kelly Larkin tallied her career-high sixth goal of the game to cut the Navy deficit to one with 1:10 left on the clock.
- Kent drew her second of two draw controls to gain the Eagles offensive possession with the clock ticking past the one-minute mark and after a Navy foul, BC came out of a timeout with possession to hold onto the one-goal advance through to the final whistle.Â
TEAM LEADERS
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Boston College
- Points: Kenzie Kent (6)
- Goals: Kenzie Kent (5)
- Assists: Kate Weeks (3)
- Draw Controls: Sam Apuzzo (4)
- Ground Balls: Dempsey Arsenault (4)
- Saves: Zoe Ochoa (9)
- Points: Kelly Larkin (6)
- Goals: Kelly Larkin (6)
- Assists: Jenna Collins (2)
- Draw Controls: Jenna Collins (3), Kayla Harris (3)
- Ground Balls: Andie O'Sullivan (3)
- Saves: Ingrid Boyum (10)
UP NEXT
The Eagles have advanced to the NCAA Championship Game, where they will meet top-ranked Maryland. The 2017 title game will be played at 11 a.m., on Sunday, May 28 at Gillette Stadium. The game will be televised live on ESPNU. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or the Gillette Stadium box office.
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Team Stats
NAVY
BC
Shots
40
34
Turnovers
7
8
Caused Turnovers
5
6
Draw Controls
18
14
Free-Position Shots
3
5
Ground Balls
10
12
Game Leaders
Players
G
5
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
2
A
2
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
2
G
2
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
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